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نقخ

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

1 نَقَخَ ذ , aor. نَقَخَ , (S, L, K,) inf. n. نَقْخٌ (S, L) and نُقَاخٌ, (L,) He struck, smote, or beat. (K.) نَقَخَ رَأْسَهُ He struck his head with a staff, or sword, or some other hard thing: or he struck his head so that the brain came forth: (L:) or he broke his head so as to disclose the brain; as also نَقَفَ. (S, L.) نَقَخَ دِمَاغَهُ He broke his brain. (K.) ― -b2- Also, نَقَخَ (L) and ↓ انتقخ (L, K) He extracted marrow (L, K) from a bone. (L.) ― -b3- نَقَحَ العَطَشَ بِبَرْدِهِ (assumed tropical:) It (sweet water) broke, [or abated, or allayed, ] thirst, by its coolness, or coldness. (L, from a trad.)

Derived headwords

نَقَخَverb
  1. 1.
نَقَخَ رَأْسَهُ
نَقَخَ دِمَاغَهُ
نَقَحَ العَطَشَ بِبَرْدِهِ