ءنح

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes sounds and actions associated with distress, difficulty, or physical exertion. It encompasses sounds like groaning, coughing, or stifled speech, often linked to illness, pain, or emotional states like anger or stinginess.

Derived headwords

أَنَحَverb

1.
to groan in distressboth
To make a sound of distress or pain, or to strain due to illness or breathlessness, similar to a stifled cough.

أَنَحًاnoun

1.
groaningclassical
The act of groaning or making a sound of distress, often due to pain or exertion.

أَنِيحًاnoun

1.
groaningclassical
A sound of distress or pain, particularly one made when straining due to illness or breathlessness.

أَنُوحًاnoun

1.
groaningclassical
A sound of distress or pain, often associated with illness, breathlessness, or emotional states.

أَنَحٌadjective

1.
groaning (person)classical
Describing a person who groans or makes sounds of distress, particularly when strained.

آنِحٌadjective

1.
groaning (person)classical
Describing a person who groans or makes sounds of distress, particularly when strained.

أَنُوحٌadjective

1.
groaning (person)classical
Describing a person who groans or makes sounds of distress, particularly when strained.
2.
stifled by stinginessclassical
Describing someone who refrains from giving or speaking due to stinginess, making a stifled sound.

إِنْحٌadjective

1.
stifled by stinginessclassical
Describing someone who refrains from giving or speaking due to stinginess, making a stifled sound.

أَنَاحٌadjective

1.
stifled by stinginessclassical
Describing someone who refrains from giving or speaking due to stinginess, making a stifled sound.

أَنُوحٌnoun

1.
groaning soundclassical
A sound heard from the chest accompanied by breathlessness and panting, often occurring in stout men.
2.
stifled speechclassical
A sound made with a stifled cough, often due to distress, anger, or fullness.

أَنِيحٌnoun

1.
groaning soundclassical
A sound heard from the chest accompanied by breathlessness and panting, similar to the description of 'anūḥ'.

أَنَحَةٌnoun

1.
shortnessclassical
A state of being short, possibly referring to stature or a short duration.

أَنَحَةٌname

1.
Anḥah (place name)classical
A place name, specifically a town in Yamamah.

أَنُوحٌadjective

1.
slow-moving (horse)classical
Describing a horse that moves with a rustling or fluttering sound when running.

أَنُوحٌadjective

1.
lagging behindclassical
Describing someone who falls behind or is slow to achieve noble deeds or good character.

Parallel reading

إذا تأذى وزحر من ثقل يجده من مرض أو بهر

When he is harmed and strains from a heaviness he feels from illness or breathlessness.

فهو أنح أي ككتف

So he is 'anḥ', meaning like 'katif' (shoulder).

فهو آنح، بالمد، بدليل ما بعده

So he is 'āniḥ', with the long vowel, as indicated by what follows.

ج أنح كركع، جمع راكع

Its plural is 'anḥ' like 'rukkāʿ', the plural of 'rākiʿ' (one who bows).

الأنوح: مثل الزفير يكون من الغم والغضب والبطنة والغيرة

Al-anūḥ: like a sigh that comes from sadness, anger, gluttony, or jealousy.

وقال الأصمعي: هو صوت مع تنحنح

Al-Asma'i said: It is a sound with a stifled cough.

ورجل آنح كراكع وأنوح كصبور وإنح كقبر، أي بضم فشد، وأناح ككتان، هاذه الأخيرة عن اللحياني: الذي إذا سئل تنحنح بخلا

And a man is 'āniḥ' like 'rākiʿ', and 'anūḥ' like 'ṣabūr', and 'inḥ' like 'qabr' (meaning with damma and shadda), and 'anāḥ' like 'kattān', this last one from Al-Lihyani: who, when asked, stifles his speech out of stinginess.

كز المحيا أنح إرزب

He tightened his face, a groaning, stout man.

أراك قصيرا ثائر الشعر أنحا بعيدا من الخيرات والخلق الجزل

I see you as short, with disheveled hair, groaning, far from good deeds and robust character.

والأزوح من الرجال والأنوح: الذي يستأخر عن المكارم

And 'al-azūḥ' among men, and 'al-anūḥ': he who lags behind in noble deeds.

أنه رأى رجلا يأنح ببطنه، أي يقله مثقلا به

That he saw a man groaning with his stomach, meaning carrying it, weighed down by it.

من الأنوح: صوت يسمع من الجوف معه نفس وبهر ونهيج يعتري السمان من الرجال، وكذالك الأنيح

From 'al-anūḥ': a sound heard from the abdomen with breathlessness and panting that affects stout men, and likewise 'al-anīḥ'.

تلاقيتهم يوما على قطرية وللبزل مما في الخدور أنيح

I met them one day on a she-camel, and the she-camels in the tents had a groaning sound (due to their weight).

والأنحة: القصيرة

And 'al-anḥah': the short one.

وأنحة كقبرة: ة، باليمامة

And 'anḥah' like 'qubarah': a town, in Al-Yamamah.

سقيت به دارها إذ نأت وصدقت الخال فينا الأنوحا

I watered its dwelling with it when it was distant, and the maternal uncle's sister's son was truthful about us being groaning (or slow).

فرس أنوح كصبور: إذا جرى فرفر، هاذا هو الصواب

An 'anūḥ' horse, like 'ṣabūr': when it runs, it flutters; this is the correct meaning.

جرية لاكاب ولا أنوح وهو مثل النحيط

A running she-camel, not heavy-footed nor 'anūḥ' (fluttering), and it is like 'al-naḥīṭ' (a sound).