نحض

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of flesh, particularly well-developed or abundant flesh, and its subsequent loss or thinning. It also extends to the idea of refining or sharpening something, like a spearhead.

Derived headwords

النَّحْضnoun

1.
Flesh, meatboth
Abundant, well-developed flesh, such as that of the thigh.

النَّحْضَةnoun

1.
Flesh, meatboth
Abundant, well-developed flesh, such as that of the thigh.

نَحَضَverb

1.
To become fleshyclassical
To have one's flesh become abundant and well-developed.

نُحِضَverb

1.
To lose fleshclassical
To have one's flesh disappear or become thin (passive voice).

نَحِيضٌadjective

1.
Fleshyclassical
Describing someone whose flesh has become abundant and well-developed.
2.
Thin, refinedclassical
Describing a spearhead that has been sharpened or thinned.

مُنْحُوضٌadjective

1.
Having lost fleshclassical
Describing someone whose flesh has gone or become thin.

انْتَحَضَverb

1.
To lose fleshclassical
To have one's flesh disappear or become thin.

نَحَضْتُهُverb

1.
To thin, refineclassical
To make something thin or refined, such as a spearhead.

انْتَحَضْتُهُverb

1.
To strip flesh from boneclassical
To strip away the flesh remaining on a bone; to gnaw it clean.

Parallel reading

النحض والنحضة: اللحم المكتنز، كلحم الفخذ.

An-naḥḍ and an-naḥḍah: The abundant flesh, like the flesh of the thigh.

ثم أبري نحاضها فتراها * ضامرا بعد بدنها كالهلال *

Then its fleshiness was pared away, and you see it * emaciated after its fullness, like a crescent moon *

وقد نحض بالضم فهو نحيض، أي اكتنز لحمه.

And he has become naḥaḍa (with damma), so he is naḥīḍ, meaning his flesh has become abundant.

والمرأة نحيضة.

And the woman is naḥīḍah (fleshy).

ونحض على ما لم يسم فاعله، فهو منحوض، أي ذهب لحمه.

And naḥiḍa (passive) is used, so he is manḥūḍ, meaning his flesh has gone.

وانتحض مثله.

And intaḥaḍa means the same.

ونحضت ما على العظم من اللحم وانتحضته، أي اعترقته.

And I stripped the flesh from the bone, and I stripped it clean, meaning I gnawed it.

وسنان نحيض وقد نحضته، أي رققته.

And a spearhead is naḥīḍ, and I have naḥaḍtuhu (refined it), meaning I have thinned it.

يباري شباة الرمح خد مزلق * كصفح السنان الصلبي النحيض

It rivals the spearheads, a slippery cheek * like the surface of a hard, refined spearhead.