نهزه

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to striking, pushing, and approaching. It extends to concepts of seizing opportunities, urging animals forward, and measuring or estimating something. It also includes terms for a lion, a specific type of donkey, and a feature of a well.

Derived headwords

نَهَزَverb

1.
to strikeboth
To hit or strike something.
2.
to pushboth
To push or shove something.
3.
to approachboth
To come near or approach something.
4.
to move headclassical
To move one's head.
5.
to urge animal forwardboth
For a beast of burden to rise on its chest to start moving.
6.
to strike bucket in wellboth
To strike a bucket in a well, causing it to fill with water.

نِهَازَةnoun

1.
opportunityboth
A favorable chance or opportunity.

اِنْتَهَزَverb

1.
to seize opportunityboth
To seize or take advantage of an opportunity.
2.
to be excessive in laughterclassical
To be excessive or immoderate in laughter.
3.
to be ugly in laughterclassical
To laugh in an ugly or unseemly manner.

نَاهَزَverb

1.
to approachboth
To draw near to or approach something.
2.
to hasten preyclassical
To hasten or be quick to catch prey.

تَنَاهَزَاverb

1.
to hasten each otherclassical
To hasten or rush towards each other.

نَهَازnoun

1.
estimateclassical
An estimation or approximation of something.
2.
prideclassical
One's pride or self-esteem.

نِهَازnoun

1.
estimateclassical
An estimation or approximation of something.
2.
prideclassical
One's pride or self-esteem.

نِهَازَةnoun

1.
estimateclassical
An estimation or approximation of something.
2.
prideclassical
One's pride or self-esteem.

أَسَدnoun

1.
lionboth
A lion.

نَهَّازadjective

1.
donkey that starts with chestclassical
A donkey that rises on its chest to begin moving.

مَنْهَزnoun

1.
part of wellclassical
The part of a well that is visible from the surface where the water-drawing animal stands when near the well's mouth.

نَاهِزname

1.
male given nameboth
A male given name.

نِهَازname

1.
male given nameboth
A male given name.

Parallel reading

نَهَزَهُ، كَمَنَعَهُ: ضَرَبَهُ

He struck him, like 'man'a-hu': he hit him.

وَدَفَعَهُ

And he pushed him.

وَالشَّيْءَ: قَرُبَ

And the thing: it approached.

وَرأْسَهُ: حَرَّكَهُ

And his head: he moved it.

وَالدَّابَّةَ: نَهَضَتْ بِصَدْرِهَا لِلسَّيْرِ

And the animal: it rose on its chest to start moving.

وَبِالدَّلْوِ فِي البِئْرِ: ضَرَبَ بِهِ فِي المَاءِ لِيَمْتَلِئَ

And with the bucket in the well: he struck it in the water so it would fill.

وَالنِّهْزَةُ، بِالضَّمِّ: الفُرْصَةُ

And al-nihzah, with dammah: the opportunity.

وَانْتَهَزَهَا: اغْتَنَمَهَا

And he seized it: he took advantage of it.

وَفِي الضِّحْكِ: أَفْرَطَ، وَقَبُحَ

And in laughter: he was excessive, and he was ugly.

وَنَاهَزَهُ: دَانَاهُ

And he approached him: he drew near to him.

وَالصَّيْدَ: بَادَرَهُ

And the prey: he hastened to it.

وَتَنَاهَزَا: ابْتَدَرَا

And they hastened to each other: they rushed towards each other.

وَنَهَزَ كَذَا، بِالْفَتْحِ، وَنِهَازَهُ، بِالضَّمِّ وَالكَسْرِ: قَدَّرَهُ، وَزَهَاءَهُ

And he estimated such-and-such, with fatha, and its estimation, with dammah and kasrah: he measured it, and its equivalent.

وَكَكَتِفٍ: الأَسَدُ

And like 'katif': the lion.

وَالنَّهَّازُ: الحِمَارُ الَّذِي يَنْهَزُ بِصَدْرِهِ لِلسَّيْرِ

And al-nahhaz: the donkey that rises on its chest to start moving.

وَالمَنْهَزُ، كَمَكْرُمٍ، مِنْ الرَّكِيَّةِ: مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْ ظَهْرِهَا حَيْثُ تَقُومُ السَّانِيَةُ إِذَا دَنَا مِنْ فَمِ الرَّكِيَّةِ

And al-manhaz, like 'makrum', from the well: what appears from its surface where the water-drawing animal stands when it approaches the mouth of the well.

وَسَمَّوْا: نَاهِزًا وَنِهَازًا

And they named (them): Nahiz and Nihaz.