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negation in Arabic

نَفْي nafy

/nɪˈɡeɪʃn̩/

negation in Arabic: نَفْي (nafy), إِنْكَار (ʔinkār). In English, negation means the act of negating something.

Arabic words for negation

negation in logic: نَفْي nafy
act of negating something: نَفْي nafy
denial or contradiction: إِنْكَار ʔinkār

English meaning of negation

noun The act of negating something.
noun A denial or contradiction.
noun A proposition which is the contradictory of another proposition and which can be obtained from that other proposition by the appropriately placed addition, or insertion, of the word "not". (Or, in symbolic logic, by prepending that proposition with the symbol for the logical operator "not".).
noun The logical operation which obtains such (negated) propositions.

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Questions about negation in Arabic

What is the meaning of negation in Arabic?: Negation in Arabic is نَفْي (nafy), إِنْكَار (ʔinkār).
ما معنى كلمة negation؟: Negation: نَفْي (nafy), إِنْكَار (ʔinkār).
What does negation mean in English?: Negation means the act of negating something.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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