نضخ

Root entry · 19 derived lemmas

The root نضخ (n-ḍ-kh) primarily relates to the act of sprinkling, splashing, or spraying, often with water or other liquids. It can also denote a forceful eruption of water from a source, or a lingering trace or mark left by something. Figuratively, it can refer to the distribution or scattering of something.

Derived headwords

نَضَخَverb

1.
to sprinkle, splashboth
To sprinkle or splash something, often with water. This is considered synonymous with نضح (naḍḥa) by some.
2.
to spray forthboth
Used to describe water forcefully erupting or spraying from a spring or source.

نضخت أنضخ، بالفتح — I sprinkle, I splash (present tense, open vowel in the imperfect)

به من نضاخ الشول ردع كأنه نقاعة حناء بماء الصنوبر — It has a trace from the splashing of milk from the udders, as if it were the dregs of henna in pine water.

النَّضْخnoun

1.
sprinkling, splashingboth
The act of sprinkling or splashing, often used interchangeably with نضح (naḍḥ).
2.
forceful eruption of waterboth
The strong gushing or bursting forth of water from its source.
3.
trace, markboth
A lingering mark or trace left by something, such as perfume, blood, or mud.
4.
scatteringclassical
The act of scattering or dispersing something, like arrows among enemies.

النضخ الرش، مثل النضح، وهما سواء — The sprinkling is splashing, like the naḍḥ, and they are the same.

النضخ: ما كان على غير اعتماد — The sprinkling: what is done without deliberate intent.

وفي حديث النخعي (لم يكن يرى بنضخ البول بأسا) — And in the narration of Al-Nakha'i (he did not see harm in the splashing of urine).

النضخ: الأثر يبقى في الثوب وغيره — The trace: the mark that remains on clothing and elsewhere.

نَضْخَةnoun

1.
a downpour, a rain showerboth
A significant rain shower or downpour.

وقعت نضخة بالأرض، أي مطرة — A downpour fell on the land, meaning a rain shower.

لا يفرحون إذا ما نضخة وقعت — They do not rejoice when a downpour falls.

نَضَّاخadjective

1.
gushing, abundantboth
Describing water that is gushing forth abundantly, especially from a spring.

عين نضاخة: تجيش بالماء — A gushing spring: it surges with water.

فيهما عينان نضاختان — In them are two springs gushing forth.

نَضَّاخَةnoun

1.
giraffemodern
A giraffe. This is the common pronunciation, though the classical form is المنضخة (al-minḍakha).

المُنْضَخَّةnoun

1.
giraffeclassical
A giraffe. This is considered the more classical term.

النَّضَّاحnoun

1.
mutual sprinklingclassical
The act of mutually sprinkling or splashing each other.

والنضّاح: المناضخة — And the mutual sprinkling: the act of mutually sprinkling.

انْتَضَخَverb

1.
to be sprinkled, to splashboth
To be sprinkled or to splash, often used reflexively or passively.

انتضخ الماء: ترشش — The water splashed: it was sprinkled.

نَضَّاخnoun

1.
abundant rainclassical
Abundant rain or a heavy downpour.

والنضاخ، ككتان: الغزير من الغيث — And the abundant rain, like kuttan: the plentiful from the rain.

وبالخط نضاخ العثانين واسع — And in Al-Khatt, an abundant rain of the first showers, wide-ranging.

نَضْخnoun

1.
lesser splashingclassical
A lesser degree of splashing or sprinkling, considered less than نضح (naḍḥ).

النضخ (دونه) ، أي دون النضح — The sprinkling (less than it), meaning less than the naḍḥ.

انْضَخَّverb

1.
to pour forth, to gushboth
To pour forth or gush, used for water from a source.

وانضح الماء وانضاخ: انصب — And the water poured forth and gushed: it flowed.

فهو منضاخ عليكم بوابل البلايا — It is pouring down upon you with the downpour of calamities.

نَضْخnoun

1.
trace of perfume/dyeboth
A lingering trace or mark left by perfume, dye, or similar substances.

والنضخ: الأثر يبقى في الثوب وغيره من الطيب ونحوه — And the trace: the mark that remains on clothing and elsewhere from perfume and the like.

نَضْخnoun

1.
scattering of arrowsclassical
The scattering of arrows among enemies.

نضخ النبل وبه في العدو: فرقها فيهم — Scattering arrows among them: dispersing them among the enemy.

نَضْخnoun

1.
upward sprayclassical
What sprays from below to above.

النضخ: ما كان منه من سفل إلى علو — The sprinkling: what comes from below to above.

نَضْخnoun

1.
greater splashingclassical
A greater degree of splashing or sprinkling, considered larger than نضح (naḍḥ).

وأصابه نضخ، بالخاء معجمة، وهو أكبر من النضح — And he was struck by a splashing (with khāʼ), which is greater than the naḍḥ.

نَضْخnoun

1.
trace of blood/mudclassical
What remains from blood, saffron, mud, and the like.

والنضخ ما كان من الدم والزعفران والطين وما أشبه — And the trace: what comes from blood, saffron, mud, and the like.

نَضْخnoun

1.
splashing of urineclassical
The scattering or splashing of urine.

لم يكن يرى بنضخ البول بأسا — He did not see harm in the splashing of urine.

نَضْخnoun

1.
water's intense eruptionboth
The intense eruption and surging of water from its source.

نضخ الماء: اشتد فورانه في جيشانه وانفجاره من ينبوعه — The water erupted: its surging and bursting forth from its source intensified.

نَضْخnoun

1.
unintentional splashingclassical
Splashing or sprinkling that occurs without deliberate intent.

النضخ: ما كان على غير اعتماد — The sprinkling: what is done without deliberate intent.

Parallel reading

النضخ الرش، مثل النضح، وهما سواء

The sprinkling is splashing, like the naḍḥ, and they are the same.

نضخت أنضخ، بالفتح

I sprinkle, I splash (present tense, open vowel in the imperfect).

به من نضاخ الشول ردع كأنه نقاعة حناء بماء الصنوبر

It has a trace from the splashing of milk from the udders, as if it were the dregs of henna in pine water.

وإذا تضيفني الهموم قريتها سرح اليدين تخالس الخطرانا

And if worries invite me, I entertain them with a generous hand, snatching away dangers.

حرجا كأن من الكحيل صبابة نضخت مغابنها بها نتضخانا

Tight, as if from the beloved's longing, its inner parts were splashed with it, and we splashed each other.

النضخ (دونه) ، أي دون النضح

The sprinkling (less than it), meaning less than the naḍḥ.

ما كان من فعل الرجل فهو بالحاء غير معجمة وأصابه نضخ، بالخاء معجمة، وهو أكبر من النضح.

What is from a man's action is with ḥāʼ (نضح), and what strikes him is splashing (نضخ, with khāʼ), and it is greater than the naḍḥ.

وفي حديث النخعي (لم يكن يرى بنضخ البول بأسا) ، يعني نثره وما ترشش منه

And in the narration of Al-Nakha'i (he did not see harm in the splashing of urine), meaning its scattering and what splashes from it.

النضخ: ما كان منه من سفل إلى علو

The sprinkling: what comes from below to above.

عين نضاخة: تجيش بالماء

A gushing spring: it surges with water.

{فيهما عينان نضاختان}

In them are two springs gushing forth.

من كل نضاخة الذفرى إذا عرقت

From every gushing flank when it sweats.

النضخ: الأثر يبقى في الثوب وغيره كالجسد من الطيب ونحوه

The trace: the mark that remains on clothing and elsewhere, like the body, from perfume and the like.

والنضخ ما كان من الدم والزعفران والطين وما أشبه

And the trace: what comes from blood, saffron, mud, and the like.

والنضح بالماء وبكل ما رق، مثل الخل وما أشبهه.

And the naḍḥ is with water and anything thin, like vinegar and the like.

والنضخ: الأثر يبقى في الثوب وغيره كالجسد

And the trace: the mark that remains on clothing and elsewhere, like the body.

والنضاخ، ككتان: الغزير من الغيث

And the abundant rain, like kuttan: the plentiful from the rain.

ومننه على قصري عمان سحيفة وبالخط نضاخ العثانين واسع

And upon my two palaces of Amman, a wide sheet of rain, and in Al-Khatt, an abundant rain of the first showers, wide-ranging.

والنضخة المطرة

And the downpour: the rain shower.

وقعت نضخة بالأرض، أي مطرة

A downpour fell on the land, meaning a rain shower.

لا يفرحون إذا ما نضخة وقعت وهم كرام إذا اشتد الملازيب

They do not rejoice when a downpour falls, and they are generous when the torrents intensify.

فقلت لعل الله يرسل نضخة فيضحي كلانا قائما يتذمر

So I said, perhaps God will send a downpour, and we will both stand complaining.

والنضاح: المناضخة

And the mutual sprinkling: the act of mutually sprinkling.

انتضخ الماء: ترشش

The water splashed: it was sprinkled.

المنضخة: الزرافة، والعامة تقول النضاخة

The minḍakha: the giraffe, and the common people say al-naḍḍākha.

وانضح الماء وانضاخ: انصب

And the water poured forth and gushed: it flowed.

إن الموت قد تغشاكم سحابته فهو منضاخ عليكم بوابل البلايا

Indeed, the cloud of death has covered you; it is pouring down upon you with the downpour of calamities.