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نخز

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of piercing or stabbing with a sharp object. It extends metaphorically to causing pain or distress through words.

Derived headwords

نَخَزَverb
  1. 1.
    to pierce, to stabboth

    To pierce someone or something with a sharp instrument, causing a wound.

  2. 2.
    to hurt with wordsclassical

    To cause pain or distress through speech, to wound with words.

نَخْزnoun
  1. 1.
    piercing, stabbingboth

    The act of piercing or stabbing with a sharp object.

  2. 2.
    painful speechclassical

    The act of hurting someone with words.

مَنْخُوزadjective
  1. 1.
    pierced, stabbedboth

    Having been pierced or stabbed with a sharp object.

Parallel reading

نخزت الرجل وغيره: وجأته وجئا بحد.
He pierced the man and others: he wounded him with a sharp object.
وبكلام: أوجعته.
And with words: he caused him pain.