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نهر

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

نَهِرٌ ذ Much, (TA;) as also ↓ نَهيرٌ; (K, TA;) both applied to water. (TA.) ― -b2- A wide نَهْر [or river, or channel in which water runs]. (K.) -A2- رَخُلٌ نَهِرٌ A man of day-time ; syn. صَاحِبُ نَهَارٍ; (S, K;) who makes inroads or incursions into the territories of enemies therein: (S:) or who works therein: (A:) a kind of rel. n.; as is shown by the ex. لَسْتُ بِلَيْلِىٍّ وَلٰكِنِّى نهِرٌ لَا أُدْلِجُ اللَّيْلَ وَلٰكِنْ أَبْتَكِرْ [ I am not one of the night-time, but I am one of the day-time; I do not journey in the night, but I go forth early in the morning ]: as though he said ↓ نَهَارِىّ. (Sb.) The verse is correctly related as above; not as it is given in the S. (IB.) ― -b2- See also أَنْهَرُ.

Derived headwords

نَهِرٌ
  1. 1.
رَخُلٌ نَهِرٌ
صَاحِبُ نَهَارٍ
لَسْتُ بِلَيْلِىٍّ وَلٰكِنِّى نهِرٌ
لَا أُدْلِجُ اللَّيْلَ وَلٰكِنْ أَبْتَكِرْ