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نغث

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to persistent and severe evil or hardship. It is used to describe a state of continuous affliction or distress.

Derived headwords

النَّغَثnoun
  1. 1.
    Persistent, severe evilclassical

    A continuous and intense form of evil or hardship.

نَغِثadjective
  1. 1.
    Evil, wickedclassical

    Describing something or someone characterized by persistent and severe evil.

Parallel reading

أهمله الجوهري
Al-Jawhari neglected it.
وقال ابن الأعرابي: هو الشر الدائم الشديد
And Ibn al-A'rabi said: it is the persistent, severe evil.
يقال: وقعنا في نغث، وعصواد، وريب، وشصب، بمعنى
It is said: 'We fell into hardship, and distress, and doubt, and poverty,' meaning the same thing.
كmathbb{ا في اللسان
Thus in Al-Lisan.