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نقخ

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to coolness, purity, and refreshment, especially concerning water. It also extends to concepts of breaking, extracting, and a specific physical location on the head, as well as a type of slow gait in a camel.

Derived headwords

النقاخnoun
  1. 1.
    cold, sweet, pure waterboth

    Cold, sweet, pure, and clear water that is almost refreshing to the heart due to its coolness.

  2. 2.
    pure, unadulteratedclassical

    Something pure or unadulterated, used metaphorically for the essence of something, like 'the pure Arabic'.

  3. 3.
    abundant waterclassical

    A large amount of water that emerges in a dry place.

  4. 4.
    sleep in safetyclassical

    Sleep enjoyed in a state of well-being and security.

  5. 5.
    back of the headclassical

    The area at the back of the head, behind the ear and the mastoid process.

نقخverb
  1. 1.
    to strike the headboth

    To strike the head with something hard, like a stick or sword.

  2. 2.
    to strike the brainclassical

    To strike the brain to the point of extracting its marrow.

نقخ رأسه بالعصا وبالسيفverb
  1. 1.
    to strike his head with a stick or swordboth

    To strike someone's head with a stick or sword.

نقخ دماغهverb
  1. 1.
    to strike his brainclassical

    To strike the brain, implying severe damage or extraction of its contents.

نقفهverb
  1. 1.
    to break itclassical

    To break something, often used in the context of the brain being broken or damaged.

أنقخverb
  1. 1.
    to extract marrowclassical

    To extract the marrow from something, particularly the brain.

انتقخ المخverb
  1. 1.
    the marrow was extractedclassical

    The marrow was extracted, referring to the brain's contents being removed.

نقخهverb
  1. 1.
    to extract itclassical

    To extract something, specifically referring to the marrow of the brain.

ظليم أنقخadjective
  1. 1.
    ostrich with little brainclassical

    An ostrich that has little brain matter, implying it is slow-witted.

ناقة نقخةadjective
  1. 1.
    slow-moving she-camelclassical

    A she-camel that moves slowly due to its fatness.

النقاخnoun
  1. 1.
    back of the headclassical

    The upper part of the neck, at the back of the head, behind the ear and the mastoid bone.

Parallel reading

النقاخ، كغراب: الماء البارد العذب الصافي، والخالص
Al-Niqākh (like ghurāb): cold, sweet, pure, and clear water, and the pure.
أي الذي يكاد ينقخ الفؤاد ببرده
Meaning that which almost refreshes the heart with its coolness.
هو الماء الطيب فقط
It is only the good water.
فإن شئت حرمت النساء سواكم وإن شئت لم أطعم نقاخا ولا بردا
If you wish, I will abstain from women other than you; and if you wish, I will not eat refreshing water nor coolness.
النقاخ: الخالص، ولم يعين شيئا
Al-Niqākh: the pure, without specifying anything.
هذا نقاخ العربية، أي خالصها
This is the pure Arabic, meaning its essence.
النقاخ: الماء العذب
Al-Niqākh: the sweet water.
دع الخمر واشرب من نقاخ مبرد
Leave the wine and drink from refreshing, cold water.
النقاخ الماء الكثير ينبطه الرجل في الموضع الذي لا ماء فيه
Al-Niqākh is abundant water that a person finds emerging in a place where there is no water.
هاذا النقاخ
This is the refreshing water.
هو الماء العذب الذي ينقخ العطش، أي يكسره ببرده
It is the sweet water that quenches thirst, meaning it breaks it with its coolness.
النقاخ: النوم في العافية والأمن
Al-Niqākh: sleep in well-being and security.
النقاخ: الضرب على الرأس بشيء صلب
Al-Niqākh: striking the head with something solid.
نقخ رأسه بالعصا وبالسيف
He struck his head with a stick and with a sword.
هو الضرب على الدماغ حتى يخرج مخه
It is striking the brain until its marrow comes out.
نقخ دماغه
He struck his brain.
نقفه (: كسره)
He broke it.
وأنقخ (وانتقخ المخ) ونقخه: (استخرجه)
And he extracted (and the marrow was extracted) and he extracted it.
ظليم أنقخ
An ostrich with little brain.
من دون الظليم الأنقخ
From without the ostrich with little brain.
ناقة نقخة، محركة: تثاقل في مشيها سمنا
A slow-moving she-camel, with its fatness causing it to be heavy in its gait.
النقاخ، كرمان: مقدم القفا من الأذن والخشاء
Al-Niqākh (like kurmān): the front of the nape from the ear and the mastoid process.