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نتع

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a slow, gradual emergence or oozing, often associated with liquids like sweat, blood, or water. It can also refer to a specific type of deep wound where the flesh is exposed.

Derived headwords

نَتَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to oozeboth

    To emerge or flow out slowly and gradually, like sweat from the body or water from a spring or rock.

نَتْعًاnoun
  1. 1.
    oozingboth

    The act or process of oozing or emerging slowly and gradually.

نَتُوعًاnoun
  1. 1.
    oozingclassical

    The act or process of oozing or emerging slowly and gradually, used interchangeably with نَتْعًا.

أَنْتَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to sweat profuselyclassical

    To sweat a great deal; to perspire heavily.

المُتَلَاحِمَةadjective
  1. 1.
    deeply cut (wound)classical

    Describing a wound that cuts deeply into the flesh, exposing it without any skin covering it and without bone being immediately visible.

نَتْعnoun
  1. 1.
    oozingboth

    The act of oozing or emerging slowly.

  2. 2.
    exposed fleshclassical

    In the context of wounds, it refers to flesh that is exposed and not covered by skin, a characteristic of a 'mutalāḥimah' wound.

Parallel reading

نَتَعَ العرقُ ينتعُ نَتْعًا ونتوعًا: كنبع إلا أن نَتْعًا في العرق أحسن
Sweat oozed, it oozes, with oozing and a great deal of oozing: like a spring, except that oozing in the context of sweat is more elegant.
ونَتَعَ الدمُ من الجرحِ والماءُ من العينِ أو الحجرِ ينتعُ وينتعُ: خرج قليلاً قليلاً
And blood oozed from the wound, and water from the spring or the rock, it oozes and oozes: emerging little by little.
أنْتَعَ الرجلُ إذا عرقَ عرقًا كثيرًا
A man 'anta'a' if he sweats a lot.
وهي التي تشقُّ الجلدَ فتزِلُّ فينتعُ اللحمُ ولا يكونُ للمسبارِ فيهِ طريقٌ
It (the wound) is that which splits the skin and exposes it, so the flesh oozes out, and there is no path for the probe into it.
والنَتْعُ أن لا يكونَ دونهُ شيءٌ من الجلدِ يواريهِ ولا وراءهُ عظمٌ يخرجُ قد حالَ دونَ ذلكَ العظمِ
And 'al-nat'u' is when there is nothing of the skin covering it, nor is there bone behind it that emerges, as the bone has been obstructed from appearing.