نكح

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

The root نكح (nakaha) primarily denotes sexual intercourse and marriage. It encompasses the act of marrying, the act of having sexual relations, and the state of being married. The term can also refer to a person who frequently engages in marriage or divorce, and metaphorically, to things that overcome or dominate.

Derived headwords

نَكَحَverb

1.
to marryboth
To enter into a marital contract with someone, to get married.
2.
to have sexual intercourseboth
To engage in sexual relations with someone.

نِكَاحًاnoun

1.
marriageboth
The act or state of being married; a marriage contract.
2.
sexual intercourseboth
The act of sexual intercourse.

بَاضَعَverb

1.
to have sexual intercourseclassical
To have sexual intercourse with someone.

دَحَمَverb

1.
to have sexual intercourseclassical
To have sexual intercourse with someone.

خَجَأَverb

1.
to have sexual intercourseclassical
To have sexual intercourse with someone.

أَنْكَحَverb

1.
to marry (someone off)both
To cause someone to marry, to give someone in marriage.

نَاكِحadjective

1.
marriedboth
A woman who is married.
2.
frequently marryingclassical
One who frequently marries or divorces.

نَكْحَةnoun

1.
frequent marriage/divorceclassical
A state of frequent marriage and divorce.

نَكَحَةadjective

1.
much given to marriageclassical
A man who is much given to marriage.

نَكِحadjective

1.
much given to marriageclassical
A man who is much given to marriage.

اسْتَنْكَحَverb

1.
to marry intoclassical
To marry into a tribe or family.

نَاكَverb

1.
to overcomeclassical
To overcome or dominate, used for rain or drowsiness.

نَكْحnoun

1.
marriageclassical
Marriage, the act of marrying.

نَاكِحَةadjective

1.
marriedclassical
A woman who is married.

Parallel reading

نكح فلان «2» امرأة ينكحها نكاحا إذا تزوجها.

So-and-so marries a woman, he marries her with a marriage, if he marries her.

ونكحها ينكحها: باضعها أيضا، وكذلك دحمها وخجأها؛

And he marries her, he has sexual intercourse with her, likewise he penetrates her and he thrusts her.

ولا تقربن جارة، إن سرها ... عليك حرام، فانكحن أو تأبدا

And do not approach a neighbor; indeed her secret is forbidden to you; so marry [others] or remain perpetually single.

الزاني لا ينكح إلا زانية أو مشركة والزانية لا ينكحها إلا زان أو مشرك

The fornicator does not marry except a fornicatress or a polytheist, and the fornicatress, none marries her except a fornicator or a polytheist.

لا يتزوج الزاني إلا زانية، وكذلك الزانية لا يتزوجها إلا زان

The fornicator does not marry except a fornicatress, and likewise the fornicatress, none marries her except a fornicator.

وأنكحوا الأيامى منكم

And marry off the unmarried among you.

إذا نكحتم المؤمنات

when you marry believing women.

أصل النكاح في كلام العرب الوطء، وقيل للتزوج نكاح لأنه سبب للوطء المباح.

The origin of nikah in the speech of the Arabs is sexual intercourse, and marriage is called nikah because it is a cause for permissible intercourse.

النكاح الوطء وقد يكون العقد، تقول: نكحتها ونكحت هي أي تزوجت؛

Nikah is sexual intercourse, and it may be the contract. You say: I married her, and she married, meaning she got married.

وهي ناكح في بني فلان أي ذات زوج منهم.

And she is a nakih among the Banu so-and-so, meaning she has a husband from them.

ورجل نكحة ونكح: كثير النكاح.

And a man nakha and nakih: much given to marriage.

وفي حديث معاوية: لست بنكح طلقة أي كثير التزويج والطلاق

And in the hadith of Mu'awiyah: 'You are not a nakih of a divorcee,' meaning much marrying and divorcing.

وأنكحه المرأة: زوجه إياها.

And he caused him to marry the woman: he married her to him.

فقال له: نكح أي قد أنكحناك إياها؛

And it was said to him: Nakaha, meaning 'We have married her to you.'

أسرع من نكاح أم خارجة.

Faster than the marriage of Umm Kharijah.

ويقال: إنه لنكحة من قوم نكحات إذا كان شديد النكاح.

And it is said: He is a nakha from a people of nakahat if he is intense in marriage.

ونكح المطر الأرض إذا اعتمد عليها.

And the rain struck the earth if it relied upon it.

ونكح النعاس عينه، وناك المطر الأرض، وناك النعاس عينه إذا غلب عليها.

And drowsiness overcame his eye, and the rain struck the earth, and drowsiness overcame his eye if it dominated it.

أحاطت بخطاب الأيامى، وطلقت، ... غداة غد، منهن من كان ناكحا

She surrounded the suitors of the unmarried, and was divorced... on the morrow, among them was one who was married.

ومثلك ناحت عليه النساء، ... من بين بكر إلى ناكحه

And like you, women mourned for him, ... from among virgins to the married woman.

انطلقت إلى أخت لي ناكح في بني شيبان أي ذات نكاح يعني متزوجة

I went to my sister, a nakih among the Banu Shayban, meaning married.

ما أنت بناكح حتى تنقضي العدة.

You are not to marry until the waiting period is completed.

هم قتلوا الطائي، بالحجر عنوة، ... أبا جابر، واستنكحوا أم جابر

They killed Al-Ta'i, in Al-Hijr by force, ... Abu Jabir, and they married Umm Jabir.