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ءنح

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root describes sounds and actions associated with exertion, difficulty, or reluctance. It encompasses physical straining, coughing or clearing the throat, and a metaphorical 'straining' due to stinginess.

Derived headwords

أنحَverb
  1. 1.
    to strainboth

    To exert oneself forcefully due to physical difficulty, such as from illness or breathlessness.

يَأنَحُverb
  1. 1.
    to strainboth

    Present tense of 'anḥa', describing the act of straining due to physical difficulty.

أنْحاًnoun
  1. 1.
    strainingboth

    The verbal noun (masdar) of 'anḥa', referring to the act of straining or exerting oneself.

أنوحاًnoun
  1. 1.
    strainingboth

    An alternative verbal noun (masdar) for 'anḥa', denoting the act of straining or exerting oneself.

آنِحadjective
  1. 1.
    strainingboth

    An active participle describing someone who is straining or exerting themselves.

أنْحadjective
  1. 1.
    strainingboth

    An adjective describing someone who is straining or exerting themselves.

أنْحnoun
  1. 1.
    strainingboth

    A noun referring to the act of straining or exerting oneself.

أنْوَحadjective
  1. 1.
    strainingboth

    An adjective describing someone who is straining or exerting themselves.

آنِحadjective
  1. 1.
    coughingclassical

    One who coughs or clears their throat, often due to stinginess or reluctance to speak.

أنوحadjective
  1. 1.
    coughingclassical

    Describing someone who coughs or clears their throat, particularly when asked for something, indicating stinginess.

أنْحadjective
  1. 1.
    stingyclassical

    Describing someone who is stingy and clears their throat when asked for something, as a sign of reluctance.

أنْحadjective
  1. 1.
    strainingboth

    An adjective, possibly intensified, describing someone who strains or makes a sound like clearing the throat.

أنْحٌnoun
  1. 1.
    straining soundboth

    The sound made when straining or exerting oneself, or a sound like clearing the throat.

Parallel reading

أنح الرجل يأنح بالكسر، أنحا وأنوحا، إذا زحر من ثقل يجده من مرض أو بهر
The man strains (yanḥu) with a kasra, 'anḥan' and 'anūḥan', when he exerts himself from a heaviness he finds from illness or breathlessness.
كأنه يتنحنح ولا يبين
As if he is clearing his throat (yatanaḥnaḥu) but nothing is clear.
فهو آنح، وقوم أنح، مثل راكع وركع
So he is straining (āniḥ), and a people are straining (anḥ), like a kneeling person and kneeling people (rākiʿ and rukkaʿ).
وللبزل مما في الخدور أنيح
And the young she-camels, from what is in the inner chambers, strain (anīḥ).
يعني من ثقل أردافهن
Meaning from the heaviness of their hindquarters.
يمشى قليلا خلفها ويأنح
He walks a little behind her and strains (ya'naḥu).
يقال رجل أنوح وآنح على فاعل للذي إذا سئل الشئ تنحنح، وذلك من البخل
It is said a man is 'anūḥ' and 'āniḥ' (on the pattern of fāʿil) who, when asked for something, clears his throat (tanaḥnaḥu), and that is from stinginess.
وكذلك رجل أنح بالتشديد
And likewise a man is 'anḥ' with the shadda.
كز المحيا أنح إرزب
His face was tight, a straining (anḥ) robust one.
أراك قصيرا ثائر الشعر أنحا
I see you as short, with disheveled hair, straining (anḥan).
بعيدا من الخيرات والخلق الجزل
Far from good deeds and solid character.