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نحث

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

This root appears to be related to a less common or possibly erroneous word, with its primary mention being a variant of another word. The entry suggests a potential phonetic substitution.

Derived headwords

النَّحِيثnoun
  1. 1.
    A variant of thinclassical

    This word is cited as a linguistic variant of 'an-naḥīf', meaning thin or lean. It is suggested that the 'th' sound might be a substitution for an original 'f' sound.

Parallel reading

هاذا المادة أهملها المصنف، والصاغاني
This root was neglected by the author and by al-Ṣāghānī.
وقد جاء منها: النحيث، وهو لغة في النحيف، عن كراع
And from it has come: an-naḥīth, which is a dialectal variant of an-naḥīf, according to Kra'a.
وأرى الثاء فيه بدلا من الفاء، والله أعلم
And I think the 'th' sound in it is a substitution for the 'f' sound, and God knows best.