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A

نَصَحُوا
act sincerely نَضِجَتْ
are fully burned نَعَم affirmative particle
affirm the immediately prior proposition نَكَال، تَنكِيل، أَنكَال
action-checking severe restraint نَكُونُ / تَكُونُونَ / يَكُونُونَ
are نَمْل
ant نَمْلَة
an ant هارون اسم شخص
Aaron

B

نَخْزَى
be disgraced نَذِلَّ
be brought low نَضِرَ
be radiant نَقَضَتْ
broke نَقْض
breaking نُتَخَطَّفْ
be snatched away نُسِفَتْ
be scattered away هات
bring

C

نَصَحَ
counsel sincerely نَقْدِرَ
constrain نَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ
cushions نِى attached first-person object
current speaker as verb object نِۦَ attached first-person object
current speaker as verb object هدد
crashing collapse

D

نَسِيَ، أَنسَى، نَسْي، مَنسِيّ، نَسِيّ
drop from active regard نَفْعَلُ
do نَقَصَ
diminish نَقْص
diminution نَقْعًا
dust نَكَال
deterrent هباء
dust هبط
descend هبو
dust هدم
demolish هدي
direct هدي
direct

E

نَعْجَة
ewe نَعْجَة / نِعَاج
ewe نَعْمَة
ease نَّ
(emphasis)

F

نَشْأَة
formation نَعِيم
favourable provision نَغْفِر
forgive نِحلة
free grant نِعْمَة
favor هرب
flight هرب
flight

G

نَصَرَ / نَصْر and derivatives
give effective aid

H

نَقَضَ، نَقْض، أَنقَضَ
holding-integrity loss نِسَاء، نِسْوَة
human-female plurality هاروت
Harut هدهد
hoopoe

I

نَطَقَ وأَنطَقَ ومَنطِق
intelligible articulation نُور
illumination

K

نَسْتَحْيِي
keep alive

M

نَمِيم
malicious gossip نُّطْفَةٍ أَمْشَاجٍ
mixed هدد
mountain collapse

N

نَسْرًا
Nasr نَصَارَى
Nasara نَصْرَانِيّ
Nasrani نُوح
Noah نُوح
Noah

R

نَضْرَة
radiance نَكَصَ
retreat نَهَر
river نُطْفَة
reproductive drop نُهَى
restraining discernment ه ز أ
ridicule ها third-person feminine-singular index
refer to that feminine-singular entity هزأ
ridicule

S

نَزَغَ ٱلشَّيْطَانُ بَيْنِى · يَنزَغُ بَيْنَهُمْ
stir discord نَزَّلْنَا
sent down نَسَفَ
scatter away نَسَفَ
scatter away completely نَصُوح
sincere نَفْس
self نَقُولُ / تَقُولُونَ / يَقُولُونَ
say نَقْص، نَقَصَ، مَنْقُوص
scalar reduction نَكَبَ
side نَهَى and stopping derivatives
set a limit نُصْح
sincere counsel نُقَدِّس
sanctify نُنَزِّلُ / تُنَزِّلَ / يُنَزِّلْ
send down هجع
sleep

T

نَقْتَبِسْ مِن نُّورِكُمْ
take some light نُعَلِّمُ / تُعَلِّمُونَ / يُعَلِّمُونَ
teach هاء
take this هاء
take this

W

نَرَى
we see نَسْتَعِينُ
we seek support نَصْبِر
we endure نَعْلَمُ
we know نَٰ
we نُزِّلَ / نُزِّلَتْ
was sent down نُسَبِّح
we declare transcendent نِسَاء
women هاروت
warning teacher