نكح

مَنَاكِحُ ذ Women, or wives; syn. نِسَاآءٌ: (K:) a pl. having no sing.; or its sing. is ↓ مَنْكَحٌ; [or ↓ مَنْكِحٌ, which occurs in the S and K, art. علث, evidently as signifying a wife; as though being a place of نِكَاح;] or ↓ مَنْكُوحَةٌ. (TA.) ― -b2- اـِنَّ المَنَاكِحَ خَيْرَهُا الأَبْكَارُ [ Verily the best of women to take in marriage are virgins ]. A proverb. (TA.)