نحم

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns sounds produced with effort from the chest or throat, often associated with exertion, pain, or specific animal vocalizations. It also extends to descriptions of stinginess and names of animals and people.

Derived headwords

النحيمnoun

1.
Throat clearing, groaningboth
The act of clearing one's throat or making a groaning sound, often due to effort or discomfort.
2.
Sound from the chestboth
A sound that emanates from the chest, described as a groan or a sigh.
3.
Sound of a predatorclassical
The vocalization of a predator, such as a cheetah, or similar wild animals.
4.
Sound of a horseclassical
A sound produced from the chest of a horse.

نحمverb

1.
To groan, to make a throat soundboth
To produce a sound from the chest or throat, often associated with exertion or a sigh.
2.
To make the sound of a predatorclassical
To vocalize like a cheetah or other wild animal.
3.
To make the sound of a horseclassical
To produce a sound from the chest, as a horse does.

نحماnoun

1.
Groaning, throat clearingclassical
A noun form indicating the act of groaning or clearing the throat, similar to 'nahim'.

نحيماnoun

1.
Groaning, throat clearingboth
A noun form indicating the act of groaning or clearing the throat, similar to 'nahim'.

نحماناnoun

1.
Groaning, throat clearingclassical
A noun form indicating the act of groaning or clearing the throat, similar to 'nahim'.

نحامadjective

1.
Stingy, miserlyclassical
Describing a person who is stingy, especially when asked for something, and may cough excessively in such situations.

نحامnoun

1.
Red birdclassical
A type of red bird, resembling a goose in shape. Its singular is 'nuhamah'.
2.
Name of a horseclassical
The name of a specific horse belonging to an Arab knight.
3.
Name of a knightclassical
The name of a Persian knight.

نحامةnoun

1.
Female of the red birdclassical
The female of the red bird ('nuham') which is described as being on the form of a goose.

نحمname

1.
Naim (name)classical
A name, possibly derived from the root, used for a person.

نحمةnoun

1.
Cough, wheezeboth
A cough or a wheezing sound.
2.
Groanclassical
A sound of groaning, similar to a throat-clearing sound.

ينحمverb

1.
To groan, to make a throat soundboth
To produce a sound from the chest or throat, often associated with exertion or a sigh.

نحامother

1.
Niham (name)classical
A name, possibly derived from the root, used for a person.

Parallel reading

النحيم: الزحير والتنحنح.

An-nahim: groaning and throat-clearing.

دخلت الجنة فسمعت نحمة من نعيم أي صوتا.

I entered Paradise and heard a 'nahmah' from Naim, meaning a sound.

والنحيم: صوت يخرج من الجوف، ورجل نحم، وربما سمي نعيم النحام.

And an-nahim: a sound that comes from the abdomen, and a man is 'nahm', and perhaps Naim is called an-Niham.

نحم ينحم، بالكسر، نحما ونحيما ونحمانا، فهو نحام، وهو فوق الزحير، وقيل: هو مثل الزحير:

Nahama yanhumu, with kasra, nahman and nahiman and nahmanan, so he is nahham, and it is more than groaning, and it was said: it is like groaning:

من نحمان الحسد النحم بالغ بالنحم كشعر شاعر ونحوه وإلا فلا وجه له؛

From the groaning of envy, the 'nahm' is excessive with 'nahm' like the poetry of a poet and its like, otherwise it has no meaning;

وشرحب نحره دام وصفحته، ... يصيح مثل صياح النسر منتحم

And Sharhab's neck was bleeding and his flank, ... he cries like the cry of an eagle, 'muntahim'.

ما لك لا تنحم يا فلاح، ... إن النحيم للسقاة راح

Why do you not 'tahim', O Fallah, ... indeed, the 'nahim' is a relief for the water-carriers.

ورجل نحام: بخيل إذا طلبت إليه حاجة كثر سعاله عندها؛

And a 'nahham' man: stingy, if you ask him for something, his coughing increases at that time;

أرى قبر نحام بخيل بماله، ... كقبر غوي في البطالة مفسد

I see the grave of a 'nahham', stingy with his wealth, ... like the grave of a misguided person, corrupt in idleness.

وقد نحم نحيما.

And he groaned a 'nahim'.

ابن الأعرابي: النحمة السعلة، وتكون الزحيرة.

Ibn al-A'rabi: An-nahmah is a cough, and it can be a groan.

والنحيم: صوت الفهد ونحوه من السباع، والفعل كالفعل والمصدر كالمصدر، ونحم الفهد ينحم نحيما ونحوه من السباع كذلك، وكذلك النئيم، وهو صوت شديد.

And an-nahim: the sound of a cheetah and similar wild animals, and the verb is like the verb and the مصدر is like the مصدر, and the cheetah 'nahama' 'yanhamu' a 'nahim' and similar wild animals likewise, and also an-nai'm, which is a loud sound.

ونحم السواق «1» والعامل ينحم وينحم نحيما إذا استراح إلى شبه أنين يخرجه من صدره.

And the camel driver 'nahama' and the worker 'yanhamu' and 'yanhamu' a 'nahim' when he rests with a sound like a moan that he emits from his chest.

والنحيم: صوت من صدر الفرس.

And an-nahim: a sound from the chest of a horse.

والنحام: طائر أحمر على خلقة الإوز، واحدته نحامة، وقيل: يقال له بالفارسية سرخ آوى؛

And an-niham: a red bird on the form of a goose, its singular is 'nuhamah', and it was said: it is called in Persian 'surkh awi';

قال ابن بري: ذكره ابن خالويه النحام الطائر، بضم النون.

Ibn Bry said: Ibn Khilawayh mentioned an-Niham the bird, with damma on the noon.

والنحام: فرس لبعض فرسان العرب؛

And an-Niham: a horse of some Arab knights;

كأن قوائم النحام، لما ... ترحل صحبتي أصلا، محار

As if the legs of an-Niham, when ... my companions departed, were like roots, 'mahar'.

والنحام: اسم فارس من فرسانهم.

And an-Niham: the name of a Persian among their knights.