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Root entry · 22 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of prohibition, stopping, and reaching a limit or end. It extends to meanings of completion, intellect, and the final point of something, including physical boundaries and the culmination of a journey or process.

Derived headwords

نَهَاهُverb

1.
to forbid himboth
To prohibit someone from doing something; the opposite of commanding.

يَنْهَاهُverb

1.
he forbids himboth
The present tense form of the verb 'to forbid'.

نَهْيًاnoun

1.
prohibitionboth
The act or instance of forbidding; the masdar of 'nahahu'.
2.
waterclassical
A specific type of water, mentioned as a place name.

انْتَهَىverb

1.
to stopboth
To cease an action or movement; to come to an end.
2.
to reachboth
To arrive at a destination or a limit.

تَنَاهَىverb

1.
to reach its endboth
To arrive at its limit or final point; to be completed.
2.
to culminateboth
To reach the highest point or final stage.

نَاهٍadjective

1.
prohibitingboth
One who forbids or restrains, often used in the context of enjoining good and forbidding evil.

النُّهْيَةnoun

1.
intellectboth
Sound judgment, reason, or understanding; the faculty of the mind.
2.
endboth
The final point, limit, or conclusion of something.
3.
notchclassical
A notch or opening at the head of a stake.

النِّهَايَةnoun

1.
endboth
The termination or final part of something; a limit.
2.
tipclassical
The extremity of something, such as the tip of a camel's nose.
3.
barclassical
A piece of wood used to carry loads.

النَّهَاءnoun

1.
endboth
The end or limit of something.
2.
heightclassical
The rising of the day or water.
3.
glassclassical
A vessel made of glass, or a type of glass.
4.
medicineclassical
A type of medicine found in the desert.
5.
beadsclassical
A type of bead or precious stone.

تَنْهَاءnoun

1.
water's edgeclassical
The place where water ends in a valley.

أَنْهَىverb

1.
to reachboth
To arrive at a destination or limit.
2.
to deliverboth
To convey something to its destination or recipient.
3.
to abandonclassical
To give up or leave something, especially a request.

نَاقَةٌ نَهِيةadjective

1.
fattened she-camelclassical
A she-camel that has reached the peak of its fatness.

مِنْهَاءadjective

1.
intelligentclassical
Possessing sound intellect and good judgment.

نَهُوَadjective

1.
of complete intellectclassical
Describing someone who has reached the peak of their mental capacity.

نَاهِيكَ مِنْهُphrase

1.
enough for youboth
A phrase indicating sufficiency or that something is adequate.

نَهَاكَ مِنْهُphrase

1.
enough for youboth
An expression meaning 'it is sufficient for you' or 'that is enough'.

النَّهْيَةnoun

1.
water poolboth
A small pond or pool of water.
2.
intellectboth
The faculty of reason and understanding.

النَّهِيnoun

1.
water poolboth
A pond or reservoir of water.

التَّنْهَاءnoun

1.
water's limitclassical
The point where water stops in a wadi or valley.

التَّنْهِيَةnoun

1.
water's limitclassical
The place where water reaches its end in a valley.

نَهَاةname

1.
Nahaclassical
The name of a horse.
2.
Umm Waladclassical
The name of a mother of a child born to a slave woman, specifically mentioning mothers of children of Asad ibn Abd al-Uzza and Umar ibn al-Khattab.

التَّنْهَاتnoun

1.
siltclassical
Earth or sediment that blocks the flow of water in a wadi.

Parallel reading

نهاه ينهاه نهيا: ضد أمره

He forbade him, he forbids him, prohibition: the opposite of commanding him.

فانتهى وتناهى

So he stopped and reached his limit.

وهو نهو عن المنكر أمور بالمعروف

And he is one who forbids evil and enjoins good.

والنهية، بالضم: الاسم منه وغاية الشيء، وآخره، كالنهاية والنهاء، مكسورتين

And al-Nuhyah, with dammah: is the noun from it, and the end of a thing, and its last part, like al-Nihayah and al-Naha, both with kasrah.

وانتهى الشيء، وتناهى ونهى تنهية: بلغ نهايته

And a thing ended, and reached its limit, and reached its end: it reached its final point.

وإليك أنهى المثل ونهى وانتهى ونهي وأنهي، مضمومتين، ونهى، كسعى، قليلة

And to you: 'Anha' (he completed), 'Naha' (he reached), 'Intaha' (he finished), 'Nahi' (he was forbidden), 'Anhi' (he was completed), all with dammah, and 'Naha', like 'Sa'a' (he strove), is rare.

والنهاية: طرف العران في أنف البعير، والخشبة يحمل فيها الأحمال

And al-Nihayah: is the tip of the nose-ring in a camel's nose, and the beam on which loads are carried.

والنهي، بالكسر والفتح: الغدير، أو شبهه

And al-Nahy, with kasrah and fatha: is the pool, or something similar.

والتنهاء والتنهية: حيث ينتهي الماء من الوادي

And al-Tanha' and al-Tanhiyah: is where the water ends in the wadi.

وأنهى: أتى نهيا، و الشيء: أبلغه

And 'Anha': he reached a limit, and a thing: he delivered it.

وناقة نهية، بالكسر وكغنية: بلغت غاية السمن

And a she-camel 'Nuhayyah', with kasrah and like 'Ghaniyyah': has reached the peak of fatness.

والنهية، بالضم: الفرضة في رأس الوتد، والعقل، كالنهى، وهو يكون جمع نهية أيضا

And al-Nuhyah, with dammah: is the notch in the head of the stake, and intellect, like al-Naha, and it is also a plural of Nuhyah.

ورجل منهاة: عاقل

And a man 'Minhah': is intelligent.

ونهو، ككرم، فهو نهي من أنهياء، ونه من نهين، ونه، بالكسر، على الإتباع، أي: متناهي العقل

And 'Nahu', like 'Karuma' (he was generous), so he is 'Nahi' from 'Anhiya', and 'Nuhin' from 'Nuhayyin', and 'Nih', with kasrah, as an echo, meaning: of complete intellect.

ورجل نهيك من رجل، وناهيك منه، ونهاك منه، بمعنى: حسب

And a man 'Nuhayk' from a man, and 'Nahik' from him, and 'Nahak' from him, meaning: enough.

والنهاء، ككساء: أصغر محابس المطر، و من النهار والماء: ارتفاعهما، والزجاج، ويقصر، أو القوارير، جمع نهاءة، وحجر أبيض أرخى من الرخام، ودواء بالبادية، وضرب من الخرز

And al-Naha, like 'Kisaa': is the smallest dam for rain, and of the day and water: their height, and glass, shortened, or bottles, plural of 'Naha'ah', and a white stone softer than marble, and a medicine in the desert, and a type of bead.

ونهاة: فرس

And 'Nahaah': a horse.

وكسمية: أم ولد أسد بن عبد العزى، وأم ولد عمر بن الخطاب، رضي الله تعالى عنه

And like 'Sumayyah': Umm Walad of Asad ibn Abd al-Uzza, and Umm Walad of Umar ibn al-Khattab, may God have mercy on him.

وطلب حاجة حتى نهي عنها، أو أنهى، أي: تركها، ظفر بها أو لم يظفر

And he sought a need until he was forbidden from it, or he abandoned it, meaning: he left it, whether he succeeded in it or not.

ونهيا، بالكسر وبالتحريك: ماء

And 'Nahya', with kasrah and with harakah: water.

ونهاء مئة، بالضم: زهاؤها

And 'Nuhā' hundred, with dammah: is its approximation.

ودير نهيا، بالكسر: بمصر

And Dayr Nahya, with kasrah: is in Egypt.

ونهى، كهدى: ة بالبحرين

And 'Naha', like 'Huda': a village in Bahrain.

والتنهاة، بالكسر: ما يرد به وجه السيل من تراب ونحوه

And al-Tanhaah, with kasrah: is what blocks the face of the flood from earth and the like.