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نخش

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of being thin, emaciated, or having little flesh. It also extends to meanings of stirring, disturbing, nudging, or urging something, often with a sense of roughness or irritation. Additionally, it can refer to scraping or peeling something off.

Derived headwords

نَخَشَverb
  1. 1.
    to be emaciatedboth

    To become thin and have little flesh on the body.

  2. 2.
    to stir upclassical

    To move or agitate something, often in a way that causes disturbance or irritation.

  3. 3.
    to nudgeclassical

    To prod or push something, especially with an object like a stick.

  4. 4.
    to scrape offclassical

    To remove the outer layer or covering of something.

مَنْخُوشadjective
  1. 1.
    emaciatedboth

    Describing a person who is thin and lacks flesh, having become weak or gaunt.

نخش الرجل، فهو منخوش إذا هزل — A man is emaciated, and he is mankhush if he has become thin.
مَنْخُوشَةadjective
  1. 1.
    emaciatedboth

    Describing a woman who is thin and lacks flesh.

وامرأة منخوشة: لا لحم عليها — And a woman mankhushah: she has no flesh on her.
نَخْسverb
  1. 1.
    to be little (flesh)classical

    To be little or scarce in terms of flesh on the body.

نخش لحم الرجل ونخس أي قل — The flesh of a man is nakhsh and nakhs, meaning it is little.
نَخْشَةnoun
  1. 1.
    stirringclassical

    The sound or sensation of movement, stirring, or disturbance, particularly associated with an animal like a wolf.

وسمعت نخشة الذئب أي حسه وحركته — And I heard the nakhshah of the wolf, meaning its sense and movement.
انْخُشُوهَاverb
  1. 1.
    to urge onclassical

    To drive or urge something forward forcefully, especially a caravan or animals.

ألا وانخشوها نخشا — 'Behold, urge them on with a strong urging!'
نَخْشverb
  1. 1.
    to be little (flesh)classical

    To be little or scarce in terms of flesh on the body (variant pronunciation with fatha on the nun).

وقال غيره نخش، بفتح النون — And others said nakhsh, with a fatha on the nun.
نَخَشَverb
  1. 1.
    to stirclassical

    To move or disturb someone or something.

نخش فلان فلانا إذا حركه وآذاه — So-and-so nakhsh-ed so-and-so if he moved him and harmed him.
نَخَشَverb
  1. 1.
    to nudgeclassical

    To prod or push an animal, like a camel, with the tip of a stick.

نخش البعير بطرف عصاه إذا خرشه وساقه — He nakhsh-ed the camel with the tip of his stick if he prodded and drove it.
نَنْخُشُهُverb
  1. 1.
    to peelclassical

    To remove the peel or outer layer from something, such as grain.

ننخشه ؛ قال: قولها ننخشه أي نقشره وننحي عنه قشوره — ...we ننخشه; he said: her saying ننخشه means we peel it and remove its husks.

Parallel reading

نخش الرجل، فهو منخوش إذا هزل.
A man is emaciated, and he is mankhush if he has become thin.
وامرأة منخوشة: لا لحم عليها.
And a woman mankhushah: she has no flesh on her.
نخش لحم الرجل ونخس أي قل
The flesh of a man is nakhsh and nakhs, meaning it is little.
نخش فلان فلانا إذا حركه وآذاه.
So-and-so nakhsh-ed so-and-so if he moved him and harmed him.
وسمعت نخشة الذئب أي حسه وحركته
And I heard the nakhshah of the wolf, meaning its sense and movement.
فسمعت نخشته ونظرت إلى سفيف أذنيه
So I heard its nakhshah and looked at the fine hairs of its ears.
ألا وانخشوها نخشا
'Behold, urge them on with a strong urging!'
نخش البعير بطرف عصاه إذا خرشه وساقه
He nakhsh-ed the camel with the tip of his stick if he prodded and drove it.
ننمنحوننا شيئا من ألبانهم وشيئا من شعير ننخشه
They would give us some of their milk and some barley that we would peel.
قولها ننخشه أي نقشره وننحي عنه قشوره
Her saying ننخشه means we peel it and remove its husks.
ومنه نخش الرجل إذا هزل كأن لحمه أخذ عنه.
And from this is a man becoming emaciated if he has become thin, as if his flesh has been taken from him.