ن ه س

Root entry · 22 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of biting or tearing with the front teeth, often in a forceful or snatching manner. It extends to descriptions of animals known for this behavior, like lions and wolves, and also to physical characteristics of people and animals indicating leanness or scarcity of flesh. Additionally, it refers to a specific type of bird.

Derived headwords

نَهَسَverb

1.
to bite offboth
To take and tear off with the front teeth.
2.
to gnawboth
To tear off the flesh from a bone with the front teeth.
3.
to biteclassical
To bite, especially with the front teeth.

نهس اللحم، كمنع وسمع الأخيرة عن الفراء في نوادره: أخذه بمقدم أسنانه ونتفه — He bit off the meat, taking it with his front teeth and tearing it off.

نَهْسnoun

1.
a biteboth
The act of biting or tearing with the front teeth.
2.
a tearing offboth
The act of tearing off flesh with the front teeth.

نهس اللحم نهسا ونهسا: إنتزعه بالثنايا للأكل — He tore off the meat with his incisors for eating.

مَنْهُوسadjective

1.
leanboth
Having little flesh, especially from the limbs.
2.
scanty-fleshedboth
Describing someone or something with little meat on their bones.

كان منهوس الكعبين، ويروى: منهوس القدمين: أي معرقهما، أي لحمهما قليل — He had lean ankles, and it is narrated: lean feet, meaning their flesh was little.

مَنْهَسnoun

1.
place of bitingclassical
A place from which something is bitten or taken by the mouth and eaten.

المكان ينهس منه الشيء، أي يؤخذ بالفم ويؤكل، والجمع: مناهس — The place from which something is bitten, i.e., taken by the mouth and eaten, and its plural is manāhis.

مَنَاهِسnoun

1.
places of bitingclassical
Plural of manhäs, referring to places where things are bitten or taken by the mouth.
2.
feeding groundsclassical
Areas where animals feed or graze.

أرض كثيرة المناهس — Land with many feeding grounds.

نَهَّاسnoun

1.
lionclassical
A lion, known for its biting.
2.
wolfclassical
A wolf, also known for its biting.

والنهاس، ككتان: الأسد، كالنهوس، كصبور — And an-nahās, like kattān: the lion, like an-nahūs, like ṣabūr.

نَهُوسadjective

1.
bitingclassical
One who bites forcefully or habitually.
2.
ravenousclassical
Given to biting or tearing.

ألا تخاف الأسد النهوسا — Do you not fear the biting lion?

مَنْهَسnoun

1.
lionclassical
A lion that bites when it gets hold of something.

الأسد الذي إذا قدر على الشيء نهسه، أي عضه — The lion that bites when it gets hold of something, meaning it bites it.

النهاس بن فهمname

1.
Al-Nihas bin Fahmclassical
A traditionist from Basra, whose name was recorded with 'f' but corrected to 'q'.

النهاسname

1.
Al-Nihasclassical
A title or name of a person, possibly a descendant of Nihas bin Fahm.

نَهْسnoun

1.
a type of birdclassical
A bird, specifically a type of shrike that hunts sparrows.

طائر، وفي الصحاح: والنهس، بالفتح: ضرب من الطير — A bird, and in Al-Sihah: and an-nahs, with fatha: a type of bird.

نِهْسَانnoun

1.
shrikesclassical
Plural of nahs, referring to a type of bird.

ج نهسان، بالكسر — Plural nahsān, with kasra.

نُهَيْسname

1.
Nuhaysclassical
The grandfather of Nu'aym bin Rashid, a traditionist.

نَهَسَverb

1.
to gnawboth
To gnaw at something with the front teeth.

نهس اللحم: تعرقه بمقدم أسنانه — He gnawed the meat: stripping its flesh with his front teeth.

نَهَشَverb

1.
to biteboth
To bite, especially as a snake does.

ونهسته الحية: نهشته — And the snake bit it: it bit it.

نَهُوسadjective

1.
bitingclassical
A biting she-camel.

وناقة نهوس: عضوض — And a nahūs she-camel: biting.

نَهيسadjective

1.
leanclassical
Lean-fleshed, similar to manhus.

ورجل نهيس، كأمير، كمنهوس — And a nahīs man, like amīr, like manhus.

وَظِيفٌ نَهِسnoun

1.
lean legclassical
A leg that is lean-fleshed.

مركبات في وظيف نهيس — Mounted on a lean leg.

النَّهَّاسnoun

1.
wolfclassical
A wolf.

والنهاس: الذئب — And an-nihās: the wolf.

مَعَالِقnoun

1.
grazing spotsclassical
Places where animals graze or get caught, similar to manāhis.

أرض كثيرة المناهس والمعالق، أي المآكل والمراتع تعلق بالجثة — Land with many manāhis and ma'āliqs, meaning places of eating and grazing where the carcass gets caught.

ناهس بن خلفname

1.
Nāhis bin Khalafclassical
A clan or lineage within the Khath'am tribe.

النهاسname

1.
Al-Nihasclassical
A title or nickname of 'Abd al-'Ijli, who was a notable figure among his people.

Parallel reading

نهس اللحم، كمنع وسمع الأخيرة عن الفراء في نوادره: أخذه بمقدم أسنانه ونتفه

He bit off the meat, taking it with his front teeth and tearing it off.

وفي الحديث: أخذ عظما فنهس ما عليه من اللحم، قاله ابن الأثير

And in the hadith: He took a bone and bit off the meat on it, said Ibn al-Athir.

نهس اللحم نهسا ونهسا: إنتزعه بالثنايا للأكل

He tore off the meat with his incisors for eating.

كان منهوس الكعبين، ويروى: منهوس القدمين: أي معرقهما، أي لحمهما قليل

He had lean ankles, and it is narrated: lean feet, meaning their flesh was little.

والمنهس، كمقعد: المكان ينهس منه الشيء، أي يؤخذ بالفم ويؤكل

And the manhäs, like maq'ad: the place from which something is bitten, i.e., taken by the mouth and eaten.

والجمع: مناهس، يقال: أرض كثيرة المناهس

And the plural is manāhis, it is said: land with many feeding grounds.

والنهاس، ككتان: الأسد، كالنهوس، كصبور

And an-nahās, like kattān: the lion, like an-nahūs, like ṣabūr.

قال ابن خالويه: الأسد الذي إذا قدر على الشيء نهسه، أي عضه

Ibn Khālawayh said: The lion that bites when it gets hold of something, meaning it bites it.

ألا تخاف الأسد النهوسا

Do you not fear the biting lion?

قال أبو حاتم: طائر، وفي الصحاح: والنهس، بالفتح: ضرب من الطير

Abu Hatim said: A bird, and in Al-Sihah: and an-nahs, with fatha: a type of bird.

وفي التهذيب: ضرب من الصرد يصطاد العصافير، ويأوي إلى المقابر، ويديم تحريك رأسه وذنبه، ج نهسان، بالكسر

And in Al-Tahdhib: a type of shrike that hunts sparrows, shelters in graves, and constantly moves its head and tail, plural nahsān, with kasra.

رأى شرحبيل وقد صاد نهسا بالأسواف فأخذه زيد منه فأرسله

Zayd bin Thabit saw Sharhabīl who had hunted a nahs in Al-Asāf, so Zayd took it from him and released it.

قال أبو عبيد: النهس: طائر، والأسواف: موضع بالمدينة

Abu Ubayd said: An-nahs: a bird, and Al-Asāf: a place in Medina.

ونهسته الحية: نهشته

And the snake bit it: it bit it.

إنها لعسوس ضروس نهوس

She is a persistent, fierce, biting she-camel.

ووظيف نهس: خفيف اللحم

And a nahīs leg: lean-fleshed.

والنهاس: الذئب

And an-nihās: the wolf.

وأرض كثيرة المناهس والمعالق، أي المآكل والمراتع تعلق بالجثة

And land with many manāhis and ma'āliqs, meaning places of eating and grazing where the carcass gets caught.