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Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of moving, turning, or directing something, often with a sense of removal or avoidance. It also encompasses terms for containers, specific types of dates, and directional or spatial aspects.

Derived headwords

النَّحْيnoun
  1. 1.
    Waterskinboth

    A waterskin, specifically one used for storing ghee or butter.

  2. 2.
    Clay jarclassical

    A clay jar used for churning milk.

  3. 3.
    Type of dateclassical

    A type of ripe date.

النَّحَىnoun
  1. 1.
    Waterskinboth

    A waterskin, similar to النَّحْي, often specifically for ghee.

نَحَاverb
  1. 1.
    To churn milkboth

    To churn milk, as in making butter.

  2. 2.
    To removeboth

    To remove or displace something.

  3. 3.
    To turn gaze towardsboth

    To turn one's gaze or attention towards something.

تَنَحَّىverb
  1. 1.
    To move asideboth

    To move oneself aside or to a side.

  2. 2.
    To be removedboth

    To be removed or displaced from a position.

نَحَّاهُverb
  1. 1.
    To remove itboth

    To cause something to be removed or displaced.

النَّاحِيَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Sideboth

    A side, direction, or region.

  2. 2.
    Aspectboth

    An aspect or dimension of something.

النَّاحَاةnoun
  1. 1.
    Sideclassical

    A side or direction, synonymous with الناحية.

نَحِيٌّadjective
  1. 1.
    Distantclassical

    Referring to camels that are distant or have moved away.

المَنْحَاةnoun
  1. 1.
    Winding stream bedclassical

    A winding stream bed or channel.

  2. 2.
    Path of a water-lifting deviceclassical

    The path or track of a camel-powered water-lifting device (سانية).

أَهْلُ المَنْحَاةnoun phrase
  1. 1.
    Distant peopleclassical

    People who are distant or far away.

المُنْحَاةnoun
  1. 1.
    Large bowclassical

    A large, heavy bow.

  2. 2.
    Large-humped camelclassical

    A camel that is large and has a prominent hump.

أَنْحَىverb
  1. 1.
    To strike with weaponclassical

    To strike someone with a weapon.

انْتَحَىverb
  1. 1.
    To striveclassical

    To strive or exert oneself diligently.

  2. 2.
    To rely onclassical

    To rely on or depend on something.

نَحْيَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Calamityclassical

    A severe trial or calamity.

Parallel reading

النحي، بالكسر: الزق، أو ما كان للسمن خاصة
An-nahy (with kasra): a waterskin, or what is specifically for ghee.
وجرة فخار يجعل فيها لبن ليمخض
And a clay jar in which milk is placed to be churned.
ونحا اللبن ينحيه وينحاه: مخضه
And nahā the milk, yanḥīhi wa yanḥāhu: he churned it.
والشيء: أزاله، كنحاه فتنحى
And the thing: he removed it, so it was removed (or he moved aside).
وبصره إليه: صرفه
And his sight towards it: he turned it.
والناحية والناحاة: الجانب
And an-nāḥiyah and an-nāḥāh: the side.
وإبل نحي، كغني: متنحية
And camels naḥiyyun, like ghanī: distant (having moved away).
والمنحاة: المسيل الملتوي
And al-manḥāh: the winding stream bed.
وطريق السانية
And the path of the sāniyah (water-lifting device).
وأهل المنحاة: القوم البعداء
And ahl al-manḥāh: the distant people.
وبالضم: القوس الضخمة
And (with damma): the large bow.
والعظيمة السنام من الإبل
And the large-humped camel.
وأنحى له السلاح: ضربه به
And anḥā lahu as-silāḥ: he struck him with it.
وانتحى: جد
And intaḥā: he strove.
وفي الشيء: اعتمد
And on the thing: he relied.
وهو نحية القوارع، أي: الشدائد تنتحيه
And he is naḥiyyah al-qawāriʻ, meaning: calamities befall him (lit. calamities seek him out).