تنوخ

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of a camel kneeling or settling down, often in preparation for a rider or load. It extends to related concepts like a resting place for camels and, metaphorically, to settling or staying in a place. It also has a less common association with lions and distant lands.

Derived headwords

تَنَوَّخَverb

1.
to kneel (camel)classical
To kneel down, specifically a female camel, for mating. It implies a deliberate settling or lowering.

أَنَاخَverb

1.
to make kneel (camel)classical
To cause a camel to kneel down, typically for a rider to mount or dismount, or to unload.

اسْتَنَاخَverb

1.
to kneel (camel)classical
To kneel down, used for a camel, similar to 'tanawakha'.

تَنَوَّخَتْverb

1.
to kneel (camel)classical
Past tense verb indicating a camel (feminine) knelt down.

النَّوْخَةnoun

1.
settling, stayingclassical
The act of settling down or staying in a place; residence.

المَنَاخnoun

1.
camel's resting placeclassical
A place where camels habitually kneel and rest; a camel's resting spot.

المُنِيخnoun

1.
lionclassical
A name or epithet for a lion.

النَّائِحَةnoun

1.
distant landclassical
A faraway or remote land.

ذو مَنَاخname

1.
name of a personclassical
A proper name, specifically referring to Layhi'a bin Abd Shams, according to one opinion.

Parallel reading

تنوخ الجمل الناقة: أبركها للسفاد، كأناخها، فاستناخت وتنوخت، ولا يقال: ناخت ولا أناخت.

The camel knelt down the female camel: it made her kneel for mating, as if one made her kneel, so she knelt and settled down, and it is not said: she knelt or he made her kneel.

كأناخها

as if one made her kneel

فاستناخت وتنوخت

so she knelt and settled down

ولا يقال: ناخت ولا أناخت

and it is not said: she knelt or he made her kneel

والنوخة: الإقامة.

And Al-Nawkhah: is staying.

والمناخ، بالضم: مبرك الإبل.

And Al-Manakh, with dammah: is the resting place of camels.

والمنيخ: الأسد.

And Al-Muneekh: is the lion.

والنائخة: الأرض البعيدة.

And Al-Na'ikhah: is the distant land.

وذو مناخ، كمنار: لهيعة بن عبد شمس، قيل.

And Dhu Manakh, like Manar: is Layhi'a bin Abd Shams, it is said.

تنوخ: في: ت ن خ، ووهم الجوهري.

Tanawkh: is in: T N Kh, and Al-Jawhari was mistaken.