نحط

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to sounds and actions associated with distress, exertion, or suppressed emotion. It encompasses coughing, suppressed crying, labored breathing, and sounds of exhaustion in animals, as well as a specific ailment in horses and camels.

Derived headwords

نَحَطَverb

1.
to cough violentlyboth
To cough with great force, a severe expulsion of air from the lungs.

يَنْحَطُverb

1.
to cough violentlyboth
The present tense form of the verb 'to cough violently'.

نُحَاطًاnoun

1.
violent coughingboth
The verbal noun (masdar) for the act of coughing violently.

النَّاحِطnoun

1.
one who coughs severelyboth
An active participle describing someone who coughs intensely.

كَشَدَّادadjective

1.
arrogantclassical
Describing someone who is arrogant or haughty, similar to the pattern of 'shaddad'.

كَغُرَابadjective

1.
suppressed cryingclassical
Describing a state of suppressed crying or weeping that remains in the chest without being outwardly expressed, following the pattern of 'ghurab'.

النَّحْطnoun

1.
suppressed cryingboth
A suppressed or choked cry that remains in the chest without full expression.
2.
barking/neighing soundclassical
A sound made by horses due to heaviness and exhaustion.
3.
exerted breathingclassical
The breathing sound of a runner (qassār) when striking the ground with their garment.
4.
repelling soundclassical
A sound made to ward off or repel someone when asking for something.

النَّحِيطnoun

1.
suppressed cryingboth
Similar to 'al-naht', referring to suppressed crying or weeping in the chest.
2.
laborious breathingclassical
The sound of labored breathing, particularly in animals due to fatigue.

النَّحْطَةnoun

1.
chest ailmentclassical
A disease affecting the chests of horses and camels.

مَنْحُوطَةadjective

1.
afflicted with chest diseaseclassical
Describing a horse or camel that is afflicted with the chest ailment ('al-nahtah').

مُنْحَطَّةadjective

1.
afflicted with chest diseaseclassical
An alternative passive participle form describing an animal suffering from a chest ailment.

Parallel reading

زفر زفيرا.

He exhaled with an exhalation.

والناحط: من يسعل شديدا.

And the 'nāḥiṭ' is one who coughs severely.

وكشداد: المتكبر.

And like 'shaddād': the arrogant one.

وكغراب: تردد البكاء في الصدر من غير أن يظهر، كالنحط والنحيط.

And like 'ghurāb': the recurrence of crying in the chest without it appearing, like 'al-naḥṭ' and 'al-naḥīṭ'.

والنحطة: داء في صدور الخيل والإبل، وهي منحوطة ومنحطة، كمكرمة.

And 'al-naḥṭah': a disease in the chests of horses and camels, and they are 'manḥūṭah' and 'munḥaṭṭah', like 'makramah'.

والنحط: الزجر عند المسألة، وصوت الخيل من الثقل والإعياء، كالنحيط، وتنفس القصار حين يضرب بثوبه الحجر.

And 'al-naḥṭ': the repelling sound when asking, and the sound of horses from heaviness and exhaustion, like 'al-naḥīṭ', and the breathing of the runner when they strike the stone with their garment.