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نخع

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the spinal cord and its vicinity, extending to concepts of depth, severance, and sincerity. It also encompasses terms for specific anatomical locations and a tribal name.

Derived headwords

النُخَاعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    phlegmboth

    Refers to phlegm or mucus.

تنخعverb
  1. 1.
    he threw out his phlegmboth

    he threw out his phlegm

انتخعverb
  1. 1.
    to move away fromclassical

    To distance oneself or move away from one's land or place.

نُخَاعnoun
  1. 1.
    the white thread in the middle of the vertebraeboth

    the white thread in the middle of the vertebrae

المنخَعnoun
  1. 1.
    base of the skullclassical

    The joint of the atlas (the first cervical vertebra) between the neck and the head, from the inside.

نَخَعَverb
  1. 1.
    he went beyond the end of the slaughter to the spinal cordboth

    he went beyond the end of the slaughter to the spinal cord

منخوعةadjective
  1. 1.
    severed at the spinal cordclassical

    Describes an animal or person whose spinal cord has been cut.

النَّخْعname
  1. 1.
    a tribe nameboth

    A tribal name from Yemen, referring to the clan of Ibrahim al-Nakha'i.

نَخَعَverb
  1. 1.
    he went beyond the end of the slaughter to the spinal cordboth

    he went beyond the end of the slaughter to the spinal cord

Parallel reading

النخاعة بالضم: النخامة.
An-nukha'ah (with dammah): phlegm.
وتنخع فلان، أي رمى بنخاعته.
And so-and-so spat, meaning he expelled his phlegm.
وانتخع فلان عن أرضه، أي بعد عنها.
And so-and-so moved away from his land, meaning he distanced himself from it.
من العرب من يقول قطعت نخاعه ونخاعه.
Some Arabs say: I cut his spinal cord and his marrow.
وهو مقطوع النخاع بالضم، وهو الخيط الأبيض الذي في جوف الفقار.
And he is one whose spinal cord (with dammah) is cut, which is the white cord within the vertebrae.
والمنخع: مفصل الفهقة بين العنق والرأس من باطن.
And al-munkha': the joint of the atlas between the neck and the head, from the inside.
يقال: ذبحه فنخعه نخعا، أي جاوز منتهى الذبح إلى النخاع.
It is said: He slaughtered him and severed his spinal cord, meaning he went beyond the limit of slaughter to the spinal cord.
ويقال: دابة منخوعة.
And it is said: a severed animal (at the spinal cord).
والنخع: قبيلة من اليمن، رهط إبراهيم النخعي.
And An-Nakha': a tribe from Yemen, the clan of Ibrahim al-Nakha'i.
ونخعته الود والنصيحة: أخلصتهما.
And affection and advice purified him, meaning they made them sincere.