نوح

Root entry · 28 derived lemmas

The root نوح (n-w-ḥ) primarily relates to lamentation, wailing, and crying, often associated with mourning. It extends metaphorically to concepts of opposition, confrontation, and intense movement, particularly concerning natural phenomena like winds and birdsong.

Derived headwords

التناوحnoun

1.
confrontationboth
The act of confronting or facing each other, like mountains or winds.

تناوحverb

1.
to confront each otherboth
To face or oppose each other, used for natural elements like mountains and winds.
2.
to blow intenselyclassical
Used to describe winds blowing strongly and opposing each other.

تناوحت الرياح — The winds confronted each other.

إذا الرياح تناوحت — when the winds confront each other

ناحتverb

1.
to wail overboth
A woman wailing over her husband, considered the more correct usage.
2.
to lamentboth
To lament or wail, often with a loud sound.

ناحت (عليه) — she wailed over him

تنوحverb

1.
to wailboth
The act of wailing, producing a sound.
2.
to cooboth
The sound made by a dove, described as a form of wailing.
3.
to move while danglingclassical
To move while hanging or dangling.

تنح (عليه) — she wailed over him

تنح الحمامة — the dove coos

تنح الشيء تنوحا — the thing moved while dangling

نوحاnoun

1.
wailingboth
A wail or lamentation, a noun indicating the sound.

نواحاnoun

1.
wailingboth
A wail or lamentation, a noun indicating the sound.

نياحاnoun

1.
wailingboth
A wail or lamentation, a noun indicating the sound.

نياحةnoun

1.
wailingboth
A wail or lamentation, a noun indicating the sound.

مناحاnoun

1.
place of wailingclassical
A place or occasion for wailing or mourning.

مناحةnoun

1.
place of wailingclassical
A place or occasion for wailing or mourning.

وكنا في مناحة فلان — And we were at so-and-so's mourning.

النياحةnoun

1.
wailingboth
The act or sound of wailing, lamentation.

نوحname

1.
Noah (prophet)both
The name of the prophet Noah, considered an Arabicized foreign name.

نوحnoun

1.
wailingboth
The act or sound of wailing, lamentation.

المناحة والنوح: النساء يجتمعن للحزن — Mourning and wailing: women gathering for grief.

أنواحnoun

1.
wailersboth
Plural of 'nā'iḥah', women who wail.

نوائحnoun

1.
wailersboth
Women who gather to wail and mourn.
2.
bannersclassical
Opposing banners in warfare.
3.
swordsclassical
Swords, referring to their opposing nature in combat.

النوائح اسم يقع على النساء يجتمعن في مناحة — 'Al-nawā'iḥ' is a name for women who gather at a mourning.

فهن عكوف كنوح الكري م قد شف أكبادهن الهوهي — They are secluded like the wailing of the mourners, their livers pierced by grief.

نائحاتnoun

1.
wailing womenboth
Women who wail, a sound plural form.

نواحةadjective

1.
wailingboth
Describing someone who wails frequently or intensely.

ونواحة ذات مناحة — and a wailing woman prone to lamentation.

مناحاتnoun

1.
mourningsclassical
Plural of 'manāḥah', occasions or places of mourning.

المناوحnoun

1.
mourningsclassical
Plural of 'manāḥah', occasions or places of mourning.

استناحverb

1.
to wailclassical
To wail, with the 'sin' and 'ta' for emphasis.
2.
to howlclassical
Used for a wolf howling, attracting other wolves.
3.
to weepclassical
To weep, and to make others weep.

استناح: ناح — to wail: to wail.

استناح الذئب: عوى — the wolf howled: it howled.

يستنيح بشجوه — he weeps over his sorrow

النوحيname

1.
Al-Nawhiboth
A nisba (attribution) indicating descent from someone named Nuh.

نوحnoun

1.
cooingboth
The sound of a dove's cooing, likened to wailing.

نوح الحمامة: ما تبديه من سجعها — The cooing of the dove: what it expresses in its song.

نائحةadjective

1.
wailingboth
Describing a dove that coos.

حمامة نائحة — a cooing dove

نواحةadjective

1.
wailingboth
Describing a dove that coos.

وحمامة نواحة — and a cooing dove.

نوحةnoun

1.
strengthclassical
Power or strength.

نيحةnoun

1.
strengthclassical
Power or strength.

النوائحnoun

1.
opposing bannersclassical
Banners facing each other in battle.
2.
opposing swordsclassical
Swords facing each other in combat.

والنوائح: الرايات المتقابلة في الحروب — And 'al-nawā'iḥ': the opposing banners in wars.

كبقمname

1.
Qibla (direction)classical
A specific direction or orientation, possibly related to prayer.

Parallel reading

التناوح: التقابل

Al-tanāwuḥ: confrontation.

تناوح الجبلين

The confrontation of the two mountains.

تناوح الرياح

The confrontation of the winds.

ناحت المرأة زوجها

The woman wailed over her husband.

ناحت (عليه) ، وهو الراجح

She wailed over him, and this is the preferred meaning.

تنوح (نوحا) ، بالفتح (ونواحا، بالضم)

She wails (nawḥan), with fatḥa, and (nawāḥan), with ḍamma.

ونياحا ونياحة، بكسرهما

And (niyāḥan) and (niyāḥatan), with kasra for both.

ومناحا، بالفتح مصدر ميمي، ومناحة

And (mināḥan), with fatḥa, a mīm-source noun, and (mināḥatan).

والاسم النياحة، بالكسر

And the noun is al-niyāḥah, with kasra.

ونساء نوح وأنواح، كصحب وأصحاب، ونوح، بضم فتشديد، و نوائح

And women (nawḥ), and (anwāḥ), like ṣaḥb and aṣḥāb, and (nawḥ), with ḍamma and shadda, and (nawā'iḥ).

وهما أقيس الجموع

And these are the more analogical plurals.

ونائحات

And (nā'iḥāt).

وكنا في مناحة فلان

And we were at so-and-so's mourning.

والمناحة والنوح: النساء يجتمعن للحزن

And al-mināḥah and al-nawḥ: women gathering for grief.

فهن عكوف كنوح الكري م قد شف أكبادهن الهوهي

They are secluded like the wailing of the mourners, their livers pierced by grief.

واستناح: ناح

Istanaḥa: he wailed.

واستناح الذئب: عوى

And the wolf istanaḥa: it howled.

وما أنا ممن يستنيح بشجوه

And I am not one who weeps over his sorrow.

ونوح الحمامة: ما تبديه من سجعها

And the cooing of the dove: what it expresses in its song.

فوالله لا ألقى ابن عم كأنه نشيبة ما دام الحمام ينوح

By God, I will not meet a cousin who is like a target as long as the doves coo.

والخطيبان أبو إبراهيم إسحاق بن محمد بن إبراهيم بن محمد بن محمد - النوحي النسفي وإسماعيل بن محمد بن محمد بن نوح بن زيد بن نعمان - النوحي، محدثان

And the two orators, Abu Ibrahim Ishaq bin Muhammad bin Ibrahim bin Muhammad bin Muhammad - Al-Nawhi Al-Nasafi, and Ismail bin Muhammad bin Muhammad bin Nuh bin Zayd bin Nu'man - Al-Nawhi, two traditionists.

وتنوح الشيء تنوحا، إذا تحرك وهو متدل

And tanūḥa something tanūḥan, if it moves while dangling.

ونوح، بالضم، اسم نبي أعجمي

And Nuh, with ḍamma, is a foreign prophet's name.

ونوح كبقم: قبلة في نواحي حجر

And Nuh like Baqam: a direction in the vicinity of Hajar.

والنوائح: ع

And Al-Nawā'iḥ: a place name.

تناوحت الرياح، إذا اشتد هبوبها

The winds tanāwaḥat, if their blowing intensified.

ويكللون إذا الرياح تناوحت خلجا تمد شوارعا أيتامها

And they adorn themselves when the winds confront each other, stretching out their orphaned branches.

والرياح المتناوحة هي النكب

And the confronting winds are the crosswinds.

والنوحة والنيحة: القوة

And al-nūḥah and al-nīḥah: strength.

والنوائح: الرايات المتقابلة في الحروب، والسيوف

And al-nawā'iḥ: the opposing banners in wars, and swords.