نحر

1 نَحَرَ ذ , (A, Msb, K,) aor. نَحَرَ , (Msb, K,) inf. n. نَحْرٌ (S, Msb, K) and مَنْحَرٌ (Msb) and تَنْحَارٌ [an intensive form], (K,) He stabbed, or stuck, (A, K,) a camel, (A, TA,) or a beast, (Msb,) [but generally the former,] in his نَحْر, (A,) or in his مَنْحَر, (TA,) where the windpipe (حُلْقُوم) commences in the uppermost part of the breast; (K, TA;) [i. e., in the لَبَّة; for] نَحْرٌ in the لَبَّة is like ذَبْحٌ in the throat. (S.) [Hence,] يَوْمٌ النَّحْرِ [ The day of the stabbing of the camels &c. ]; (K;) and عِيدُ النَّحْرِ [ the festival of the stabbing of the camels &c.]; (Msb;) the tenth of [ the month ] Dhu-l-Hijjeh; (K;) because then the camels and cows and bulls brought as offerings to Mekkeh, for sacrifice, are stabbed. (TA.) ― -b2- He slew. (TA.) ― -b3- نَحَرَهُ, aor. and inf. ns. as above, He hit, or hurt, his نَحْر. (K.) You say نَحَرْتُ الرَّجُلَ I hit, or hurt, the نَحْر of the man. (S.) -A2- [Hence,] نَحَرَ الأُمُورَ عِلْمًا (tropical:) [ He mastered affairs, or the affairs, by knowledge, or science ]: (A): he knew affairs soundly, or thoroughly. (Har, 2nd ed. of Paris, p. 95, Com.) And يَنْحَرُ العِلْمَ نَحْرًا (tropical:) [ He masters knowledge, or science, indeed ]. (A, K.) Jereer was asked respecting the Islámee poets, and answered, نَبْعَةُ الشُّعَرَاآءِ لِلْفَرَزْدَقِ [meaning, “ The bow, ” or “ the arrow, of the poets belongs to El-Farezdak; ” applying the term نبعة in this manner because bows and arrows were made of the tree called نَبْع]: so it was said, “ Then what hast thou left for thyself? ” and he answered, أَنَا نَحَرْتُ الشِّعْرَ نَحْرًا (tropical:) [ I have mastered poetry indeed ]. (A.) You say also, نَحَرْتُ الشَّىْءَ عِلْمًا (assumed tropical:) I knew the thing thoroughly, or superlatively well; as also قَتَلْتُهُ عِلْمًا. (Bd in iv. 156.) -A3- [Hence also,] نَحَرَ الصَّلَاةَ (tropical:) He performed, or recited, the prayer in the first part of its time. (TA.) ― -b2- نَحَرَهُمُ ا@للّٰهُ, occurring in a trad., may mean either (assumed tropical:) May God hasten to do them good, or may God slay them. (IAth.) -A4- [Hence also,] نَحَرْتُ الرَّجُلَ, (S, A,) inf. n. نَحْرٌ, (A,) (tropical:) I became opposite to the man; syn. صِرْتُ فِى نَحْرِهِ; (S;) I faced, or fronted, him; syn. قَابَلْتُهُ. (A, TA.) And نَحَرَ الدَّارُ الدَّارَ, [or نَحَرَت,] (K,) aor. نَحَرَ , (TA,) (tropical:) The house faced, or fronted, the house; (K, TA;) as also ↓ نَاحَرَت. (TA.) And دِيَارُهُمْ تَنْحَرُ الطَّرِيقَ (tropical:) Their houses face, or front, the road. (A.) [See also 6.] And Abu-lGheyth says, that the last night of the month, with its day, is called النَّحِيرَةُ for this reason, لِأَنَّهَا تَنْحَرُ الشَّهْرَ ا@لَّذِى بَعْدَهَا, i. e., Because it becomes opposite to the month that is after it: or because it reaches the first part of the month that is after it. (S.)