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نهش

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of biting or seizing with the front teeth. It extends to meanings of being exhausted or worn out, and metaphorically, to the passage of time wearing someone down. It also describes a swift, agile movement.

Derived headwords

نَهَشَverb
  1. 1.
    it bit him (the snake)both

    it bit him (the snake)

نهشته الحية: لسعته — The snake bit him: it stung him.
نَهْشnoun
  1. 1.
    it bit him (the snake)both

    it bit him (the snake)

والنهش: النهس، وهو أخذ اللحم بمقدم الأسنان — And al-nahsh: al-nahs, which is taking flesh with the front teeth.
مَنْهُوشadjective
  1. 1.
    exhaustedboth

    Worn out, depleted, or exhausted, as if bitten or seized.

  2. 2.
    worn downclassical

    Affected or diminished by the passage of time or hardship.

ورجل منهوش، أي مجهود — And a man manhoosh, meaning exhausted.
قد نهشه الدهر فاحتاج — Time has worn him down so he is in need.
كم من خليل وأخ منهوش — How many a friend and brother is worn out
يَنْهَشُverb
  1. 1.
    to biteboth

    Present tense of biting or seizing with the front teeth.

  2. 2.
    to tear atclassical

    To seize and tear at something, often with the teeth.

قشاعم ينتهشن وينتقينا — Vultures tearing and picking.
نَهْشُnoun
  1. 1.
    it bit him (the snake)both

    it bit him (the snake)

ودابة نهش اليدين، أي خفيف كأنه أخذ من نهش الحية — And a beast 'nahsh al-yadayn', meaning light, as if it took from the bite of the snake.
نَهْشُ اليدينadjective
  1. 1.
    swift-footedclassical

    Describing a creature that moves with great speed and agility, as if its feet are light and quick like a snake's bite.

نهش اليدين تخاله مشكولا — Swift-footed, you would think it was a well-formed creature.
نَهْشُ المشاشadjective
  1. 1.
    swiftclassical

    Describing a rapid movement, likened to the quickness of a snake's bite reaching the marrow.

يعدو به نهش المشاش كأنه — It runs with it, swift as a bite to the marrow, as if

Parallel reading

نهشته الحية: لسعته.
The snake bit him: it stung him.
ورجل منهوش، أي مجهود.
And a man is manhoosh, meaning exhausted.
قد نهشه الدهر فاحتاج.
Time has worn him down so he is in need.
كم من خليل وأخ منهوش
How many a friend and brother is worn out
والنهش: النهس، وهو أخذ اللحم بمقدم الأسنان.
And al-nahsh: al-nahs, which is taking flesh with the front teeth.
قشاعم ينتهشن وينتقينا
Vultures tearing and picking.
ودابة نهش اليدين، أي خفيف كأنه أخذ من نهش الحية.
And a beast 'nahsh al-yadayn', meaning light, as if it took from the bite of the snake.
نهش اليدين تخاله مشكولا
Swift-footed, you would think it was a well-formed creature.
يعدو به نهش المشاش كأنه
It runs with it, swift as a bite to the marrow, as if