Learn Arabic › B1 › نِيَّة
نِيَّة
intention /ˈnij.ja/
nounB1#2101 most common
Also: intent, purpose, resolve
Example sentences
نِيَّتِي حَسَنَة.
My intention is good.
لَهُ نِيَّة طَيِّبَة.
He has a good intention.
عَقَدْتُ النِّيَّة عَلَى السَّفَر.
I made up my mind to travel.
لَمْ تَكُنْ نِيَّتُهُ أَنْ يُؤْذِيَكَ.
It was not his intention to hurt you.
الأَعْمَالُ بِالنِّيَّاتِ، وَلِكُلِّ امْرِئٍ مَا نَوَى.
Deeds are judged by intentions, and each person gets what they intended.
مَنْ أَضْمَرَ نِيَّةً سَيِّئَةً فِي قَلْبِهِ لَنْ تَنْفَعَهُ ظَواهِرُ التَّقْوَى.
Whoever harbors a bad intention in his heart will not be helped by outward shows of piety.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | نِيَّةٌ | نِيَّاتٌ |
| Genitive | نِيَّةٍ | نِيَّاتٍ |
| Accusative | نِيَّةً | نِيَّاتٍ |
| Vocative | يَا نِيَّةُ | يَا نِيَّاتُ |
Word family
Etymology
The word derives from the Arabic triliteral root n-w-y, which carries the sense of aiming at or purposing something. The same root gives the verb nawā, meaning to intend or resolve. It also relates to the noun for a date stone or pit, the core toward which one directs oneself.
Learn Arabic the way that sticks.
Every word here is a full Polylex card with native audio and spaced repetition, so 4,080 words actually move into long-term memory.
Start free
Every word here is a full Polylex card with native audio and spaced repetition, so 4,080 words actually move into long-term memory.
Start free