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نهه

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

The root نهه primarily relates to the concept of restraining, deterring, or stopping someone or something. It can also refer to a thin or loosely woven fabric.

Derived headwords

نَهْنهْتُverb
  1. 1.
    to deter, restrainboth

    To deter or restrain someone from something; to admonish or scold them to stop.

تَنَهْنَهَverb
  1. 1.
    he stoppedboth

    he stopped

النَّهْنَهَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    deterrence, restraintclassical

    The act of deterring, restraining, or admonishing someone to stop.

  2. 2.
    thin fabricclassical

    A thin, loosely woven fabric.

نَهْنَهٌnoun
  1. 1.
    thin fabricclassical

    A thin, loosely woven fabric.

Parallel reading

نهنهت الرجل عن الشئ فتنهنه
I deterred the man from the thing, and he desisted.
أي كففته وزجرته فكف
Meaning: I restrained him and admonished him, so he desisted.
ونهنهت السبع، إذا صحت به لتكفه
And I deterred the lion, if you shouted at it to stop it.
والنهنه: الثوب الرقيق النسج
And the nahnah: a thinly woven garment.
مثل اللهله والهلهل
Like the lahlah and the halhal.
والاصل في نهنه نهه بثلاث هاءات
And the origin of nahnah is nahah with three ha's.
وإنما أبدلوا من الهاء الوسطى نونا للفرق بين فعلل وفعل
They only substituted the middle ha' with a noon to differentiate between fa'lal and fa'al.
وإنما زادوا النون من بين سائر الحروف لان في الكلمة نونا
They only added the noon from among the letters because there is a noon in the word.