نحف

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of thinness, leanness, and emaciation. It describes a state of being physically reduced in flesh, often to the point of being gaunt or skinny, but can also refer to a natural slenderness.

Derived headwords

النَّحَافَةnoun

1.
emaciationboth
Extreme thinness or leanness, often due to illness or lack of nourishment.
2.
slendernessboth
A state of being naturally thin or slender, not necessarily due to ill health.

نَحُفَverb

1.
to be emaciatedboth
To become very thin and lean, losing a significant amount of flesh.
2.
to be slenderboth
To be naturally thin or slim.

نَحِيفadjective

1.
emaciatedboth
Extremely thin and lean, gaunt.
2.
slenderboth
Thin and slim in build.

ترى الرجل النحيف فتزدريه — You see the thin man and despise him

نَحْفadjective

1.
emaciatedboth
Extremely thin and lean, gaunt.
2.
slenderboth
Thin and slim in build.

أَنْحَفَهُverb

1.
to make thinboth
To cause someone or something to become thin or emaciated.

وأنحفه غيره — And others made him thin

نُحَفَاءnoun

1.
thin peopleboth
Plural of 'nahif', referring to people who are thin or emaciated.

نُحَافnoun

1.
thin peopleboth
Plural of 'nahif', referring to people who are thin or emaciated.

نَحِيفname

1.
name of a horseclassical
The name of the horse belonging to Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him).

والنحيف: اسم فرس سيدنا رسول الله، صلى الله عليه وسلم — And Al-Naḥīf: the name of the horse of our master, the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace.

Parallel reading

النحافة: الهزال.

Al-Naḥāfah: emaciation.

نحف الرجل نحافة، فهو نحيف: قضيف ضرب قليل اللحم؛

The man became emaciated with emaciation, so he is emaciated: thin and lean with little flesh;

ترى الرجل النحيف فتزدريه، ... وتحت ثيابه رجل مرير عاقل «1».

You see the thin man and despise him, ... and beneath his clothes is a wise and discerning man.

وأنحفه غيره.

And others made him thin.

ورجل نحف ونحيف: دقيق من الأصل ليس من الهزال، والجمع نحفاء ونحاف، وقد نحف ونحف.

And a man is naḥf and naḥīf: slender from origin, not from emaciation, and the plural is nuḥafā' and nuḥāf, and he has become naḥafa and naḥifa.

والنحيف: اسم فرس سيدنا رسول الله، صلى الله عليه وسلم.

And Al-Naḥīf: the name of the horse of our master, the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace.