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نظح

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the process of grain ripening and maturing, specifically when the grain within the ear becomes dense and developed. It also touches upon potential textual corruptions where 'ظ' might be a mistake for 'ض'.

Derived headwords

نَضَحَverb
  1. 1.
    to ripenclassical

    Said of grain in its ear when it becomes dense and mature.

أَنْضَحَverb
  1. 1.
    to ripenclassical

    Said of grain in its ear when it becomes dense and mature. This is a variant form of the verb 'naḍaḥa'.

نَضْحnoun
  1. 1.
    ripeningclassical

    The process of grain ripening and maturing within its ear.

بِضْرnoun
  1. 1.
    female genitaliaclassical

    A term referring to the female genitalia, specifically the clitoris.

Parallel reading

أنظح السنبل إذا رأيت الدقيق في حبه
The ear of grain ripens when you see the floury substance in its grain.
نضح السنبل وأنضح، بالضاد
The ear of grain ripens, and it ripens, with the letter 'ḍād'.
والظاء بهذا المعنى تصحيف إلا أن يكون محفوظا عن العرب فيكون لغة من لغاتهم
And the letter 'ẓāʼ' in this meaning is a textual corruption unless it is preserved from the Arabs, in which case it would be one of their dialects.
كما قالوا بضر المرأة لبظرها
Just as they said 'biḍr' for a woman's 'biẓr'.