نشح

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of drinking, specifically a small amount of water, often to quench thirst without full satiation. It extends to the act of giving such a small amount of water to an animal, and metaphorically to taking a small amount of something.

Derived headwords

نَشَحَverb

1.
to drink a littleboth
To drink until one is full or satisfied.
2.
to drink sparinglyclassical
To drink a small amount, not enough to quench thirst.

يَنْشَحُverb

1.
drinks a littleboth
Present tense of نشح, referring to the act of drinking a small amount.

نَشْحًاnoun

1.
drinking a littleboth
The act of drinking a small amount, often without full satiation.

نُشُوحًاnoun

1.
drinking a littleboth
The act of drinking a small amount, often without full satiation.

انْتَشَحَverb

1.
to drink until fullboth
To drink until one's fill is reached.
2.
to take sparinglyclassical
To take or acquire a small amount of something, often with effort or restraint.

النَّشْحnoun

1.
drinking sparinglyclassical
The act of drinking a small quantity of water, not enough to fully quench thirst.
2.
sweatclassical
Perspiration or sweat.

النَّشُوحnoun

1.
small amount of waterclassical
A small quantity of water, especially one given to an animal.

نَشَحَ بَعِيرَهُverb

1.
to give little waterclassical
To give an animal a small amount of water, not enough to fully satisfy its thirst.

نَشَّاحadjective

1.
leakingclassical
Describing a waterskin that is leaking or dripping slightly.

Parallel reading

نشح الشارب ينشح نشحا ونشوحا وانتشح إذا شرب حتى امتلأ

The drinker drinks until full, with نشح and نشوح, and انتشح if he drank until he was full.

وقيل: نشح شرب شربا قليلا دون الري

And it was said: نشح means drinking a small amount without quenching thirst.

فانصاعت الحقب لم تقصع صرائرها، ... وقد نشحن، فلا ري ولا هيم

And the herd moved on, their thirst not quenched... and we drank, but it was not enough to satisfy, nor to relieve extreme thirst.

فإني كنت نشحتها جهدي أي أقللت من الأخذ منها

For I had taken sparingly from it to the best of my ability, meaning I took little from it.

والنشح: الشرب القليل

And نشح: drinking a little.

ونشح بعيره: سقاه ماء قليلا

And نشح his camel: he gave it a little water.

والاسم النشوح من قولك نشح إذا شرب شربا دون الري

And the noun is النشوح, from your saying نشح when one drinks an amount less than quenching thirst.

حتى إذا ما غيبت نشوحا وأورد الجوهري هذا البيت على النشوح الماء القليل

Until they had drunk a small amount of water, and Al-Jawhari cited this verse under النشوح meaning a small amount of water.

وقيل: النشوح، بالفتح، الماء القليل

And it was said: النشوح, with fatha, means a small amount of water.

ألا وانشحوا خيلكم نشحا أي اسقوها سقيا يفثأ غلتها وإن لم يروها

Behold, give your horses a light watering, meaning give them a drink that will ease their thirst, even if it does not fully satisfy them.

نشحت بها عنسا تجافى أظلها ... عن الأكم، إلا ما وقتها السرائح

I gave a she-camel a light drink from it, whose shade stretched away from the hills, except for what the plains allowed.

والنشح: العرق؛ عن كراع

And نشح: sweat; according to Kara'.

وسقاء نشاح: رشاح نضاح

And a نشاح waterskin: one that leaks or drips.