نضخ

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of sprinkling, splashing, or spraying, often with a connotation of abundance or persistence. It can refer to liquids, but also metaphorically to the impact of things like arrows or rain.

Derived headwords

نَضَخَverb

1.
to sprinkle, splashboth
To cause a liquid to splash or spray, often in a continuous or abundant manner.

نَضْخnoun

1.
sprinkling, splashingboth
The act or instance of sprinkling or splashing, similar to 'nadḥ' (نضح).
2.
trace, markclassical
A lingering trace or mark left on something, such as a garment.
3.
abundanceclassical
A significant amount or abundance, used in comparison to 'nadḥ' (نضح).

نَضْخَةnoun

1.
rain showerclassical
A rain shower, particularly one that falls abundantly.

نَضَّاخadjective

1.
sprinkling, gushingboth
Describing something that sprinkles or gushes forth, especially water.
2.
abundant (rain)classical
Said of abundant rain.

نَضَّاخَةnoun

1.
abundant in waterboth
abundant in water

انْتَضَخَverb

1.
to be sprinkled, to splashclassical
To be sprinkled or to splash, often passively or reflexively.

نَضْخَانnoun

1.
sprinkling, splashingclassical
The act of sprinkling or splashing, used as a verbal noun.

مُنَاضَخَةnoun

1.
sprinkling, splashingclassical
The act of sprinkling or splashing, often used in a poetic context.

Parallel reading

يقال أصابه نضخ من كذا، وهو أكثر من النضح

It is said, 'He was affected by a 'naḍkh' of something,' and it is more than 'nadḥ'.

النضخ: الأثر يبقى في الثوب وغيره

An-naḍkh: The trace that remains on a garment and other things.

النضخ الرش مثل النضح، وهما سواء

An-naḍkh is sprinkling like an-nadḥ, and they are the same.

تقول: نضخت أنضخ بالفتح

You say: 'naḍakha anḍakhu' with the fath.

والنضاخ: المناضخة

And an-naḍḍākh: is al-munāḍakhah.

به من نضاخ الشول ردع كأنه نقاعة حناء بماء الصنوبر

On him is a stain from the splashing of the she-camels, as if it were henna dye in pine water.

حرجا كأن من الكحيل صبابة نضخت مغابنها بها نضخانا

Tight, as if from al-Kuḥayl a lingering desire splashed its inner folds with a splashing.

نضخناهم بالنبل، لغة في نضحناهم، إذا فرقوها فيهم

We 'naḍakhnāhum' with arrows, a dialectal variant of 'naḍaḥnāhum', meaning we scattered them among them.

وانتضخ الماء: ترشش

And 'intaḍakha' al-mā': it was sprinkled.

وغيث نضاخ: غزير

And abundant rain: is 'naḍḍākh'.

وبالخط نضاخ العثانين واسع

And in al-Khaṭṭ, a wide, splashing expanse of the two deserts.

وعين نضاخة: كثيرة الماء

And a gushing spring: is one with abundant water.

فيهما عينان نضاختان: أي فوارتان

In them are two gushing springs: meaning, two overflowing ones.

والنضخة: المطرة

And an-naḍkhah: is the rain shower.

لا يفرحون إذا ما نضخة وقعت وهم كرام إذا اشتد الملازيب

They do not rejoice when a rain shower falls, but they are generous when the downpours intensify.