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Arabic root

ا-ن-ف

Alif-Nun-Fa

3 words from this root family

About this root

Alif-Nun-Fa (ا-ن-ف) has 3 words in the Fahm dictionary: anf (nose), istiʾnāf (appeal (legal)), istaʾnafa (to appeal / to resume).

In the Quran, words built on this root occur 3 times in 2 verses, across 2 of the 114 suras. The first is in 5:45. The form أَنْف (nose) accounts for 2 of them.

Themes: Health, Body, Law Economics

Words from this root

WordMeaningTypeIn the QuranTaught in
أَنْف
anf
nosenoun, A22×Parts of the Body
اِسْتِئْنَاف
istiʾnāf
appeal (legal)noun, B2Banking & Investment
اِسْتَأْنَفَ
istaʾnafa
to appeal / to resumeverb, B2Banking & Investment

“In the Quran” counts every occurrence of that dictionary form, in any of its senses.

In the Quran

وَمِنْهُم مَّن يَسْتَمِعُ إِلَيْكَ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا خَرَجُوا۟ مِنْ عِندِكَ قَالُوا۟ لِلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْعِلْمَ مَاذَا قَالَ ءَانِفًا ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ طَبَعَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ وَٱتَّبَعُوٓا۟ أَهْوَآءَهُمْ

Among them are some who give ear unto thee (Muhammad) till, when they go forth from thy presence they say unto those who have been given knowledge: What was that he said just now? Those are they whose hearts Allah hath sealed, and they follow their own lusts.

Quran 47:16

Arabic text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani 1.1), CC BY 3.0, tanzil.net. English: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), public domain, via Project Gutenberg. Counts and verse choice: Quranic Arabic Corpus morphology data (corpus.quran.com).

Word cards with examples

A2noun
أَنْف
anf

nose

Example
أَنْفي مَسْدود مِن الزُكام.
anfī masdūd min az-zukām.
My nose is blocked from the cold.
B2noun
اِسْتِئْنَاف
istiʾnāf

appeal (legal)

Example
تَقَدَّمَ بِطَلَبِ اِستِئنافٍ أَمامَ المَحكَمَةِ العُليا.
taqaddama bi-ṭalabi stiʾnāfin amāma l-maḥkamati l-ʿulyā.
He filed an appeal before the high court.
B2verb
اِسْتَأْنَفَ
istaʾnafa

to appeal / to resume

Example
اِستَأنَفَ المُحامي الحُكمَ في المَحكَمَةِ العُليا.
istaʾnafa l-muḥāmī l-ḥukma fī l-maḥkamati l-ʿulyā.
The lawyer appealed the ruling in the high court.

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