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النيح

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes the process of hardening or becoming firm, particularly after a period of softness or moisture. It extends to the idea of strengthening or making something robust, and metaphorically to the act of giving or bestowing.

Derived headwords

نَاحَverb
  1. 1.
    to hardenboth

    To become firm and strong, especially after being soft or moist.

  2. 2.
    to swayboth

    To move back and forth or to and fro, like a branch.

نَيْحnoun
  1. 1.
    hardeningboth

    The process of becoming firm and strong, especially after a period of softness or moisture.

  2. 2.
    swayingboth

    The act of swaying or moving unsteadily, like a branch.

نَيَحَانnoun
  1. 1.
    swayingboth

    The state of swaying or moving unsteadily, similar to a branch.

عَظْمٌ نَيِّحٌadjective
  1. 1.
    strong boneboth

    A bone that is firm and strong, having become so after being soft or moist.

نَيَّحَ اللهُ عَظْمَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to strengthenclassical

    To make strong or firm, referring to bones.

  2. 2.
    to crushclassical

    To break or crush, used as an antonym to strengthening.

مَا نَيَّحْتُهُ بِخَيْرٍverb
  1. 1.
    not to giveclassical

    To not give or bestow anything, often used in a negative context.

Parallel reading

اشتِدادُ العَظْمِ بَعدَ رُطُوبَتِهِ مِنَ الكَبيرِ والصَّغيرِ
The hardening of bone after its moisture, from the old and the young.
وتَمايُلُ الغُصْنِ
And the swaying of the branch.
كَالنيحانِ
Like the swaying.
وعَظْمٌ نَيِّحٌ
And a strong bone.
نَيَّحَ اللهُ عَظْمَهُ
May God strengthen his bone.
ضِدُّ نَيَّحَ
The opposite of 'to strengthen'.
وما نَيَّحْتُهُ بِخَيْرٍ
And I did not give him anything good.