نوح

نَائِحَةٌ ذ [ A wailing woman ]: (Msb:) pl. نَوَائِحُ and نَائِحَاتٌ: and you also say ↓ نِسَاآءٌ نَوْحٌ, and أَنْوَاحٌ, and ↓ نُوَّحٌ: (S, K:) نَوَائِحُ is an epithet applied to women who assemble in a مَنَاحَة: and ↓ مَنَاحَةٌ (also) and ↓ نَوْحٌ signify women who assemble together for the purpose of mourning. (L.) نَوَائِحُ are so called from التَّنَاوُح, signifying “ the being opposite, one to another: ” (S:) [if so, it is app. a tropical term: but accord. to the A, التناوح, as above explained, is tropical]. Also ↓ نَوَّاحَةٌ [ A woman who wails much, or frequently; who is in the habit of wailing: a professional wailing woman ]. Ex. هِىَ نَوَّاحَةُ بَنِى فُلَانٍ [ She is the professional wailing woman of the sons of such a one ]. (A.) ― -b2- حَمَامَةٌ نَائِحَةٌ. and ↓ نَوَّاحَةٌ, A pigeon that cooes in a plaintive or wailing manner. (L.) ― -b3- نَوَائِحُ also signifies Standards, or ensigns, opposite one to another, in battle. (L.) ― -b4- Also, Swords. In this sense, it occurs written ↓ النَّوَاحِى, by transposition. (Ks, L.)