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نهس

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of biting or seizing with the front teeth. It extends to the action of a snake biting and can also refer to a type of bird and a description of a lean person.

Derived headwords

نَهَسَverb
  1. 1.
    The snake bit him, like نَهَشَتْهُ.both

    The snake bit him, like نَهَشَتْهُ.

نَهْسnoun
  1. 1.
    The snake bit him, like نَهَشَتْهُ.both

    The snake bit him, like نَهَشَتْهُ.

انْتَهَسَverb
  1. 1.
    to biteboth

    To seize or take something with the front teeth; synonymous with نهس.

مَنْهُوسadjective
  1. 1.
    leanclassical

    Describing a man who is thin and has little flesh.

Parallel reading

نهس اللحم: أخذه بمقدم الأسنان.
To bite meat: to take it with the front teeth.
يقال: نهست اللحم وانتهسته بمعنى.
It is said: 'He bit the meat' and 'He bit the meat' with the same meaning.
ونهس الحية أيضا: نهشه.
And to bite a snake also means to bite it.
تنهس لو تمكنت من نهس
It bites if it could manage to bite
والمنهوس: القليل اللحم من الرجال.
And the lean one: is a man with little flesh.
والنهس (2) أيضا: ضرب من الطير.
And the Nahs is also: a type of bird.