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نحص

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of being barren or infertile, specifically for female animals. It also extends to the base or foundation of a mountain.

Derived headwords

نَحُوصnoun
  1. 1.
    barren female animalclassical

    A female animal, particularly a she-ass, that is infertile or has not conceived.

نَحَاصnoun
  1. 1.
    barrennessclassical

    The state or condition of being barren or infertile, especially for a female animal.

نَحِيصnoun
  1. 1.
    barrennessclassical

    The state or condition of being barren or infertile, especially for a female animal.

نَحْصnoun
  1. 1.
    base of a mountainclassical

    The origin, foundation, or lower part of a mountain.

  2. 2.
    foothillsclassical

    The lower slopes or foothills of a mountain.

Parallel reading

النحوص: الأتان الحائل.
An-naḥūṣ: The barren she-ass.
يحدو (1) نحائص أشباها محملجة
He urges on barren she-camels resembling well-built ones.
والنحص بالضم: أصل الجبل.
And an-naḥṣ, with damma, is the base of the mountain.
يا ليتني غودرت مع أصحاب نحص الجبل.
Oh, I wish I had been left behind with the companions of the mountain's base.
النحص: أصل الجبل وسفحه.
An-naḥṣ: The base and the slope of the mountain.
وأصحاب النحص، هم قتلى أحد، أو غيرهم.
And the companions of the base (of the mountain) are the slain of Uhud, or others.