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النحض

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of flesh, particularly its abundance or scarcity on a body. It also extends to meanings related to thinning, scraping, and persistent urging.

Derived headwords

النَّحْضnoun
  1. 1.
    Fleshboth

    Refers to the flesh or meat of an animal, or a substantial portion of it.

  2. 2.
    Large piece of fleshclassical

    Specifically denotes a large piece of flesh.

نَحِيضadjective
  1. 1.
    Fleshyboth

    Describing someone whose body is abundant in flesh.

  2. 2.
    Thinboth

    Describing someone who has lost flesh or is thin.

نَحِيضَةadjective
  1. 1.
    Fleshy (fem.)both

    Feminine form of 'nḥīḍ', describing a female whose body is abundant in flesh.

  2. 2.
    Thin (fem.)both

    Feminine form of 'nḥīḍ', describing a female who has lost flesh or is thin.

نُحُوضnoun
  1. 1.
    Plural of 'naḥḍ'classical

    The broken plural of 'naḥḍ', referring to pieces of flesh.

نُحَاضnoun
  1. 1.
    Plural of 'naḥḍ'classical

    Another broken plural of 'naḥḍ', referring to pieces of flesh.

نَحَضَverb
  1. 1.
    To be fleshyboth

    To have an abundance of flesh on one's body.

نَحَضَverb
  1. 1.
    To scrape off fleshboth

    To scrape or peel flesh from something.

نَحَضَverb
  1. 1.
    To urge persistentlyclassical

    To urge or press someone insistently in their request.

نَحَضَverb
  1. 1.
    To thin (teeth)classical

    To make the teeth thin or sharp.

نَحَضَverb
  1. 1.
    To take flesh from boneclassical

    To remove the flesh from a bone.

نَحَضَverb
  1. 1.
    To become thinboth

    To have little flesh, to become thin.

نَحَضَverb
  1. 1.
    To decrease in fleshboth

    To have one's flesh decrease or diminish.

انْتَحَضَverb
  1. 1.
    To become thinboth

    To have little flesh, to become thin (used reflexively).

انْتَحَضَverb
  1. 1.
    To take flesh from boneclassical

    To remove the flesh from a bone (used reflexively).

مُنْحَاضadjective
  1. 1.
    Thinboth

    Describing someone who has lost flesh or is thin.

مُنْحُوضadjective
  1. 1.
    Thinboth

    Describing someone who has lost flesh or is thin.

Parallel reading

النَّحْضُ: اللحم، أو المكتنز منه، وبهاء: القطعة الكبيرة منه
Al-naḥḍ: the flesh, or the plump part of it, and bahāʾ: the large piece of it.
ج: نُحُوض ونُحَاض
Plural: nuḥūḍ and nuḥāḍ.
ونَحَضَ، ككَرُمَ، نَحَاضَةً: كَثُرَ لَحْمُ بَدَنِهِ، فَهُوَ نَحِيضٌ، وَهِيَ نَحِيضَةٌ
And he was fleshy, like karuma, with naḥāḍah: his body's flesh was abundant, so he is naḥīḍ, and she is naḥīḍah.
وَالمُنْحَاضُ وَالنَّحِيضُ: الذَّاهِبَا اللَّحْمِ، أَوِ الكَثِيرَاهُ، ضِدٌّ
And al-munḥāḍ and al-naḥīḍ: those who have lost flesh or those with abundant flesh, opposite meanings.
وَنَحَضَ، كَعَنِيَ: قَلَّ لَحْمُهُ، كَانْتَحَضَ، بِالضَّمِّ
And he became thin, like 'aniya: his flesh became little, like intaḥaḍa, with dammah.
وَكَمَنَعَ نُحُوضًا: نَقَصَ لَحْمُهُ، كَانْتَحَضَ، بِالضَّمِّ
And like mana'a, he had nuḥūḍan: his flesh decreased, like intaḥaḍa, with dammah.
وَاللَّحْمَ، كَمَنَعَ وَضَرَبَ: قَشَّرَهُ
And the flesh, like mana'a and ḍaraba: he scraped it.
وَفُلَانًا: أَلَحَّ عَلَيْهِ فِي سُؤَالِهِ
And so-and-so: he insisted upon him in his questioning.
وَالسِّنَانَ: رَقَّقَهُ، فَهُوَ نَحِيضٌ وَمُنْحُوضٌ
And the teeth: he thinned them, so he is naḥīḍ and munḥūḍ.
وَالعَظْمَ: أَخَذَ لَحْمَهُ، كَانْتَحَضَهُ
And the bone: he took its flesh, like intaḥaḍahu.