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نحح

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the production of a specific type of sound, particularly a repeated or resonant sound made from within the throat or chest. It extends to related actions like clearing the throat and the sounds produced by certain animals.

Derived headwords

النحيحnoun
  1. 1.
    throat soundboth

    A sound that a person repeats within their throat or chest.

نحverb
  1. 1.
    to make a throat soundboth

    To produce a repeated sound from within the throat or chest.

نحيحاnoun
  1. 1.
    making a throat soundboth

    The act or instance of making a repeated sound from within the throat or chest (masdar of نح).

شحيحadjective
  1. 1.
    a stingy manboth

    a stingy man

التنحنحnoun
  1. 1.
    clearing one's throat, both mean the sameboth

    clearing one's throat, both mean the same

النحنحةnoun
  1. 1.
    clearing one's throat, both mean the sameboth

    clearing one's throat, both mean the same

Parallel reading

النحيح: صوت يردده الإنسان في جوفه.
An-naḥīḥ: A sound that a person repeats within their throat.
وقد نح ينح نحيحا.
And he made a throat sound, making a throat sound.
وشحيح نحيح، إتباع له.
And 'shḥīḥ' is a resonant sound, an echo of 'naḥīḥ'.
والتنحنح معروف،
And at-tanḥanḥ is known,
والنحنحة مثله.
and an-naḥḥaḥah is like it.