نوي (root nwy)

Al-nawā is moving from one abode to another, as they used to move (yantawūn) from one stopping place to another. The verb is al-intiwāʾ, and the verbal noun is al-niyya [and al-nawā]. He said: [entry continues]

nawaytu (نويت) niyyatan (1) and nawāh (نواة), i.e., I resolved; intawaytu means the same. He said: "Umayma has cut off my friendship and my prayer * and she intended, but did not intend toward me as I intended (kanawātī)". He means: she did not intend in me what I intended in my affection for her. It is also reported: "wa lam tantawī binawātī", i.e., she did not fulfil my need. It is said: nawāhu binawātihi (نواه بنواته), i.e., he sent him back with his need and fulfilled it for him. You say: nawāka llāh (نواك الله), i.e., may God accompany you on your journey and protect you. The poet said: "O 'Amr, may God do well by your journey with right guidance, * and recite a greeting to al-Dhalfā' at al-Thamad (2)." Nawaytuhu tanwiyatan (نويته تنوية) means I entrusted him to his own intention. Nawīk (نويك) is your companion whose intention is the same as yours. "I have a niyya among the Banū so-and-so" means a need. Niyya is also, and nawā (النوى) is, the direction that the traveller intends, whether near or far; it is feminine only. As for nawā which is the plural of nawāt (نواة) of dates, it is used as masculine and feminine. Intawā al-qawm manzilan (انتوى القوم منزلا) at such-and-such a place; "istaqarrat nawāhum" means they settled. Al-nawāt (النواة) is also five dirhams, just as twenty is called nashsh. Nāwāhu (ناواه) means he was hostile to him; its origin is with a hamza, because it comes from al-nawʾ (النوء), which is rising. "I ate dates and nawaytu al-nawā (نويت النوى) and anwaytuhu" when I threw it away. The plural of nawā of dates is anwāʾ (1), from Ibn Kaysān. Nawat al-nāqa (نوت الناقة) means the she-camel grew fat; she nawī (تنوي) nawāyatan and niyyan (ونيا), so she is nāwiya (ناوية). A camel is nāw (ناو) and camels are nawāʾ (نواء), like jāʾiʿ and jiyāʿ. Camels are nawawiyya (نووية) when they eat date stones. Al-niy (النى) is fat; its origin is nawy. Abū Dhu'ayb said: "with fat, in which the finger sinks (2)." Niyān (نيان) is a place. Al-Kumayt said: "Of the wild animals of Niyān, or the wild animals of Dhū Baqar, whose mates were destroyed by the carcasses and the pursuit."

Nawā al-shayʾ (نوى الشيء) niyyatan and niyyatan (نية ونية), the latter with lightening (takhfīf), according to al-Liḥyānī alone, and it is rare unless it is by elision; and intawāhu (انتواه), both mean: he aimed at it and resolved upon it. Nawā al-manzil (نوى المنزل) and intawāhu are likewise. Al-niyya (النية) is the direction in which one goes. As for the saying of al-Nābigha al-Jaʿdī: "You are the one grieving in the wake of the tribe, so if you intend their niy (نيهم) you will stay", it has been explained that niy is the plural of niyya, which is rare, but it is also possible that niy is like niyya. Ibn al-Aʿrābī said: I asked al-Mufaḍḍal, "What do you say about this verse?", meaning the verse of al-Nābigha al-Jaʿdī. He said: It has two meanings. One: he says they have intended to part from you, so if you intend as they have intended, stay, and do not seek them. The second: they have intended travel, so if you intend as they have intended, stay and keep the camels' heads (ṣudūr) turned in pursuit of them, as the rajaz poet said: "Set her chests straight (aqim lahā ṣudūrahā), O Basbas." Al-Jawharī: Al-niyya and al-nawā are the direction the traveller intends, near or far, and it is feminine only. Ibn Barrī said: its supporting line is "And no niyya had brought us together before it", and he said the supporting line for al-nawā is the saying of Muʿaqqir ibn Ḥimār: "She cast down her staff and the nawā settled for her, * as the traveller's eye is cooled by the return." Al-niyya and al-nawā together also mean distance; the poet said: "A distant niyya, hurling far, kept him from her." Al-nawā is also the abode. Al-nawā is moving from one place to another, or from one abode to another, as the Bedouin move about in their desert; all of this is feminine. Intawā al-qawm (انتوى القوم) when they moved from one land to another. Al-Jawharī: intawā al-qawm manzilan at such-and-such a place, and "istaqarrat nawāhum" means they stayed. In the ḥadīth of ʿUrwa concerning the Bedouin woman whose husband dies: "she moves (tantawī) wherever her family moves (intawā)", i.e., she relocates and shifts. As for al-Ṭirimmāḥ's saying: "The one departing (al-nāwī) announced separation, * and I was thereby like one rolling in wine", al-nāwī is the one who has resolved to move. Al-nawā is intention, which is niyya, lightened, and its meaning is aiming for a land other than the one in which you are residing. "So-and-so is intending (yanwī) such-and-such a direction" means he is heading for it, whether on a journey or a task. Al-nawā is the direction you aim for. Al-Tahdhīb: A Bedouin of Banū Sulaym said of a son of his whom he named Ibrāhīm: "nāwaytu bihi Ibrāhīm", i.e., I aimed at his aim and sought blessing through his name. As for the saying in the ḥadīth of Ibn Masʿūd: "Whoever intends this world (yanwī al-dunyā), it will defeat him", i.e., whoever strives for it will fail; it is said "nawaytu al-shayʾ" when you were earnest in seeking it. In the ḥadīth: "A man's intention is better than his deed." He said: this does not contradict the saying of the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace: "Whoever intends a good deed and does not do it, a good deed is recorded for him, and whoever does it, ten are recorded for him." The meaning of "the believer's intention is better than his deed" is that he intends faith as long as he remains [entry continues]