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نهء

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the state of food, particularly meat, being undercooked or not properly cooked. It describes the quality of being raw or insufficiently tender due to lack of cooking.

Derived headwords

نَهَئَverb
  1. 1.
    prohibition, the opposite of commandboth

    prohibition, the opposite of command

يَنْهَأُverb
  1. 1.
    to be undercookedboth

    The present tense form of the verb 'nahia', indicating the ongoing state of being undercooked.

نَهْأًnoun
  1. 1.
    undercookednessclassical

    The state or quality of being undercooked, referring to food that has not been sufficiently cooked.

نَهَاءَةًnoun
  1. 1.
    undercookednessclassical

    A noun denoting the quality or state of food being undercooked or not properly cooked.

نَهُوءَةًnoun
  1. 1.
    undercookednessclassical

    Another form of the noun indicating the state of being undercooked, similar to 'nahā'ah'.

نَهِئٌadjective
  1. 1.
    prohibition, the opposite of commandboth

    prohibition, the opposite of command

أَنْهَأَverb
  1. 1.
    And he said so and so, and previouslyboth

    And he said so and so, and previously

إِنْهَاءًnoun
  1. 1.
    undercookingclassical

    The act of causing something to be undercooked, the verbal noun of 'anhā'.

مِنْهَأٌadjective
  1. 1.
    undercookedclassical

    An adjective derived from the verb 'anhā', describing something that has been undercooked.

Parallel reading

نَهَئَ اللحم ينهأ نهأ ونهأ ونهأءة ونهوءة، إذا لم ينضج.
Meat is undercooked, it is undercooked, undercookedness, and undercookedness, if it has not been cooked.
وفى المثل: " ما أبالى ما نهئ من ضبك ".
And in the proverb: 'I do not care what is undercooked from your lizard.'
ويقال أيضا: نهؤ اللحم فهو نهئ على فعيل، وأنهأته أنا إنهاء، إذا لم تنضجه، فهو منهأ.
It is also said: The meat is undercooked, so it is 'nahī' (undercooked) according to the pattern 'fa'īl', and I undercooked it, causing it to be undercooked, if you did not cook it properly, then it is 'minhā' (undercooked).