نحت

Root entry · 17 derived lemmas

The root 'نحت' primarily concerns the act of carving, sculpting, or cutting away material from a solid object like wood or stone. It extends metaphorically to describe diminishing, criticizing, or striking someone, and also relates to inherent nature or disposition.

Derived headwords

نَحَتَ يَنْحَتُverb

1.
to carveboth
To shape or cut material, especially wood or stone, into a desired form.
2.
to diminishboth
To reduce or weaken someone, metaphorically like carving away their strength or vitality.
3.
to criticizeboth
To speak ill of or blame someone, often with the tongue.
4.
to strikeboth
To hit someone, often with a stick.
5.
to fellboth
To cause someone to fall or collapse.
6.
to have sexual intercourseclassical
To have intercourse with a female.

انْتَحَتَverb

1.
to be carved outboth
To be shaped or cut out from a material, often used for wood needed for fuel.

نَحْتnoun

1.
carvingboth
The act or process of carving or sculpting.
2.
natureclassical
Inherent disposition or natural constitution of a person.

نَحْتَةnoun

1.
natureclassical
The inherent disposition or natural constitution of a person.

نَحَاتnoun

1.
carverboth
A person who carves or sculpts.
2.
natureclassical
The inherent disposition or natural constitution of a person.

نَحِيتَةnoun

1.
natureclassical
The inherent disposition or natural constitution of a person.
2.
strainingclassical
The act of straining or exerting oneself, like in defecation.
3.
combclassical
A comb, likely for hair.

نَحِيتnoun

1.
strainingclassical
The act of straining or exerting oneself, like in defecation.
2.
worn outclassical
Describing a camel that is worn out from travel.
3.
inferiorclassical
The bad or inferior part of anything.

نُحَاتَةnoun

1.
wood shavingsboth
The material shaved off when carving wood.
2.
shavingsboth
The shavings or dust produced by carving.

مِنْحَتnoun

1.
carving toolboth
The instrument or tool used for carving.

مِنْحَاتnoun

1.
carving toolboth
The instrument or tool used for carving.

نَحَائتnoun

1.
wellsclassical
Known wells or water sources, named because they were carved.

نَحَتَverb

1.
to cut intoboth
To cut into a solid object like a mountain.

تنحتونverb

1.
you carveboth
The plural form of 'you carve', referring to carving into mountains.

الوليد بن نحيتname

1.
Al-Walid ibn Nuḥaytclassical
A historical figure known for fighting Jabalah ibn al-Aḥmar.

نَحِيتَةnoun

1.
tree stumpclassical
A tree stump that is hollowed out to serve as a hive for bees.

نُحُتnoun

1.
hollowed stumpsclassical
Plural of 'naḥītah', referring to hollowed tree stumps used as bee hives.

نَحِيتnoun

1.
inferiorclassical
The bad or inferior part of anything.

Parallel reading

نحت النجار الخشب

The carpenter carved the wood.

نحت الخشبة ونحوها ينحتها وينحتها نحتا، فانتحتت

He carved the piece of wood or similar, carving it and carving it, and it became carved out.

انتحت من الخشب ما يكفيك للوقود

Carve out enough wood for you for fuel.

نحت السفر البعير: أنضاه

Travel diminished the camel: it made it lean.

نحته بلسانه ينحته نحتا: لامه وشتمه

He criticized him with his tongue, criticizing him: he blamed him and insulted him.

نحته بالعصا ينحته نحتا: ضربه

He struck him with a stick, striking him: he hit him.

وفلانا: صرعه

And he felled so-and-so: he made him fall.

نحت الجارية: نكحها

He had intercourse with the slave girl: he married her.

وبرد نحت: خالص

And a pureبرد: pure.

يقال: هو كريم النحيتة

It is said: He is of noble nature.

تنحتون من الجبال بيوتا آمنين

You carve out houses from the mountains, secure.

حافر نحيت

A worn-out hoof.

الخالطين نحيتهم بنضارهم

The mixed ones, their essence with their pure lineage.

وهو من الأين حف نحيت

And he is from the fatigue, a worn-out camel.

ما نحت من الخشب

What was carved from the wood.

قفرا بمندفع النحائت من صفوا أولات الضال والسدر

A desolate place at the outflow of the wells, from a clear spring with acacia and lote trees.