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نثع

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes the act of expelling bodily fluids, specifically vomiting or nosebleeds. It can also denote the continuous or successive nature of such expulsions.

Derived headwords

أَنْثَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to vomitboth

    To expel stomach contents through the mouth.

  2. 2.
    to have a nosebleedboth

    To experience bleeding from the nose.

إنْثَاعًاnoun
  1. 1.
    vomitingboth

    The act or process of vomiting.

  2. 2.
    nosebleedboth

    The act or process of bleeding from the nose.

أنْثَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to follow one anotherclassical

    To occur in succession or sequence, one after another.

Parallel reading

أنثع الرجل إذا قاء
A man vomits if he expels stomach contents.
وأنثع إذا خرج الدم من أنفه غالبا له
And he has a nosebleed if blood comes from his nose, often profusely.
أنثع القيء من فيه إنثاعا
He vomited the contents of his stomach, a vomiting.
وكذلك الدم من الأنف
And likewise the blood from the nose.
وأنثع القيء والدم: تبع بعضه بعضا
And the vomiting and the blood followed one another: one succeeded the other.