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نهء

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the state of being uncooked or unripe, particularly for meat. It also extends to meanings related to incompletion, lack of maturity in affairs, and fullness.

Derived headwords

نَهَئَverb
  1. 1.
    to be uncookedboth

    Said of meat, meaning it has not reached a state of being cooked or ripe.

  2. 2.
    to be unripeclassical

    Figuratively, referring to something not being fully developed or mature.

نَهْءًاnoun
  1. 1.
    uncookednessboth

    The state or quality of being uncooked, as in meat.

نَهَاءَةًnoun
  1. 1.
    uncookednessboth

    The state of being uncooked or unripe.

نَهْؤَاةًnoun
  1. 1.
    uncookednessboth

    The state of being uncooked or unripe.

نُهُوءًاnoun
  1. 1.
    uncookednessboth

    The state of being uncooked or unripe.

نَهَاوَةًnoun
  1. 1.
    uncookednessclassical

    The state of being uncooked or unripe; this form is noted as unusual.

نَهِِيءٌadjective
  1. 1.
    uncookedboth

    Describing meat that has not been cooked or ripened.

  2. 2.
    unripeclassical

    Figuratively, not fully developed or mature.

أَنْهَأَverb
  1. 1.
    to not cookboth

    To fail to cook something, leaving it in an uncooked state.

  2. 2.
    to not completeclassical

    To leave an affair or matter unfinished or unaccomplished.

  3. 3.
    to fillclassical

    To become full or replete.

Parallel reading

نهئ اللحم، كسمع وكرم، نهئا ونهاءة ونهوأة ونهوءا، ونهاوة وهذه شاذة، فهو نهيء: لم ينضج.
Meat was uncooked, like hearing and being noble, with uncookedness, state of being uncooked, state of being uncooked, and state of being uncooked, and this last form is unusual; so it is uncooked: not ripened.
وأنهأه: لم ينضجه، و الأمر: لم يبرمه، وكمنع: امتلأ.
And he did not cook it: he did not ripen it, and the matter: he did not finalize it, and like preventing: it became full.