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النحص

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of barrenness, infertility, and a state of being unable to bear young, often associated with female animals. It also extends to meanings of being stout or preventing something, and in a geographical context, refers to the base or foothills of a mountain.

Derived headwords

النَّحْصnoun
  1. 1.
    wild barren she-assclassical

    Refers to a wild female donkey that is barren, meaning it has not given birth.

  2. 2.
    base of a mountainclassical

    The lower part or foothills of a mountain.

النَّحُوصnoun
  1. 1.
    barren she-assclassical

    A female donkey that has no offspring and no milk.

  2. 2.
    extremely fat she-camelclassical

    A female camel that is intensely fat, to the point of potentially preventing pregnancy.

النَّحُوصadjective
  1. 1.
    barren (she-ass)classical

    Describing a female donkey that is barren.

النَّحُوصadjective
  1. 1.
    extremely fat (she-camel)classical

    Describing a female camel that is extremely fat.

النَّحِيصadjective
  1. 1.
    extremely fat (she-camel)classical

    Synonymous with 'an-nahūs' for a female camel that is intensely fat.

نَحَصَverb
  1. 1.
    to be barrenclassical

    To be barren, specifically referring to a female animal unable to bear young.

  2. 2.
    to be extremely fatclassical

    To be excessively fat, to the point of hindering reproduction.

نُحُوصًاnoun
  1. 1.
    barrennessclassical

    The state of being barren or infertile.

  2. 2.
    extreme fatnessclassical

    The condition of being excessively fat.

نَحَصَ له بحقهverb
  1. 1.
    to pay one's dueclassical

    To fulfill or pay back a right or due owed to someone.

المِنْحَاصadjective
  1. 1.
    tall and slender womanclassical

    Describes a woman who is tall and thin or delicate.

Parallel reading

الأَتَانُ الوَحْشِيَّةُ الحَائِلُ، كَالنَّاصِحِ
The wild barren she-ass, like the Nahis.
وبالضَّمِّ: أَصْلُ الجَبَلِ وَسَفْحُهُ
And with dammah: the base of the mountain and its slope.
والنَّحُوصُ مِنَ الأُتُنِ: مَا لا وَلَدَ لَهَا وَلا لَبَنَ
And the Nahus from the she-asses: that which has no offspring and no milk.
والنَّاقَةُ الشَّدِيدَةُ السِّمَنِ، كالنَّحِيصِ
And the intensely fat she-camel, like the Nahis.
وَقَدْ نَحَصَ، كَمَنَعَ، نُحُوصًا
And she became barren, as in 'manaa', with Nahusan.
أَوِ الَّتِي مَنَعَهَا السِّمَنُ مِنَ الحَمْلِ
Or she whose fatness prevented her from conceiving.
وَنَحَصْتُ لَهُ بِحَقِّهِ: أَدَّيْتُهُ عَنْهُ
And I paid his due for him: I discharged it on his behalf.
والمِنْحَاصُ، بِالكَسْرِ: المَرْأَةُ الطَّوِيلَةُ الدَّقِيقَةُ
And Al-Minhas, with kasra: the tall, slender woman.