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نكه

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of smelling or exhaling, particularly related to breath and scent. It extends to the intense heat of the sun and the specific scent of an animal's mouth.

Derived headwords

نَكِهَverb
  1. 1.
    to exhale ontoboth

    To breathe out onto another's nose, or to exhale one's breath towards another.

  2. 2.
    to intensify (heat)classical

    Used to describe the sun when its heat becomes intense.

نَكِهَverb
  1. 1.
    to smell (mouth)both

    To smell the scent of someone's mouth.

اِسْتَنْكَهَverb
  1. 1.
    to smell (mouth)both

    To smell the scent of someone's mouth, often to ascertain something about their health or breath.

النَّفْخnoun
  1. 1.
    breathclassical

    The act of exhaling or breathing out.

النَّكْهَةnoun
  1. 1.
    mouth odormodern

    The smell emanating from someone's mouth; breath odor.

  2. 2.
    scentmodern

    A distinctive smell or odor.

Parallel reading

تنفس على أنفه
He exhaled onto his nose.
أخرج نفسه إلى أنف آخر
He exhaled his breath towards another's nose.
و الشمس: اشتد حرها
And the sun: its heat intensified.
ونكهه، كسمعه ومنعه
And he smelled his mouth, like hearing and preventing.
واستنكهه: شم ريح فمه
And he smelled his mouth: he smelled the scent of his mouth.
والنكه من الإبل، كسكر: النفه
And the 'naka' from camels, like 'sukara': its breath.