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نشح

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes the act of drinking a small amount of water without quenching thirst. It also refers to a small quantity of water itself.

Derived headwords

نَشَحَverb
  1. 1.
    to drink without quenching thirstclassical

    To drink a small amount of water, insufficient to satisfy one's thirst.

نَشْحًاnoun
  1. 1.
    drinking without quenching thirstclassical

    The act of drinking a small amount of water without satisfying thirst, as a verbal noun.

نَشُوحًاnoun
  1. 1.
    drinking without quenching thirstclassical

    The act of drinking a small amount of water without satisfying thirst, as a verbal noun.

النُّشُوحnoun
  1. 1.
    small quantity of waterclassical

    A small amount of water, not enough to be satisfying.

Parallel reading

شرب دون الرى
to drink without quenching thirst
فانصاعت الحقب لم تقصع جرائرها وقد نشحن فلا رى ولا هيم
And the she-camel, after the drought, yielded, not having satisfied her thirst, and she drank without quenching her thirst, neither satisfied nor parched.
النشوح بالفتح: الماء القليل
An-nushuh (with fatha): a small quantity of water.
حتى إذا ما غيبت نشوحا
Until when they had drunk a small quantity of water.