نيء

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the state of being uncooked or unripe, particularly in relation to food. It extends to the idea of something being raw, unseasoned, or not yet fully developed, and by extension, can refer to immature or unrefined things.

Derived headwords

نيأverb

1.
to be unconcernedclassical
To be unconcerned or neglectful regarding a matter.

أنيأverb

1.
to not cookclassical
To not cook or prepare food, leaving it in its raw state.

إناءةnoun

1.
lack of cookingclassical
The state or act of not cooking something, leaving it raw.

نيءadjective

1.
rawboth
Describes food that has not been touched by fire or cooking; uncooked.
2.
unripeclassical
Describes something not yet mature or fully developed.

لحم نيء — raw meat

نهى عن أكل اللحم النيء — He prohibited eating raw meat

نيوءnoun

1.
raw thingsclassical
Plural of نيء, referring to raw or uncooked items.

نيوأةnoun

1.
rawnessclassical
The state or quality of being raw or uncooked.

نيnoun

1.
raw wineclassical
Refers to wine that has not been fermented or processed by heat, essentially raw grape juice or very early-stage wine.
2.
fresh milkclassical
Refers to pure, unadulterated milk, before it has soured or been processed.

إذا ما شئت باكرني غلام بزق فيه نيء أو نضيج — If you wish, a boy will bring me early, with raw wine or fermented wine

Parallel reading

أهمله الجوهري هنا، وقال الصاغاني أي (: لم يحكمه)

Al-Jawhari neglected it here, and Al-Saghani said: meaning, he did not master it.

وأنيأ اللحم: لم ينضجه

And 'an-a'a the meat: meaning, he did not cook it.

والأصل فيه {أناء اللحم} ينيئه {إناءة، إذا لم ينضجه

And the origin of it is 'ana'a the meat, it 'ini'uhu 'ina'atan, if he did not cook it.

ولحم نيء كنيع بين {النيوء} والنيوأة) بالضم فيهما: لم تمسه النار

And raw meat, like 'nayi' (between 'al-nuyu'' and 'al-nuyu'ah') with dammah on both: has not been touched by fire.

ونهى عن أكل اللحم النيء

And he prohibited eating raw meat.

هو الذي لم يطبخ، أو طبخ أدنى طبخ، ولم ينضج

It is that which has not been cooked, or was cooked minimally, and was not fully cooked.

والعرب تقول: لحم نيء، فيحذفون الهمز، وأصله الهمز

And the Arabs say: 'lahm nayi'', omitting the hamza, and its origin is with the hamza.

والعرب تقول للبن المحض ني، فإذا حمض فهو نضيج

And the Arabs call pure milk 'nay', and when it sours, it is 'nadij' (cooked/aged).

إذا ما شئت باكرني غلام بزق فيه نيء أو نضيج

If you wish, a boy will bring me early, with raw wine or fermented wine.

أراد بالني خمرا لم تمسها النار

He intended by 'nay' wine that the fire had not touched.