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نح

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the sound of clearing the throat or a suppressed cough, often indicating hesitation or a subtle vocalization. It also extends to meanings of urging, harshness, and qualities like patience, generosity, and stinginess.

Derived headwords

نحّ ينحّ نحيحاًverb
  1. 1.
    to clear throatboth

    To make a sound in the throat, like a suppressed cough or clearing one's throat, often indicating hesitation or a subtle vocalization.

تنحنحverb
  1. 1.
    to clear throat repeatedlyboth

    To clear one's throat repeatedly or make a sound like a suppressed cough, similar to 'nḥḥ'.

حنحverb
  1. 1.
    to clear throatboth

    To make a sound in the throat, like a suppressed cough or clearing one's throat.

نحّverb
  1. 1.
    to urge (camel)classical

    To urge a camel forward, specifically with a vocalization, indicated by the vowel 'ḍamm' (u).

نحنحهverb
  1. 1.
    to reject harshlyclassical

    To reject someone or something harshly or disgracefully.

النحاحةnoun
  1. 1.
    patienceclassical

    Patience or endurance.

  2. 2.
    generosityclassical

    Generosity or liberality.

  3. 3.
    stinginessclassical

    Stinginess or avarice, the opposite of generosity.

النحانحةnoun
  1. 1.
    stingy peopleclassical

    A collective noun referring to stingy or avaricious people.

شحيح نحيحadjective
  1. 1.
    followingclassical

    Describing someone who follows or pursues something closely.

نحيح بن عبد اللهname
  1. 1.
    Nuhayḥ ibn Abd Allahclassical

    A proper name of a person from the Banu Darim tribe, belonging to the Jahiliyyah period.

حنحنةnoun
  1. 1.
    clearing throatboth

    The act of clearing one's throat or making a suppressed vocal sound.

نحنح النفسphrase
  1. 1.
    reluctance of spiritclassical

    A state of not being content or willing to proceed with something.

Parallel reading

نحّ ينحّ نحيحا: تردد صوته في جوفه
Nuhḥ yanuhḥu nuhḥan: his voice hesitated in his throat.
كنحنح وتنحنح
like 'naḥnaḥa' and 'tanahnaḥa'.
والجمل ينحه، بالضم: حثه
And the camel 'yanuḥḥuhu', with dammah: urging it.
ونحنحه: رده ردا قبيحا
And 'naḥnaḥahu': to reject him disgracefully.
والنحاحة: الصبر، والسخاء، والبخل، ضد
And 'al-naḥāḥah': patience, generosity, and stinginess, its opposite.
والنحانحة: البخلاء
And 'al-naḥānḥah': the stingy ones.
وشحيح نحيح: إتباع
And 'shaḥīḥ naḥīḥ': following.
ونحيح بن عبد الله، كزبير: من بني دارم جاهلي
And Nuḥayḥ ibn Abd Allah, like Zubayr: from Banu Darim, pre-Islamic.
وما أنا بنحنح النفس عن كذا، كنفنف: ما أنا بطيب النفس عنه
And I am not 'naḥnaḥ al-nafs' about such a thing, like 'nanfanf': I am not content about it.