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النعض

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to a thorny tree used for toothpicks and tanning, and secondarily to the concept of not obtaining or achieving something.

Derived headwords

النَعَضnoun
  1. 1.
    thorny treeboth

    A thorny tree whose branches are used for toothpicks and whose bark is used for tanning.

نَعِضَverb
  1. 1.
    to be thornyclassical

    To be a thorny tree.

نَعْضnoun
  1. 1.
    thorninessclassical

    The state or quality of being thorny.

مِنْعَضnoun
  1. 1.
    toothpickclassical

    A toothpick made from the wood of the thorny tree.

نَعَضَverb
  1. 1.
    to obtainclassical

    To obtain or achieve something.

مَا نَعَضْتُverb
  1. 1.
    I did not obtainclassical

    I did not obtain or achieve anything.

مِنْعَضٍnoun
  1. 1.
    what is obtainedclassical

    That which is obtained or achieved.

Parallel reading

النَعَض، بالضم: شجر شائك يستاك به، ويدبغ بلحائه.
Al-na'aḍ, with damma: a thorny tree used for toothpicks and tanned with its bark.
وما نعضت منه شيئا، كمنعت: ما أصبت.
And I did not obtain anything from it, like 'I did not obtain': meaning, I did not achieve it.