نطح
Root entry · 28 derived lemmasThe root 'نطح' primarily concerns the act of butting or goring with horns, especially by rams and similar animals. It extends metaphorically to signify confrontation, encountering difficulties, or facing something directly, particularly from the front.
Derived headwords
- 1.to gore, to buttboth
To strike or gore with horns, typically done by animals like rams.
- 2.to strike, to hitclassical
A general sense of striking or hitting, often used metaphorically.
- 1.butting, goringboth
The act of butting or goring with horns.
- 2.confrontationclassical
Metaphorically, a direct confrontation or encounter.
- 3.constellationclassical
A star in the lunar mansions, associated with ill omen.
- 1.butting (ram)both
Describing a ram or similar animal that is prone to butting.
- 1.to butt each otherboth
Used for animals, especially rams, when they butt each other.
- 1.to butt each otherboth
Reciprocal action of butting, used for animals and metaphorically for people or things in conflict.
- 1.gored, buttedclassical
An animal that has been gored or butted.
- 1.animal that died from goringclassical
An animal, particularly a sheep, that died as a result of being gored or butted.
- 1.unlucky, ill-omenedclassical
A person considered unlucky or ill-omened, metaphorically derived from facing something negative head-on.
- 2.horse with specific markingsclassical
A horse with two circular markings on its forehead, considered ill-omened.
- 3.what comes from the frontclassical
Metaphorically, something that approaches or confronts one from the front, like birds or game.
- 1.what comes from the frontclassical
Metaphorically, something that approaches or confronts one from the front, like birds or game; the opposite of 'qa'id' (sitting behind).
- 1.hardships, adversitiesclassical
Metaphorically, severe difficulties or adversities of life.
- 1.hardship, adversityclassical
A severe difficulty or adversity, singular of 'nawatih'.
- 1.constellationclassical
A star in the lunar mansions, considered ill-omened.
- 1.constellationclassical
A star in the lunar mansions, considered ill-omened.
- 1.sheep or camelclassical
Referring to a sheep or a camel in the context of lacking possessions.
- 1.a butting, a strikeboth
A single instance of butting or striking.
- 1.a butting, a strikeboth
A single instance of butting or striking.
- 1.two butting instancesclassical
Two instances of butting or striking.
- 1.butting, clashingboth
The act of butting or clashing, used for waves, floods, or people in battle.
- 2.confrontation, encounterclassical
A meeting or confrontation, especially in trade or between two parties.
- 1.to push away, to removeclassical
To push something or someone away, to remove an obstacle or burden.
- 1.butting ramboth
A ram that is known for its butting.
- 1.butting eweboth
A ewe that is known for its butting.
- 1.butting eweboth
A ewe that is known for its butting.
- 1.waves crashedboth
Used metaphorically to describe waves crashing against each other.
- 1.floods convergedboth
Used metaphorically to describe floods or torrents meeting and clashing.
- 1.men clashed in battleboth
Men engaged in fierce combat, metaphorically butting heads.
- 1.confrontation between scholars and merchantsclassical
A state of rivalry or confrontation between scholars and merchants.
- 1.a clash occurred in the marketclassical
An incident of conflict or dispute happened in the marketplace.
- 1.confrontation in Hijazi dialectclassical
In the dialect of Hijaz, 'nitaah' means confrontation or meeting.