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نخص

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a state of emaciation, thinness, or wasting away, often due to old age or illness. It can also refer to the loss of flesh or substance.

Derived headwords

نَخَصَverb
  1. 1.
    to be emaciatedboth

    To become thin, gaunt, or wasted away, losing flesh.

  2. 2.
    to waste awayclassical

    To diminish in substance or strength, to decline.

نَخَصَverb
  1. 1.
    to be emaciatedboth

    To become thin, gaunt, or wasted away, losing flesh.

أَنْخَصَverb
  1. 1.
    to cause to waste awayclassical

    To make something or someone emaciated or thin, often implying a cause like old age or illness.

نَاخِصadjective
  1. 1.
    emaciatedboth

    Describing someone or something that is thin, gaunt, and wasted away.

نَخَصٌnoun
  1. 1.
    emaciationboth

    The state or condition of being thin, gaunt, or wasted away.

اِنْتَخَصَverb
  1. 1.
    to become emaciatedclassical

    To become thin and wasted away, often used reflexively or intransitively.

Parallel reading

نَخَصَ، كَمَنَعَ وَنَصَرَ: تَخَدَّدَ، وَهَزَلَ.
Nakhaṣa, like manaʿa and naṣara: to be emaciated, and to be thin.
وَعَجُوزٌ نَاخِصٌ: نَخَصَهَا الكِبَرُ وَأَنْخَصَهَا.
And an emaciated old woman: old age made her emaciated and caused her to waste away.
وَنَخَصَ لَحْمُهُ، كَفَرِحَ: ذَهَبَ، كَانْتَخَصَ.
And his flesh wasted away, like fariḥa: it went, it became emaciated.