نفى1 نَفَاهُ He drove away, expelled, or banished, him, or it. (T, in TT.) 3 هٰذَا يُنَافِىهٰذَا This precludes the co-existence of this therewith; is inconsistent, or incompatible, with this.6 تَنَافَيَا They two were incompatible.8 اِنْتَفَىIt was negative: contr. of ثَبَتَ and and وَجَبَ. (IbrD.) b2:  اِنْتَفَى مِنْ شَىْءٍHe  denied a thing; meaning an accusation or the like: syn. تَنَضَّحَ.نُفَايَةٌ Refuse; i. e. what one rejects, of a thing, because of its badness: (S:) or refuse little in quantity: (T:) or the remains, and bad portion, of a thing: (M, K:) or, accord. to IAar, what is bad of wheat or food. (M.) فِعْلٌ مَنْفِىٌّ A verb rendered negative by its being preceded by مَا or the like; contr. of مُثْبَتٌ and مُوجَبٌ. b2:  كَلاَمٌ مَنْفِىٌّ
 A denied sentence; contr. of مُثْبَتٌ and مُوجَبٌ; virtually the same as كَلاَمٌ نَافٍ a denying, or negative, sentence.