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النهق

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to sounds, specifically the braying of a donkey, and also encompasses terms for certain plants and anatomical features in animals.

Derived headwords

نَهَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to brayboth

    The sound made by a donkey.

نَهْقnoun
  1. 1.
    braying soundboth

    The sound of a donkey braying.

نِهَاقnoun
  1. 1.
    braying soundboth

    The sound of a donkey braying.

نَاهِقnoun
  1. 1.
    brayerclassical

    The one who brays, referring to a donkey.

  2. 2.
    throat openingclassical

    The opening from which the braying sound emerges from the throat.

النَّهْقnoun
  1. 1.
    a birdclassical

    A type of bird.

  2. 2.
    rocket plantclassical

    A plant similar to arugula (gerjir), or wild arugula when pronounced with a vowel change.

النَّاهِقَانnoun
  1. 1.
    tear ductsclassical

    Two prominent bones in the head of a hoofed animal, located in the tear duct area.

النَّوَاهِقnoun
  1. 1.
    tear ductsclassical

    The tear ducts, also referred to as al-nahiqan.

Parallel reading

النهق: طائر، ونبات كالجرجير، أو بالتحريك: الجرجير البري.
Al-nahq: a bird, and a plant like arugula, or with vowel change: wild arugula.
ونهق الحمار، كضرب وسمع، نهيقا ونهاقا: صوت.
And the donkey brayed, like daraba and sami'a, a braying sound (nahiqan and nahāqan): a sound.
والناهقان: عظمان شاخصان من ذي الحافر في مجرى الدمع، ويقال لهما: النواهق أيضا، أو الناهق: مخرج النهاق من حلقه، ج: نواهق.
And al-nāhiqān: two prominent bones of a hoofed animal in the tear duct passage, and they are also called al-nawāhiq, or al-nāhiq: the exit of the braying sound from its throat, plural: nawāhiq.