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نغغ

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns anatomical terms related to the throat and ear, specifically fleshy growths or parts within these areas. It also extends to describe a condition affecting these parts and, metaphorically, movement.

Derived headwords

النغنغnoun
  1. 1.
    part of the throatclassical

    A specific location in the throat, situated between the uvula and the upper part of the larynx.

  2. 2.
    fleshy growth in the earclassical

    Fleshy tissue located inside the ear canal, near the throat.

  3. 3.
    hanging fleshclassical

    Fleshy tissue that hangs down inside the ear.

النغنغةnoun
  1. 1.
    part of the throatclassical

    A location in the throat, between the uvula and the upper part of the larynx.

  2. 2.
    fleshy growthclassical

    A fleshy growth or tissue found in the throat, near the uvula.

  3. 3.
    gland in the throatclassical

    A gland located in the throat.

  4. 4.
    hanging fleshclassical

    Fleshy tissue that hangs down inside the ear.

نغنغverb
  1. 1.
    to be afflictedclassical

    To be afflicted with a disease or ailment in the 'naghnaqh' (part of the throat or ear).

النغانغnoun
  1. 1.
    fleshy growths in the throatclassical

    Fleshy growths located in the throat near the uvula.

  2. 2.
    fleshy growths in the earclassical

    Fleshy growths inside the ear canal, near the throat.

نغنغةnoun
  1. 1.
    fleshy growthclassical

    A fleshy growth or tissue found in the throat, near the uvula.

  2. 2.
    swollen tissueclassical

    Any swollen tissue that exhibits a degree of looseness or relaxation.

النغنغnoun
  1. 1.
    movementclassical

    Refers to movement.

Parallel reading

النغنغ، بالضم، والنغنغة: موضع بين اللهاة وشوارب الحنجور
An-naghnaqh, with dammah, and an-naghnaqah: a place between the uvula and the upper part of the larynx.
فإذا عرض فيه داء قيل: نغنغ فلان
And if a disease afflicted it, it was said: 'So-and-so was afflicted (naghnaqa)'.
وقيل: النغانغ لحمات تكون في الحلق عند اللهاة، واحدها نغنغ
And it was said: 'An-naghnaagh are fleshy growths that are in the throat near the uvula, their singular is naghnaqh'.
وهي اللغانين، واحدها لغنون
And they are al-laghānīn, their singular is laghnūn.
غمز الطبيب نغانغ المعذور
The doctor prodded the fleshy growths of the afflicted one.
واحدة النغانغ نغنغة وهي لحم أصول الآذان من داخل الحلق تصيبها العذرة
The singular of an-naghnaagh is naghnaqah, and it is the flesh at the roots of the ears from inside the throat that is affected by the 'adhrah (a type of sore).
وكل ورم فيه استرخاء نغنغة
And every swelling that has looseness is a naghnaqah.
والنغنغة، بالفتح: غدة تكون في الحلق
And an-naghnaqah, with fatha: a gland that is in the throat.
والنغنغة والنغنغ: لحم متدل في بطون الأذنين
And an-naghnaqah and an-naghnaqh: hanging flesh in the inner parts of the ears.
والنغنغ الحركة
And an-naghnaqh is movement.
فهي تري الأعلاق ذات النغنغ
So it shows the dangling parts with movement.