نخخ

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to forceful driving or urging, particularly of animals, and also encompasses the act of causing an animal to kneel or rest. It extends to specific meanings like a type of harsh driving, a tax on animals, and a bribe taken by a tax collector.

Derived headwords

نَخّnoun

1.
harsh drivingclassical
The act of driving animals with excessive force or harshness.
2.
kneeling animalsclassical
Camels or other animals that kneel down when brought to the tax collector for assessment.

نَخَverb

1.
to drive harshlyclassical
To drive or urge animals with great force and severity.

نَخّnoun

1.
tax bribeclassical
A bribe taken by a tax collector for himself after completing the collection of official taxes.

نُخّةnoun

1.
cattleclassical
Working cattle, particularly those used for plowing or labor.
2.
slavesclassical
Servants or slaves.

نَخّةnoun

1.
bribeclassical
A bribe taken by a tax collector for himself after completing the collection of official taxes.

نَخَنَخَverb

1.
to cause to kneelclassical
To cause a camel or other animal to kneel down.

تَنَخْنُخَverb

1.
to kneelclassical
To kneel down, said of an animal.

Parallel reading

النخ: السير العنيف.

The 'nakh' is harsh driving.

لقد بعثنا حاديا مزخا أعجم إلا أن ينخ نخا

We sent forth a driver, strong and foreign, who urged them with a harsh driving.

والنخ لم يترك لهن مخا

And the harsh driving left them no strength.

والنخ: الإبل التي تناخ عند المصدق ليصدقها.

And 'nakh' refers to the camels that kneel down at the tax collector's place for him to assess them.

أكرم أمير المؤمنين النخا

The Commander of the Faithful honored the camels that kneel for assessment.

والنخة: الرقيق، ويقال البقر العوامل.

And 'nukhah' refers to slaves, and it is also said to mean working cattle.

هذا هو الصواب، لأنه من النخ، وهو السوق الشديد.

This is the correct interpretation, because it is derived from 'nakh', which means severe driving.

ليس في النخة صدقة.

There is no charity due on working cattle.

وهو البقر العوامل.

And it is the working cattle.

النخة، بالفتح: أن يأخذ المصدق دينارا لنفسه بعد فراغه من أخذ الصدقة.

The 'nakhah', with fatha, is when the tax collector takes a dinar for himself after he has finished collecting the Zakat.

عمى الذي منع الدينار ضاحية دينار نخة كلب وهو مشهود

Blindness upon him who withheld the dinar in the morning, a bribe from a dog, and it is witnessed.

ونخنخت الناقة فتنخنخت: أبركتها فبركت.

And I made the she-camel kneel, and she knelt: I made her sit, and she sat.

ولو أنخنا جمعهم تنخنخوا

And if we had made their جمع (group) kneel, they would have knelt.