نطع

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the palate, the roof of the mouth, and by extension, the act of eating or consuming. It also extends to concepts of depth, meticulousness, and exaggeration in speech and action, often with a negative connotation.

Derived headwords

النَّطْعnoun

1.
rawhideclassical
A piece of raw hide, known and used for various purposes.
2.
palateboth
The upper surface of the mouth, the roof of the mouth.

نَطَعَverb

1.
to be deepclassical
To be deep or profound, particularly in speech or action.

أَنْطَعَverb

1.
to be deepclassical
To be deep or profound, particularly in speech or action.

تَنَطَّعَverb

1.
to be meticulousboth
To be meticulous, to delve deeply, or to be exaggerated in speech or action.
2.
to be extravagantclassical
To be extravagant or excessive in desires, particularly in eating and drinking.

هلك المتنطعون — The excessively deep or exaggerated ones perish.

لن تزالوا بخير ما عجلتم الفطر ولم تنطعوا تنطع أهل العراق — You will continue to be well as long as you hasten to break your fast and do not indulge excessively like the people of Iraq.

النَّطْعَةnoun

1.
palateboth
The upper part of the mouth, the skin attached to the bone of the upper jaw, with markings like incisions.

النَّطَاعَةnoun

1.
half-eaten morselclassical
A morsel of food that has been half-eaten and then returned to the platter, considered a flaw.

نَاطِعٌ نَاتِعٌ قَاطِعٌphrase

1.
gluttonous and boastfulclassical
A description of someone who is gluttonous, boastful, and perhaps deceitful.

أَنْطَاعnoun

1.
palatesboth
Plural of نطع (palate), referring to the upper part of the mouth.

نُطُوعnoun

1.
palatesboth
Plural of نطع (palate), referring to the upper part of the mouth.

نُطُوعnoun

1.
depthsclassical
Plural of نطع, referring to depths or profoundness, especially in speech.

المُتَنَطِّعُونnoun

1.
exaggeratorsboth
Those who are excessively deep, exaggerated, or boastful in their speech.

نُطَاعnoun

1.
landclassical
Land or territory, often referring to the domain of a tribe or people.
2.
water sourceclassical
A well or water source, described as having abundant and sweet water.

وطئنا نطاع بني فلان أي دخلنا أرضهم — We trod upon the territory of the Banu Fulan, meaning we entered their land.

وجناب القوم نطاعهم — And the vicinity of the people is their territory.

شربت إبلنا من ماء نطاع — Our camels drank from the water of Nutāʿ.

يوم نُطَاعname

1.
Day of Nutāʿclassical
A specific historical day of conflict or significance among the Arabs.

التَّنَطُّعnoun

1.
exaggerationboth
The act of delving deeply, being meticulous, or exaggerating in speech or action.
2.
excessclassical
Excessiveness in eating and drinking, or in speech and action.

إياكم والتنطع والاختلاف — Beware of exaggeration and disagreement.

نَاطِعadjective

1.
boastfulclassical
One who is boastful or talks excessively.

نَاطِعٌnoun

1.
boasterclassical
One who is boastful or talks excessively.

Parallel reading

النطع والنطع والنطع والنطع من الأدم: معروف

The rawhide, and the palate, and the palate, and the palate from the hides: is known.

ضرب الرياح النطع الممدودا

The striking of the winds upon the stretched rawhide.

أنكر أبو زياد نطع وقال نطع

Abu Ziyad rejected 'naṭʿ' and said 'naṭaʿ'.

وأنكر علي بن حمزة نطع وأثبت نطع لا غير

And Ali bin Hamza rejected 'naṭaʿ' and affirmed only 'naṭʿ'.

والنطاعة والقطاعة والقضاضة: اللقمة يؤكل نصفها ثم ترد إلى الخوان، وهو عيب

And the half-eaten morsel, and the half-eaten morsel, and the half-eaten morsel: is a bite that is half-eaten and then returned to the platter, which is a flaw.

يقال: فلان لاطع ناطع قاطع

It is said: So-and-so is gluttonous, boastful, and deceitful.

والنطع والنطع والنطع والنطعة: ما ظهر من غار الفم الأعلى

And the palate, and the palate, and the palate, and the palate: is what appears of the upper cavity of the mouth.

وهي الجلدة الملتزقة بعظم الخليقاء فيها آثار كالتحزيز

It is the skin attached to the bone of the upper jaw, with markings like incisions.

والجمع نطوع لا غير

And its plural is only 'nuṭūʿ'.

والتنطع في الكلام: التعمق فيه مأخوذ منه

And 'al-tanaṭṭuʿ' in speech: is delving deeply into it, derived from it.

هلك المتنطعون

The excessively deep or exaggerated ones perish.

هم المتعمقون المغالون في الكلام الذين يتكلمون بأقصى حلوقهم تكبرا

They are the ones who delve deeply, who exaggerate in speech, who speak from the furthest parts of their throats out of arrogance.

إن أبغضكم إلي الثرثارون المتفيهقون

Indeed, the most hated of you to me are the excessively talkative and the boastful.

لن تزالوا بخير ما عجلتم الفطر ولم تنطعوا تنطع أهل العراق

You will continue to be well as long as you hasten to break your fast and do not indulge excessively like the people of Iraq.

أي تتكلفوا القول والعمل

Meaning, you undertake speech and action with effort and affectation.

وقيل: أراد به هاهنا الإكثار من الأكل والشرب والتوسع فيه حتى يصل إلى الغار الأعلى

And it was said: What is meant here is excessive eating and drinking and indulging in it until it reaches the upper palate.

إياكم والتنطع والاختلاف فإنما هو كقول أحدكم هلم وتعال

Beware of exaggeration and disagreement, for it is like one of you saying 'Come here' and 'Come'.

ابن الأعرابي: النطع المتشدقون في كلامهم

Ibn al-A'rabi: 'Al-naṭʿ' are those who are bombastic in their speech.

وتنطع في الكلام وتنطس إذا تأنق فيه وتعمق

And he delved deeply into speech and was meticulous if he refined it and delved deeply.

وتنطع في شهواته: تأنق

And he indulged in his desires: he was refined.

وطئنا نطاع بني فلان أي دخلنا أرضهم

We trod upon the territory of the Banu Fulan, meaning we entered their land.

وجناب القوم نطاعهم

And the vicinity of the people is their territory.

ونطاع بوزن قطام ماء في بلاد بني تميم وقد وردته

And 'nuṭāʿ' with the weight of 'quṭām' is a water source in the lands of Banu Tamim, and I have visited it.

شربت إبلنا من ماء نطاع

Our camels drank from the water of Nutāʿ.

وهي ركية عذبة الماء غزيرته

And it is a well with sweet and abundant water.

ويوم نطاع: يوم من أيام العرب

And the Day of Nutāʿ: is a day from the days of the Arabs.

بظلمهم بنطاع الملك ضاحية

By their injustice in the open land of the king.