نهنه

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of stopping, restraining, or preventing something or someone. It extends to the act of deterring, repelling, or holding back, often through a forceful command or action. It also has a secondary meaning related to finely woven or thin fabric.

Derived headwords

نَهْنَهَةnoun

1.
stoppingboth
The act of stopping, restraining, or preventing someone or something from proceeding.
2.
deterrenceclassical
The act of deterring or repelling, often through a forceful command or action.

نَهْنَهَverb

1.
to stopboth
To stop, restrain, or prevent someone from doing something.
2.
to deterclassical
To deter or repel someone from an action, often by a command or threat.
3.
to hold backclassical
To prevent something from reaching its objective.

تَنَهْنَهَverb

1.
to be stoppedclassical
To be stopped, restrained, or held back.

نَهْنَهadjective

1.
thinly wovenclassical
Describing a garment that is finely woven or thin in texture.

Parallel reading

النهنهة: الكف.

The nahnhah: stopping.

تقول نهنهت فلانا إذا زجرته فتنهنه أي كففته فكف؛

You say nahnhata fulanan if you have rebuked him, and he tannahana, meaning you have stopped him, so he stopped.

نهنه دموعك، إن من ... يغتر بالحدثان عاجز

Stop your tears, for indeed one who is deceived by sudden events is incapable.

كأن أصله من النهي.

As if its origin is from prohibition (nahy).

لقد ابتدرها اثنا عشر ملكا فما نهنهها شيء دون العرش أي ما منعها وكفها عن الوصول إليه.

Twelve angels rushed towards it, and nothing stopped it or held it back from reaching the Throne, meaning nothing prevented it or restrained it from reaching it.

ونهنهه عن الشيء: زجره؛

And nahnhahu 'an al-shay': to rebuke him from the thing.

فنهنهت أولى القوم عنهم بضربة ... تنفس عنها كل حشيان مجحر

So I stopped the foremost of the people from them with a blow... from which every hidden thing exhaled.

وقد تنهنه.

And he might be stopped.

ونهنهت السبع إذا صحت به لتكفه،

And you say nahnhata al-saba' if you shout at it to stop it.

والأصل في نهنه نههه، بثلاث هاءات، وإنما أبدلوا من الهاء الوسطى نونا للفرق بين فعلل وفعل، وزادوا النون من بين الحروف لأن في الكلمة نونا.

The origin of nahnhah is nahhahah, with three ha's. They only substituted a noon for the middle ha' to distinguish between fa'lal and fa'al, and they added the noon from among the letters because there is a noon in the word.

وثوب نهنه: رقيق النسج.

And a nahnhah garment: thinly woven.

الأحمر: النهنه واللهله الثوب الرقيق النسج.

Al-Ahmar said: The nahnhah and the lahhlah are the thinly woven garment.