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نتغ

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of finding fault with someone or something, often through subtle or hidden means. It also extends to a specific type of suppressed or mocking laughter.

Derived headwords

نَتَغَverb
  1. 1.
    to find fault withboth

    To criticize someone or something, pointing out flaws or defects.

يَنْتَغُهُverb
  1. 1.
    to find fault withboth

    The present tense form of the verb 'to find fault with'.

يَنْتِغُهُverb
  1. 1.
    to find fault withboth

    An alternative present tense form of the verb 'to find fault with'.

نَتْغًاnoun
  1. 1.
    finding faultboth

    The verbal noun (masdar) for the act of finding fault or criticizing.

نَتَغَverb
  1. 1.
    to criticize falselyboth

    To find fault with someone by attributing to them qualities or actions that are not true.

أَنْتَغَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to criticize falselyboth

    To find fault with someone by attributing to them qualities or actions that are not true.

مُنْتَغٍadjective
  1. 1.
    fault-findingboth

    One who habitually finds fault with others, a habitual critic.

نَتَغَverb
  1. 1.
    to breakclassical

    To break or shatter, used in a comparative sense.

فَدَخَverb
  1. 1.
    to breakclassical

    To break or shatter, mentioned as a synonym for 'نتغ'.

شَدَخَverb
  1. 1.
    to breakclassical

    To break or shatter, mentioned as a synonym for 'نتغ'.

أَنْتَغَverb
  1. 1.
    to laugh secretlyboth

    To laugh a hidden laugh, like that of a mocker.

إِنْتَاغًاnoun
  1. 1.
    secret laughterboth

    The verbal noun (masdar) for laughing secretly, like a mocker.

إِنْتَاغَverb
  1. 1.
    to laugh secretlyboth

    To laugh a hidden laugh, like that of a mocker.

المُنْتَغِينَadjective
  1. 1.
    those laughing secretlyboth

    The plural of 'one who laughs secretly', referring to those who mock.

إِنْتَاغَnoun
  1. 1.
    hiding laughterclassical

    The act of hiding one's laughter, with only a part of it showing.

Parallel reading

نتغ الرجل ينتغه وينتغه نتغا: عابه.
When a man finds fault with someone, he criticizes him and criticizes him with fault-finding.
ونتغته وأنتغته: عبته وقلت فيه ما ليس فيه.
And I found fault with him and falsely criticized him: I blamed him and said about him what was not in him.
ورجل منتغ: عياب معتاد لذلك، وقد نتغه
And a fault-finding man is one who habitually finds fault, and he has indeed found fault with him.
وأنشد بعضهم: غمزت بشيبي تربها فتعجبت، ... وسمعت خلف قرامها إنتاغها وكذاك ما هي إن تراخى غمزها، ... شبهت جعد عموقها أصداغها
And some of them recited: I winked at her companion with my grey hair and was amazed, ... And behind her tent I heard her secret laughter, and likewise when her wink relaxed, ... I likened the curls of her temples to her earlobes.
وقال ابن دريد: النتغ والفدخ الشدخ.
And Ibn Duraid said: Al-Nathgh and Al-Fadkh are Al-Shadkh (breaking).
وأنتغ إنتاغا: ضحك ضحكا خفيا كضحك المستهزئ
And he laughed a secret laugh, like the laugh of a mocker.
وأنشد: لما رأيت المنتغين أنتغوا
And he recited: When I saw the ones laughing secretly, they laughed secretly.
ابن الأعرابي: الإنتاغ أن يخفي ضحكه ويظهر بعضه
Ibn al-A'rabi said: Al-Intagh is to hide one's laughter and reveal some of it.
قال ابن بري: ونتغ ضحك ضحك المستهزئ.
Ibn al-Bari said: And Nathgh is the laugh of a mocker.