ن ت ض

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes the process of skin peeling or flaking off due to disease, resembling scales. It also extends to the idea of something shedding its outer layer, like a type of truffle or a date palm spathe, and metaphorically to a creature moving through water.

Derived headwords

نَتَضَverb

1.
to peel offboth
Said of skin, meaning it peeled off due to a disease, forming layers like scales.

نُتُوضًاnoun

1.
peelingclassical
The act of skin peeling off due to disease, resembling scales like qūbā'.

تَنَاتِضَةnoun

1.
placeclassical
An unspecified place, possibly a location where water collects, mentioned in a proverb.

أَنْتَضَverb

1.
to shed its outer layerclassical
Said of the 'arjūn, a type of truffle, meaning its upper part peels off.
2.
to openclassical
Said of the 'arjūn, meaning it opened or split.

يَنْتِضُverb

1.
sheds its outer layerclassical
Present tense of 'antaḍa', referring to the peeling of the upper part of a truffle.
2.
shedsclassical
Said of a truffle shedding its outer layer, similar to how a tooth emerges and lifts itself.

Parallel reading

نتض الجلد نتوضا: أي خرج به داء فأثار القوباء، ثم تقشر طرائق بعضها فوق بعض

The skin peeled off with a peeling: meaning a disease afflicted it, causing scales like qūbā', then it peeled off in layers, one on top of the other.

نتض الجلد نتوضا: تقشر من داء، كالقوباء

The skin peeled off with a peeling: it peeled off from a disease, like qūbā'.

ظبي بذي تناتضة يقطع ردغة الماء، بعنق وإرخاء

A gazelle in a place of shedding water, cutting through a pool of water, with a stretched neck and relaxed gait.

أنتض العرجون، وهو ضرب من الكمأة تنقشر أعاليه

The 'arjūn peeled, which is a type of truffle whose upper part peels off.

وهو شيء طويل من الكمأة تنقشر أعاليه

It is a long thing, like a truffle, whose upper part peels off.

وهو ينتض عن نفسه كما تنتض الكمأة الكمأة

And it sheds from itself just as a truffle sheds its outer layer.

والسن السن إذا خرجت فرفعتها عن نفسها، لم يجيء إلا هذا

And a tooth, when it emerges and lifts itself, nothing comes but this (analogy).

أنتض العرجون: تفتح

The 'arjūn peeled: it opened.