Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

مَنْفِىٌّ

Root: نفى

Full Definition

مَنْفِىٌّ A verb rendered negative by its being preceded by مَا or the like; contr. of مُثْبَتٌ and مُوجَبٌ.
2 كَلاَمٌ مَنْفِىٌّ A denied sentence; contr. of مُثْبَتٌ and مُوجَبٌ; virtually the same as كَلاَمٌ نَافٍ a denying, or negative, sentence.


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