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نذخ

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes intense effort or exertion, particularly in the context of a camel's movement. It also extends to describe a state of cowardice.

Derived headwords

نَذَخَverb
  1. 1.
    to exert intenselyclassical

    To move or exert oneself with great effort and speed, often used to describe a camel's strenuous movement.

أَنْذَخَverb
  1. 1.
    to exert intenselyclassical

    To cause to move with great effort and speed; to make exert oneself strenuously. This is a causative form of the root's primary meaning.

النَّوْذَخُnoun
  1. 1.
    cowardclassical

    A person who is cowardly or lacks courage.

Parallel reading

نذخ البعير، كمنع: سعى شديدا
The camel exerted itself intensely, like 'man'a: it strove hard.
كسعى شديدا
It strove hard.
كأنذخ
As if it exerted itself intensely.
والنوذخ: الجبان
And the 'nawdhakh' is the coward.