نقح

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

The root نقح (naqaḥa) primarily relates to the act of refining, trimming, or cleaning something by removing extraneous parts. This can apply to physical objects like sticks or bones, as well as abstract concepts like speech or poetry, implying improvement and purification.

Derived headwords

نَقَحَverb

1.
to trimboth
To trim or prune something, such as a stick, by removing its excess parts to make it smooth or refined.
2.
to peelboth
To peel or strip something, like the bark of a tree or the husk of a plant.
3.
to refineboth
To refine or improve something, especially speech or poetry, by careful examination and removal of flaws.
4.
to extract marrowboth
To extract the marrow from a bone.

نقح جسمي عن نضار العود — He trimmed my body from the freshness of the wood

نقح العظم ينقحه نقحا — He extracted the marrow from the bone

تَنْقِيحٌnoun

1.
refinementboth
The act of refining, trimming, or purifying something, especially speech or poetry, to improve its quality.
2.
pruningboth
The process of trimming or pruning, such as the pruning of a stick.

استغنت السلاءة عن التنقيح — The palm spine is self-sufficient and needs no refinement

نَقْحٌnoun

1.
pure sandclassical
Pure or unadulterated sand.
2.
white summer cloudclassical
A white, summery cloud.

والنقح: الخالص من الرمل — And al-naqḥ: the pure sand

والنقح: سحاب أبيض صيفي — And al-naqḥ: a white summer cloud

مُنَقَّحٌadjective

1.
refinedboth
Something that has been refined, improved, or carefully edited, especially speech or poetry.
2.
afflictedclassical
A person who has been afflicted by hardships or trials.

خير الشعر الحولي المنقح — The best poetry is that which has been refined over a year

ورجل منقح: أصابته البلايا — And a man munqah: one who has been afflicted by calamities

أَنْقَحَverb

1.
to strip off adornmentclassical
To strip off the adornment or embellishment of a sword, often due to poverty or hardship.
2.
to scratchclassical
To scratch or rub something, such as hair.

أنقح الرجل إذا قلع حلية سيفه في الجدب والفقر — A man anqaḥa if he stripped off his sword's adornment in times of drought and poverty

وأنقح شعره إذا نقحه وحككه — And he anqaḥa his hair if he scratched and rubbed it

تَنَقَّحَverb

1.
to diminishclassical
To diminish or decrease, referring to the fat of a she-camel.

وتنقح شحم الناقة أي قل — And the fat of the she-camel tanaqqaḥa, meaning it decreased

انْتَقَحَverb

1.
to extract marrowboth
To extract the marrow from a bone, similar to نقح.

ونقح العظم ينقحه نقحا وانتقحه: استخرج مخه — And he extracted the marrow from the bone, naqḥan and intaqḥahu: he extracted its marrow

تَنْقِيحُ الشَّعْرِnoun phrase

1.
poetry refinementboth
The process of refining and improving poetry through careful editing and revision.

وتَنقيحُ الشعر: تهذيبه — And tanqīḥ al-shiʿr: its refinement

نَقَّحَverb

1.
to refineboth
To refine, polish, or improve something, especially speech or text, by removing flaws and enhancing clarity.

Parallel reading

تشذيبك عن العصا أبنها حتى تخلص

Your trimming of the stick's branch until it is purified

وتنقيح الجذع: تشذيبه

And the refinement of a trunk: its trimming

وكل ما نحيت عنه شيئا، فقد نقحته

And whatever you trim something from, you have refined it

نقحن جسمي عن نضار العود

He trimmed my body from the freshness of the wood

ونقح الشيء: قشره

And naqaḥa the thing: he peeled it

نقحوا حمائل سيوفهم أي قشروها فباعوها لشدة زمانهم

They stripped their sword belts, meaning they peeled them and sold them due to the severity of their times

أنقح الرجل إذا قلع حلية سيفه في الجدب والفقر

A man anqaḥa if he stripped off his sword's adornment in times of drought and poverty

وأنقح شعره إذا نقحه وحككه

And he anqaḥa his hair if he scratched and rubbed it

ونقح النخل أصلحه وقشره

And he naqaḥa the palm tree, he improved it and peeled it

خير الشعر الحولي المنقح

The best poetry is that which has been refined over a year

وتنقح شحم الناقة أي قل

And the fat of the she-camel tanaqqaḥa, meaning it decreased

ونقح الكلام: فتشه وأحسن النظر فيه

And naqaḥa the speech: he examined it and looked at it well

استغنت السلاءة عن التنقيح

The palm spine is self-sufficient and needs no refinement

يضرب مثلا لمن يريد تجويد شيء هو في غاية الجودة من شعر أو كلام أو غيره مما هو مستقيم

It is a metaphor for one who wants to improve something that is already of the highest quality, whether poetry, speech, or anything else that is sound

والنقح: الخالص من الرمل

And al-naqḥ: the pure sand

إنه لنقح أي عالم مجرب

He is naqaḥ, meaning knowledgeable and experienced

ونقح الكلام إذا هذبه وأحسن أوصافه

And naqaḥa the speech if he refined it and improved its descriptions

ورجل منقح: أصابته البلايا

And a man munqah: one who has been afflicted by calamities

ونقح العظم إذا استخرج مخه

And he naqaḥa the bone if he extracted its marrow

والنقح: سحاب أبيض صيفي

And al-naqḥ: a white summer cloud