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النكاح

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of sexual intercourse and the legal contract of marriage. It also extends to related concepts like being married, marrying someone off, and the physical act itself, with some metaphorical extensions.

Derived headwords

النِّكَاحnoun
  1. 1.
    Sexual intercourseboth

    The act of sexual penetration.

  2. 2.
    Marriage contractboth

    The legal agreement that formalizes a marriage.

نَكَحَverb
  1. 1.
    To have sexual intercourseboth

    To engage in sexual intercourse.

  2. 2.
    To marryboth

    To enter into marriage with someone.

نُكِحَverb
  1. 1.
    To be marriedclassical

    To be in a state of marriage, often passively.

نَاكِحadjective
  1. 1.
    Married (male)both

    A male who is married.

نَاكِحَةadjective
  1. 1.
    Married (female)both

    A female who is married.

اِسْتَنْكَحَهَاverb
  1. 1.
    To have intercourse with herclassical

    To have sexual intercourse with a female.

أَنْكَحَهَاverb
  1. 1.
    To marry her offboth

    To give a female in marriage to someone.

النَّكَحnoun
  1. 1.
    Sexual intercourseclassical

    The act of sexual intercourse.

النُّكَحnoun
  1. 1.
    Sexual intercourseclassical

    The act of sexual intercourse.

نَكِحَةadjective
  1. 1.
    Much given to intercourseclassical

    A man who frequently engages in sexual intercourse.

نَكِحadjective
  1. 1.
    Much given to intercourseclassical

    A man who frequently engages in sexual intercourse.

نَكَحَ النُّعَاسُ عَيْنَهُverb
  1. 1.
    Drowsiness overcame his eyeclassical

    When drowsiness prevails over one's eyes.

نَكَحَ المَطَرُ الأَرْضَverb
  1. 1.
    Rain penetrated the earthclassical

    When rain deeply soaks or penetrates the ground.

النِّكَحnoun
  1. 1.
    Vaginaclassical

    The female sexual organ.

المَنَاكِحnoun
  1. 1.
    Womenclassical

    Plural of 'woman', referring to women in general.

Parallel reading

النِّكَاحُ: الوَطْءُ، والعَقْدُ لَهُ.
Marriage: sexual intercourse, and the contract for it.
نَكَحَ، كَمَنَعَ وَضَرَبَ، وَنُكِحَتْ.
He had sexual intercourse, like 'man' and 'daraba', and she was married (passively).
وَهِيَ نَاكِحٌ وَنَاكِحَةٌ: ذَاتُ زَوْجٍ.
And she is 'nakih' and 'nakihah': a married woman.
وَاسْتَنْكَحَهَا: نَكَحَهَا.
And 'istanakaha': he had sexual intercourse with her.
وَأَنْكَحَهَا: زَوَّجَهَا.
And 'ankahaha': he married her off.
وَالاسْمُ: النَّكَحُ، النُّكَحُ، بِالضَّمِّ وَالكَسْرِ.
And the noun is: 'an-nakah', 'an-nukah', with damma and kasra.
وَرُجُلٌ نَكِحَةٌ وَنَكِحٌ: كَثِيرُهُ.
And a man 'nakihah' and 'nakih': one who has much of it (intercourse).
وَكَانَ يُقَالُ لِأُمِّ خَارِجَةَ عِنْدَ الخُطْبَةِ: خَطَبَ، فَتَقُولُ: نَكَحَ، فَقَالُوا: "أَسْرَعُ مِنْ نِكَاحِ أُمِّ خَارِجَةَ".
And it was said to Umm Kharijah upon proposal: 'He proposed,' and she would say: 'He married,' so they said: 'Faster than Umm Kharijah's marriage.'
وَنَكَحَ النُّعَاسُ عَيْنَهُ: غَلَبَهَا.
And drowsiness overcame his eye: it overpowered it.
وَالمَطَرُ الأَرْضَ: اعْتَمَدَ عَلَيْهَا.
And the rain [penetrated] the earth: it relied upon it.
وَالنِّكَحُ، بِالْفَتْحِ: البُضْعُ.
And 'an-nikah', with fatha: the pudendum (vagina).
وَالمَنَاكِحُ: النِّسَاءُ.
And 'al-manakih': the women.