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نهس

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of biting or seizing with the front teeth, often in the context of eating or attacking. It extends to descriptions of animals that bite and individuals who are lean or thin, as well as a specific type of bird.

Derived headwords

نَهَسَverb
  1. 1.
    to bite offboth

    To seize and bite off a piece of something, especially meat, using the front teeth.

  2. 2.
    to biteboth

    To bite something, as a snake bites its victim.

نَهْسnoun
  1. 1.
    biting offboth

    The act of seizing and biting off meat with the front teeth.

  2. 2.
    biteboth

    A bite, especially one taken with the front teeth.

  3. 3.
    a type of birdclassical

    A species of bird, possibly a shrike, known for hunting small birds and its constant head and tail movements.

نَهَسَ الطعامverb
  1. 1.
    to eat from foodboth

    To take and eat from food, consuming a portion of it.

نَهَسَتْهُ الحَيَّةverb
  1. 1.
    the snake bit itboth

    The snake bit it, inflicting a wound.

نَهوسadjective
  1. 1.
    biting (female camel)classical

    A female camel that is prone to biting.

نَهْسnoun
  1. 1.
    a type of birdclassical

    A type of bird, also referred to as 'nahs'.

نَهْسانnoun
  1. 1.
    birds (pl.)classical

    The plural of 'nahs', referring to a type of bird.

مَنْهُوسadjective
  1. 1.
    leanboth

    Having little flesh, lean, or thin, often used to describe a person or animal.

مِنْهَسadjective
  1. 1.
    leanclassical

    Lean or thin, lacking flesh.

نَهيسadjective
  1. 1.
    leanclassical

    Lean or thin, lacking flesh.

انْتَهَسَverb
  1. 1.
    to gnaw offboth

    To gnaw off meat from a bone using the front teeth.

  2. 2.
    to biteboth

    To bite, similar to 'nahasa'.

نَهَشَverb
  1. 1.
    to biteboth

    To bite, often implying a more vigorous or tearing bite than 'nahasa'. The distinction is discussed in relation to the letter 'shīn'.

Parallel reading

النهس: القبض على اللحم ونتره.
An-nahs: seizing meat and tearing it off.
ونهس الطعام: تناول منه.
And he 'nahasa' food: he ate from it.
ونهسته الحية: عضته
And the snake 'nahasat' it: it bit it.
وناقة نهوس: عضوض
And a 'nahūs' camel: a biting one.
إنها لعسوس ضروس شموس نهوس.
She is a persistent, fierce, aloof, biting (camel).
ونهس اللحم ينهسه نهسا ونهسا: انتزعه بالثنايا للأكل.
And he 'nahasa' the meat, he 'nahasa' it, a 'nahs' and a 'nahs': he tore it off with the incisors for eating.
ونهست العرق وانتهسته إذا تعرقته بمقدم أسنانك.
And you 'nahasta' the bone and 'intahastahu' it if you gnawed it with the front of your teeth.
نهسته وانتهسته بمعنى.
He 'nahasathu' and 'intahasathu' are synonymous.
أنه أخذ عظما فنهس ما عليه من اللحم أي أخذه بفيه.
That he took a bone and 'nahasa' what was on it of meat, meaning he took it with his mouth.
مضبر اللحيين نسرا منهسا
Having prepared jaws, a lean vulture ('minsas').
ورجل منهوس ونهيس: قليل اللحم خفيف
And a 'manhūs' and 'nahīs' man: lean and light.
كان منهوس الكعبين أي لحمهما قليل
He had 'manhūs' ankles, meaning their flesh was little.
والنهس: ضرب من الصرد
And 'an-nahs': a type of shrike.
والجمع نهسان
And the plural is 'nahsān'.
رأى شرحبيل وقد صاد نهسا بالأسواف فأخذه زيد بن ثابت منه وأرسله
He saw Shurayhil who had hunted a 'nahs' (bird) in Al-Asāf, so Zayd ibn Thābit took it from him and released it.
ونهس الحية: نهشه
And he 'nahasa' the snake: he 'nahashathu' it.
تنهس لو تمكنت من نهس
It would bite if it could get a bite.