نح

1 نَحَّ ذ , aor. نَحِ3َ , inf. n. نَحِيحٌ, He (a man) reiterated a sound, or made it to reciprocate, (رَدَّدَهُ,) in his inside: (S, L:) or his voice was reiterated, or made to reciprocate, (تَرَدَّدَ,) in his inside; as also ↓ نَحْنَحَ and ↓ تَنَحْنَحَ: (K:) [each of these verbs, of which the last seems to be the most common, signifies, as is implied in the L &c., and accord. to present usage, he made a reiterated humming in his throat, like a slight coughing, or, as some say, more violent than coughing; as is often done by a niggard when he is asked for a thing:] التَّنَحْنُحُ is well known, (S,) and النَّحْنَحَةُ is like it; (Lth, S;) it is [ the making a sound, or sounds, in the throat, ] slighter than coughing; and is the pretence of the niggard: (Lth:) or it is more violent than coughing; as also النَّحِيحُ. (L.) See also حِرَّةٌ. ― -b2- [Hence, from the sound employed,] نَحَّ, aor. نَحُ3َ , He incited, or urged on, a camel. (K.)