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نحص

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns female animals, specifically donkeys and camels, that are barren or have ceased to bear young. It also extends to geographical features like the base or slope of a mountain, and metaphorically to fulfilling obligations.

Derived headwords

النَّحْصnoun
  1. 1.
    Barren female donkeyclassical

    A wild female donkey that is barren, meaning it does not conceive or bear young.

  2. 2.
    Base of a mountainclassical

    The origin, base, or lower part of a mountain.

النَّاصّnoun
  1. 1.
    Barren female donkeyclassical

    Similar to 'النحص', referring to a barren female donkey.

النُّحُوصnoun
  1. 1.
    Barren female camel/donkeyclassical

    A female camel or donkey that has not given birth or has no milk.

  2. 2.
    Pregnant female camel/donkeyclassical

    A female camel or donkey that is pregnant.

نَحَصَverb
  1. 1.
    To be barrenclassical

    Used to describe a female animal, particularly a donkey, that is barren and does not bear young.

  2. 2.
    To be unable to conceiveclassical

    Specifically referring to a female animal whose barrenness is due to obesity preventing conception.

  3. 3.
    To fulfill (a right)classical

    To pay back or fulfill one's right or obligation towards someone.

نُحُوصًاnoun
  1. 1.
    Barrennessclassical

    The state of being barren, used for female animals.

النَّحِيصadjective
  1. 1.
    Extremely fatclassical

    Describing a female camel that is extremely fat, to the point of being unable to conceive.

المِنْحَاصnoun
  1. 1.
    Tall, slender womanclassical

    A woman characterized by being tall and slender.

Parallel reading

النَّحْص: الأتان الوحشية الحائل
An-nahṣ: The wild, barren female donkey.
كالناحص، كما في العباب، ونص التكملة: الناحص كالنحوص.
Like an-nāṣṣ, as in Al-ʿUbāb, and Takmilah states: An-nāṣṣ is like an-nuḥūṣ.
النحص، بالضم: أصل الجبل وسفحه
An-naḥṣ, with dammah: The origin and slope of the mountain.
وفي الحديث: ياليتني غودرت مع أصحاب نحص الجبل.
And in the hadith: 'I wish I had been left with the companions of the mountain's base.'
قال أبو عبيد: أصحاب النحص هم قتلى أحد.
Abu ʿUbayd said: The companions of an-naḥṣ are the slain of Uhud.
والنحوص من الأتن: مالا ولد لها، ولا لبن.
And an-nuḥūṣ from female donkeys: one that has no offspring and no milk.
وحكى أبو زيد عن الأصمعي: النحوص من الأتن: التي لا لبن لها
Abu Zayd narrated from Al-Aṣmaʿī: An-nuḥūṣ from female donkeys: she that has no milk.
والنحوص: الأتان الحائل.
And an-nuḥūṣ: The barren female donkey.
يحدو نحائص أشباها محملجة ... ورق السرابيل في ألوانها خطب
He drives barren female camels resembling well-built ones... and the leaves of the serapeum are serious in their colors.
نحوص قد تفلق فائلاها ... كأن سراتها سبد دهين
A barren one whose young have been separated... as if her hump is greasy hide.
وقيل: النحوص: التي في بطنها ولد، والجمع نحص، ونحائص.
And it was said: An-nuḥūṣ: she who has a fetus in her belly, and the plural is nuḥṣ and naḥāʾiṣ.
قيل: النحوص: الناقة الشديدة السمن، كالنحيص، كأمير
It was said: An-nuḥūṣ: the extremely fat she-camel, like an-naḥīṣ, like amīr.
وقد نحص، كمنع، نحوصا، أو هي التي منعها السمن من الحمل، قاله شمر.
And he became barren, as in manaʿa, nuḥūṣan, or she is the one whom fatness prevented from conceiving, said Shammār.
ونحصت له بحقه: أديته عنه
And he fulfilled his right for him: he paid it on his behalf.
المنحاص، بالكسر: المرأة الطويلة الدقيقة
Al-minḥāṣ, with kasrah: The tall, slender woman.