Edward William Lane, An Arabic-English Lexicon, ن

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نفى

1 نَفَاهُ ذ He drove away, expelled, or banished, him, or it. (T, in TT.) 3 هٰذَا يُنَافِىهٰذَا ذ This precludes the co-existence of this therewith; is inconsistent, or incompatible, with this. 6 تَنَافَيَا ذ They two were incompatible. 8 اِنْتَفَى ذ It was negative: contr. of ثَبَتَ and and وَجَبَ. (IbrD.) ― -b2- اِنْتَفَى مِنْ شَىْءٍ He denied a thing; meaning an accusation or the like: syn. تَنَضَّحَ. نُفَايَةٌ ذ Refuse; i. e. what one rejects, of a thing, because of its badness: (S:) or refuse little in quantity: (T:) or the remains, and bad portion, of a thing: (M, K:) or, accord. to IAar, what is bad of wheat or food. (M.) فِعْلٌ مَنْفِىٌّ ذ A verb rendered negative by its being preceded by مَا or the like; contr. of مُثْبَتٌ and مُوجَبٌ. ― -b2- كَلاَمٌ مَنْفِىٌّ A denied sentence; contr. of مُثْبَتٌ and مُوجَبٌ; virtually the same as كَلاَمٌ نَافٍ a denying, or negative, sentence.