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نهض

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

1 نَهَضَ ذ , aor. نَهَضَ , inf. n. نُهُوضٌ (S, A, Mgh, Msb, K) and نَهْضٌ, (S, A, K,) He rose, or stood up. syn. اِرْتَفَعَ, (Msb,) or قَامَ, (S, Mgh, O, K,) عَنْ مَكَانِهِ from his place; (Msb;) as also ↓ انتهض, syn. قَامَ: (IAar:) or the former, he quitted a place: and he rose from it: (M, TA:) or he rose from sitting; thus differing from نَهَدَ, which signifies “ he rose ” under any circumstances: (M, L, in art. نهد:) [and he rose and went: or he rose and hastened, as shown below:] and ↓ انتهض, he was, or became, made, or excited, to rise, or stand up; quasipass. of أَنْهَضَهُ. (S.) You say, نَهَضَ اـِلَيْهِ He rose, or stood up, to him: (Mgh.) and لِأَمْرٍ [ to do, or perform, an affair ] (S, K. *) And نَهَضَ اـِلَى العَدُوِّ He [ rose and ] sped, or hastened. to, or towards, the enemy. (Msb.) [See also نَهَدَ.] And نَهَضْنَا اـِلَى القَوْمِ and نَغَضْنَا اـِلَيْهِمْ [ We rose and sped, or hastened, to. or towards, the people, or company of men: ] both signify the same. (Abu-l-Jahm El-Jaafaree.) And ↓ انتهضوا and ↓ تناهضوا signify the same as نَهَضُوا لِلْقِتَالِ [ They rose and sped, or hastened, to fight, or to the fight ]. (TA.) ― -b2- (tropical:) It (a plant) stood erect; or became strong and erect. (S, A, K.) ― -b3- (tropical:) It (a bird) spread, or expanded, its wings to fly. (S, A, Mgh, K.) You say, فَرْخٌ عَاجِزُ النُّهْض [ A young bird lacking the power of spreading its wings to fly, (A, TA.) [See an ex. in a verse of El- Hoteíäh cited in the first paragraph of art. خلف.] ― -b4- نَهَضَتْ نَفْسُهُ (K in art. جشأ. &c.) and نَهَضَتْ نَفْسُهُ اـِلَيْهِ (S in the same art, and A in art. جهش, &c.) signify [the same. i. e.] جَشأَتْ (assumed tropical:) [ His said, or stomach, heaved, &c.] (S, A, K. in the arts. above mentioned.) ― -b5- نَهَضَ الشَّيْبُ فِى الشَّبَابِ (tropical:) [ Hoariness a rose in youth ] (A, TA.) As cites the following verse from an anonymous poet: الْرِّعْدَةُ فِى ظُهَيْرِى ↓ تَنْتَهِضُ مِنْ لَدُنِ الظُّهْرِ اـِلَى العُصَيْرِ (assumed tropical:) [ Tremor arises in my little back from the time of noon to the little evening. ). (TA.)

Derived headwords

نَهَضَverb
  1. 1.
عَنْ مَكَانِهِ
نَهَضَ اـِلَيْهِ
نَهَضَ اـِلَى العَدُوِّ
نَهَضْنَا اـِلَى القَوْمِ
نَغَضْنَا اـِلَيْهِمْ
نَهَضُوا لِلْقِتَالِ
فَرْخٌ عَاجِزُ النُّهْض
نَهَضَتْ نَفْسُهُ
نَفْسُهُ اـِلَيْهِ
نَهَضَ الشَّيْبُ فِى الشَّبَابِ
الْرِّعْدَةُ فِى ظُهَيْرِى
مِنْ لَدُنِ الظُّهْرِ اـِلَى العُصَيْرِ