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نظح

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the process of grain developing within a plant's ear or spike. It specifically describes the stage where the floury substance begins to flow or form inside the kernel.

Derived headwords

أنظحverb
  1. 1.
    to develop floury substanceclassical

    To have the floury substance begin to flow or form within the grain of a plant's ear or spike.

نضحverb
  1. 1.
    to develop floury substanceclassical

    To have the floury substance begin to flow or form within the grain of a plant's ear or spike. This is considered the correct form by some scholars.

Parallel reading

أنظح السنبل بالظاء المشالة، إذا جرى الدقيق فيه أي في حبه
The ear of grain is anẓaḥa (with the unpointed ẓāʼ), if the floury substance flows within it, i.e., within its grain.
جرى الدقيق فيه أي في حبه
the floury substance flows within it, i.e., within its grain
ونقله الأزهري وقال: الذي حفظناه وسمعناته من الثقات نضح السنبل
Al-Azhari transmitted it and said: What we have preserved and heard from reliable sources is naḍaḥa the ear of grain.
كأنضح بالضاد المعجمة
like anḍaḥa (with the dotted ḍād)
والظاء بهاذا المعنى تصحيف
And the ẓāʼ in this meaning is a scribal error.
إلا أن يكون محفوظا عن العرب فتكون لغة من لغاتهم
Unless it is preserved from the Arabs, in which case it would be one of their dialects.
كما قالوا بضر المرأة لبظرها
Just as they said 'biẓr' for a woman's clitoris.