نحض

Root entry · 32 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of flesh, particularly its abundance, scarcity, or the act of consuming or separating it. It also extends to descriptions of physical condition, sharpness, and persistent begging.

Derived headwords

النَّحْضnoun

1.
Fleshboth
Refers to flesh itself, the substance of meat.
2.
Meaty partboth
A substantial piece of flesh, often referring to well-developed muscle.
3.
Abundant fleshclassical
Used to describe something having a lot of flesh or meat, especially in a well-fed state.

نَحْضَةnoun

1.
Large piece of fleshboth
A large, substantial piece of flesh, particularly from a well-fed animal or person.
2.
Fleshy part without boneclassical
A piece of flesh that contains no bone, similar to 'hibrāh' (a piece of meat) or 'wadhirah' (a piece of flesh).

المَنْحُوضadjective

1.
Emaciatedclassical
One whose flesh has diminished or gone, indicating a state of leanness or wasting away.
2.
Sharpenedclassical
Refers to a blade or spearhead that has been thinned and sharpened.

النَّحِيضadjective

1.
Emaciatedclassical
One whose flesh has diminished or gone, indicating a state of leanness or wasting away.
2.
Fleshyclassical
Having abundant flesh, being well-fed and corpulent.
3.
Sharpenedclassical
Refers to a blade or spearhead that has been thinned and sharpened.

نَحَضَverb

1.
To become leanclassical
The flesh of an animal or person diminished or decreased.
2.
To peelclassical
To peel or scrape flesh from something.
3.
To sharpenclassical
To make a blade or spearhead thin and sharp.
4.
To beg persistentlyclassical
To importune someone persistently in asking, to the point of wearing them down.

نَحَضَ (مبني للمجهول)verb

1.
To lose fleshclassical
Its flesh diminished or went away.

انْتَحَضَverb

1.
To scrape off fleshclassical
To scrape off the flesh from a bone, consuming it entirely.
2.
To lose fleshclassical
Its flesh diminished or went away.

نُحَاضَةnoun

1.
Abundance of fleshclassical
The state of having abundant flesh, indicating a well-fed and corpulent condition.

مُنْحَاضَةadjective

1.
Having abundant fleshclassical
Describing a female that has abundant flesh, similar to 'naḥīḍah'.

نَحِيضَةadjective

1.
Fleshy (female)classical
A woman who is abundant in flesh, corpulent.

نَحِيضadjective

1.
Fleshy (male)classical
A man who is abundant in flesh, corpulent.
2.
Emaciatedclassical
One whose flesh has diminished or gone, indicating a state of leanness or wasting away.
3.
Sharpenedclassical
Refers to a blade or spearhead that has been thinned and sharpened.

نَحَضَ (مبني للمجهول)verb

1.
To have flesh removedclassical
Its flesh was removed or diminished.

نَحَضَverb

1.
To be fleshyclassical
Its flesh became abundant or well-developed.

نَحَضَverb

1.
To peel fleshclassical
To peel or scrape flesh from something.

نَحَضَverb

1.
To sharpenclassical
To make a blade or spearhead thin and sharp.

نَحَضَverb

1.
To beg persistentlyclassical
To importune someone persistently in asking, to the point of wearing them down.

نَحَضَverb

1.
To peel fleshclassical
To peel or scrape flesh from something.

نَحَضَverb

1.
To scrape flesh from boneclassical
To take the flesh off a bone, to gnaw it clean.

نَحَضَverb

1.
To be fleshyclassical
Its flesh became abundant or well-developed.

نَحَضَverb

1.
To lose fleshclassical
Its flesh diminished or went away.

نَحَضَverb

1.
To sharpenclassical
To make a blade or spearhead thin and sharp.

نَحَضَverb

1.
To beg persistentlyclassical
To importune someone persistently in asking, to the point of wearing them down.

نَحَضَverb

1.
To peel fleshclassical
To peel or scrape flesh from something.

نَحَضَverb

1.
To scrape flesh from boneclassical
To take the flesh off a bone, to gnaw it clean.

نَحِيضadjective

1.
Fleshyclassical
Having abundant flesh, being well-fed and corpulent.
2.
Emaciatedclassical
One whose flesh has diminished or gone, indicating a state of leanness or wasting away.
3.
Sharpenedclassical
Refers to a blade or spearhead that has been thinned and sharpened.

نَحِيضnoun

1.
Fleshboth
Refers to flesh itself, the substance of meat.

نَحِيضverb

1.
To be fleshyclassical
Its flesh became abundant or well-developed.

نَحِيضverb

1.
To lose fleshclassical
Its flesh diminished or went away.

نَحِيضverb

1.
To peel fleshclassical
To peel or scrape flesh from something.

نَحِيضverb

1.
To scrape flesh from boneclassical
To take the flesh off a bone, to gnaw it clean.

نَحِيضverb

1.
To sharpenclassical
To make a blade or spearhead thin and sharp.

نَحِيضverb

1.
To beg persistentlyclassical
To importune someone persistently in asking, to the point of wearing them down.

Parallel reading

والقطعة الضخمة منه تسمى نحضة.

And a large piece of it is called a naḥḍah.

والمنحوض والنحيض: الذي ذهب لحمه.

And al-manḥūḍ and an-naḥīḍ: one whose flesh has gone.

وقيل: هما الكثيرا اللحم، والأنثى بالهاء، وكل بضعة لحم لا عظم فيها لفئة نحو النحضة والهبرة والوذرة.

And it was said: they are the ones with abundant flesh, and the feminine is with the 'hā'. And every piece of flesh without bone is like naḥḍah, hibrāh, and wadhirah.

وقد نحضا نحاضة: كثر لحمهما.

And they became naḥāḍah: their flesh became abundant.

ونحض لحمه ينحض نحوضا: نقص.

And his flesh diminished, it diminishes naḥūḍan: it decreased.

قال الأزهري: ونحاضتهما كثرة لحمهما، وهي منحوضة ونحيض.

Al-Azhari said: And their naḥāḍah is the abundance of their flesh, and it is manḥūḍah and naḥīḍ.

ونحض اللحم ينحضه وينحضه نحضا: قشره.

And he peeled the flesh, he peels it and peels it naḥḍan: he scraped it.

ونحض العظم ينحضه نحضا وانتحضه: أخذ ما عليه من اللحم واعترقه.

And he scraped the bone, he scrapes it naḥḍan and inḥaḍaḥahu: he took what was on it of flesh and licked it clean.

والنحض والنحضة: اللحم المكتنز كلحم الفخذ؛

And an-naḥḍ and an-naḥḍah: the compact flesh, like the flesh of the thigh;

وقد نحض، بالضم، فهو نحيض أي اكتنز لحمه.

And he became naḥiḍa (with dammah), so he is naḥīḍ, meaning his flesh became compact.

وامرأة نحيضة ورجل نحيض: كثير اللحم.

And a woman naḥīḍah and a man naḥīḍ: having abundant flesh.

ونحض على ما لم يسم فاعله، فهو منحوض أي ذهب لحمه، وانتحض مثله.

And he was naḥiḍa (passive), so he is manḥūḍ, meaning his flesh went away, and inḥaḍaḍa is similar.

فاعمد إلى شاة ممتلئة شحما ونحضا ؛ النحض: اللحم؛

So take a sheep full of fat and naḥḍ; an-naḥḍ: the flesh;

عيرانه قذفت بالنحض عن عرض أي رميت باللحم.

Her she-camel threw off flesh from her side, meaning she was thrown with flesh.

ونحضت السنان والنصل، فهو منحوض ونحيض إذا رققته وأحددته؛

And he sharpened the spearhead and the blade, so it is manḥūḍ and naḥīḍ if you thin and sharpen it;

يباري شباة الرمح خد مذلق، ... كحد السنان الصلبي النحيض

It rivals the spearhead, a smooth cheek, ... like the edge of a sharpened solid spear.

ونحضت فلانا إذا تلححت عليه في السؤال حتى يكون ذلك السؤال كنحض اللحم عن العظم؛

And you importuned someone, if you persistently asked him until that asking was like scraping flesh from bone;

قال أبو زيد نحض الرجل سأله ولامه؛

Abu Zayd said: Naḥaḍa a man means he asked him and blamed him;

أعطى بلا من ولا تقارض، ... ولا سؤال مع نحض الناحض

He gave without favor or reciprocity, ... nor asking with the importuning of the beggar.