التناوح

Root entry · 21 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of lamenting, wailing, and crying, often associated with mourning for the deceased. It also extends to related concepts like gathering for mourning, the sounds of grief, and even the vocalizations of animals like wolves and doves.

Derived headwords

التناوحnoun

1.
mutual wailingclassical
The act of wailing or lamenting in response to each other, or a collective lamentation.

ناحتverb

1.
to wailclassical
A woman wailing for her husband, expressing grief and lamentation.

ناحت المرأة زوجها — The woman wailed for her husband

نوحاnoun

1.
wailingclassical
The act of wailing or lamenting, a form of expressing grief.

نواحاnoun

1.
wailingclassical
The act of wailing or lamenting, a form of expressing grief.

نياحاnoun

1.
wailingclassical
The act of wailing or lamenting, a form of expressing grief.

نياحةnoun

1.
wailingclassical
The act of wailing or lamenting, a form of expressing grief.

مناحاnoun

1.
wailingclassical
The act of wailing or lamenting, a form of expressing grief.

النياحةnoun

1.
wailingclassical
The act of wailing or lamenting, a form of expressing grief.

نساءnoun

1.
mournersclassical
Women who are wailing or lamenting, typically at a funeral or in mourning.

نوحnoun

1.
mournersclassical
Women who are wailing or lamenting, typically at a funeral or in mourning.

أنواحnoun

1.
mournersclassical
Women who are wailing or lamenting, typically at a funeral or in mourning.

نوائحnoun

1.
mournersclassical
Women who are wailing or lamenting, typically at a funeral or in mourning.

نائحاتnoun

1.
mournersclassical
Women who are wailing or lamenting, typically at a funeral or in mourning.

مناحةnoun

1.
mourning gatheringclassical
A place or occasion for mourning, a gathering for lamentation.

وكنا في مناحة فلان — And we were at so-and-so's mourning gathering

استناحverb

1.
to wailclassical
To wail or lament, similar to the basic verb form.
2.
to howlclassical
Used to describe the sound a wolf makes, its howling.
3.
to cryclassical
A man crying and causing others to cry.

واستناح الرجل: بكى واستبكى غيره — And the man cried: he wept and made others weep

نوح الحمامةnoun

1.
cooingclassical
The gentle, murmuring sound made by a dove or pigeon.

ونوح الحمامة: سجعها — And the cooing of the dove: its gentle sound

النوحيname

1.
al-Nawhiboth
A nisba (attribution) indicating a connection to the root, used as a surname for scholars.

الخطيبان إسحاق بن محمد النوحي، وإسماعيل بن محمد النوحي — The two narrators Ishaq bin Muhammad al-Nawhi and Ismail bin Muhammad al-Nawhi

تنوحverb

1.
to swayclassical
Something that moves or sways while hanging or suspended.

وتنوح الشيء: تحرك وهو متدل — And the thing swayed: it moved while hanging

نوحname

1.
Noahclassical
A proper name, considered non-Arabic and declinable due to its lightness.

كبقمname

1.
Kabqamclassical
A tribal name, specifically a tribe located in the regions of Hajar.

وكبقم: قبيلة في نواحي حجر — And Kabqam: a tribe in the regions of Hajar

النوائحnoun

1.
mournersclassical
Women who are wailing or lamenting, typically at a funeral or in mourning.

Parallel reading

التناوح: التقابل.

Mutual wailing: facing each other.

ناحت المرأة زوجها، و عليه نوحا ونواحا، بالضم، ونياحا ونياحة ومناحا، والاسم: النياحة

The woman wailed for her husband, and for him [she made] wailing and lamentation, with damma, and crying and lamentation and mourning, and the noun is: lamentation.

ونساء نوح وأنواح ونوح ونوائح ونائحات

And women mourners and lamenters and wailers and crying women.

وكنا في مناحة فلان.

And we were at so-and-so's mourning gathering.

واستناح: ناح، و الذئب: عوى، و الرجل: بكى واستبكى غيره.

And to seek mourning: to wail, and the wolf: to howl, and the man: to cry and make others cry.

ونوح الحمامة: سجعها.

And the cooing of the dove: its gentle sound.

والخطيبان إسحاق بن محمد النوحي، وإسماعيل بن محمد النوحي: محدثان.

And the two narrators Ishaq bin Muhammad al-Nawhi, and Ismail bin Muhammad al-Nawhi: they were traditionists.

وتنوح الشيء: تحرك وهو متدل.

And the swaying of a thing: it moved while it was hanging.

ونوح: أعجمي منصرف لخفته.

And Noah: is a non-Arabic name, declinable due to its lightness.

وكبقم: قبيلة في نواحي حجر.

And Kabqam: a tribe in the regions of Hajar.