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نهد

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

نِهْدٌ ذ (L, K) and sometimes ↓ نَهْدٌ, (K,) or the latter signifies the action described in the following explanation, (L,) A contribution, or that which is contributed, to the expenses of a journey, equally shared by each member of the party: (L, K:) or a contribution that is made for an expedition against an enemy, by a clubbing, i. e. an equal sharing of the expenses, so that there shall be no defrauding of one by another, and no obligation of one to another. (IAth, L.) See 3 and 6. You say, هَاتِ نِهْدَكَ Give thou thy contribution to the expenses of the journey, or expedition, equally with thy companions. (L.)

Derived headwords

نِهْدٌ
  1. 1.
هَاتِ نِهْدَكَ