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نهض

Root entry · 19 derived lemmas

The root نهض (n-h-ḍ) primarily denotes the concept of rising, standing up, or moving forward. It extends to meanings of supporting, resisting, maturing, and even injustice, depending on the derived form and context.

Derived headwords

نَهَضَverb
  1. 1.
    he stood upboth

    he stood up

يَنْهَضُverb
  1. 1.
    to rise, stand upboth

    Present tense of the verb 'to rise' or 'stand up'.

  2. 2.
    to set out, proceedboth

    Present tense of the verb 'to set out' or 'proceed'.

نَهْضًاnoun
  1. 1.
    rising, standing upboth

    The verbal noun (masdar) for the act of rising or standing up.

نُهُوضًاnoun
  1. 1.
    rising, standing upboth

    Another verbal noun (masdar) for the act of rising or standing up.

أَنْهَضَverb
  1. 1.
    to make rise, to help upboth

    To cause someone or something to rise or stand up.

انْتَهَضَverb
  1. 1.
    to rise, to get upboth

    To rise or get up, often implying a response to a call or stimulus.

اسْتَنْهَضَverb
  1. 1.
    to urge to rise, to summonboth

    To ask or command someone to rise, to take action, or to fulfill a duty.

نَاهَضَverb
  1. 1.
    to resist, to opposeboth

    To stand against, to confront, or to resist someone or something.

تَنَاهَضَverb
  1. 1.
    to rise against each otherboth

    Used for groups or forces rising up to confront each other, especially in battle.

نَهَضَ النبتverb
  1. 1.
    plants mature, grow tallclassical

    Describes plants reaching a stage of maturity and upright growth.

تَنْهَضُ بالتشددverb
  1. 1.
    to rise with difficultyclassical

    To stand up or move with great effort or strain.

نَهَضَ الطائرverb
  1. 1.
    bird spreads wings to flyclassical

    Describes a bird extending its wings in preparation for or during flight.

النَاهِضadjective
  1. 1.
    rising, about to flyclassical

    Describes a young bird whose wings have developed and is ready to fly.

النَاهِضnoun
  1. 1.
    flesh near the shoulderclassical

    Refers to the part of a horse's flesh located above the shoulder.

  2. 2.
    male relatives who defendclassical

    Refers to a man's paternal relatives who are ready to defend him or act on his behalf.

نَاهِضَة الرجلnoun
  1. 1.
    male relatives who defendclassical

    The paternal relatives of a man who become angry and defend him.

مَا لِفُلَانٍ نَاهِضَةphrase
  1. 1.
    no one to support himclassical

    An expression indicating that someone has no one to assist or manage their affairs.

النَهْضnoun
  1. 1.
    part of camel's bodyclassical

    The area on a camel between the shoulder blade and the shoulder joint.

أَنْهُضnoun
  1. 1.
    plural of النهضclassical

    The plural form of 'al-nahḍ', referring to the parts of a camel between the shoulder blade and the shoulder joint.

نَهَضَ فُلَانًاverb
  1. 1.
    to wrong someoneclassical

    To treat someone unjustly or to oppress them.

Parallel reading

نهض ينهض نهضا ونهوضا، أي قام.
He rose, he rises, a rising and a rising, meaning he stood up.
وأنهضته أنا فانتهض.
And I made him rise, and he rose.
واستنهضته لأمر كذا إذا أمرته بالنهوض له.
And I summoned him for such-and-such a matter if I commanded him to rise for it.
وناهضته، أي قاومته.
And I resisted him, meaning I opposed him.
وتناهض القوم في الحرب، إذا نهض كل فريق إلى صاحبه.
And the people rose against each other in war, if each group rose to its counterpart.
ونهض النبت، إذا استوى.
And the plant grew tall, when it became upright.
ورثية تنهض بالتشدد
And a weak person rises with difficulty
ونهض الطائر، إذا بسط جناحيه ليطير.
And the bird rose, when it spread its wings to fly.
والناهض: فرخ الطائر الذي وفر جناحاه ونهض للطيران.
And the 'nāhiḍ' is the young bird whose wings have matured and it is ready to fly.
والناهض: اللحم الذي يلي عضد الفرس من أعلاها.
And the 'nāhiḍ' is the flesh that is next to the horse's upper arm from above.
وناهضة الرجل: بنو أبيه الذين يغضبون له.
And the 'nāhiḍah' of a man are his paternal relatives who become angry for him.
وما لفلان ناهضة، وهم الذى يقومون بأمره.
And so-and-so has no 'nāhiḍah', meaning those who attend to his affairs.
والنهض من البعير: ما بين المنكب والكتف، والجمع أنهض.
And the 'nahḍ' of a camel is what is between the shoulder blade and the shoulder, and its plural is 'anhuḍ'.
وقربوا كل جمالي عضه * أبقى السناف أثرا بأنهضه *
And they brought near every strong camel, its hump left a mark on its shoulder.
ونهضت فلانا نهضا: ظلمته.
And I wronged so-and-so with a 'nahḍ': meaning I oppressed him.