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Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns sounds produced from the chest, such as coughing, wheezing, or groaning. It extends to related concepts like a persistent cough, a person who makes such sounds, and metaphorically, a stingy person or a lion.

Derived headwords

نَحَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to coughboth

    To produce a sound from the chest, often a sudden expulsion of air.

  2. 2.
    to make a soundclassical

    To emit a sound, specifically a wheezing or groaning sound from the chest.

نَحْمًاnoun
  1. 1.
    coughingboth

    The act or sound of coughing.

  2. 2.
    wheezing soundclassical

    A sound produced from the chest, akin to wheezing or groaning.

نَحِيمًاnoun
  1. 1.
    wheezing soundboth

    A sound from the chest, often a wheeze or groan.

  2. 2.
    relief for water carriersclassical

    A sound that provides relief, specifically for those carrying water.

نَحْمَانَاnoun
  1. 1.
    wheezing soundclassical

    A sound from the chest, described as a wheeze or a sound above that.

تَنَحْنَحَverb
  1. 1.
    to cough repeatedlyboth

    To cough or make a sound from the chest, often repeatedly or with effort.

نَحَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to make a soundclassical

    To make a sound, specifically a wheezing or groaning sound from the chest.

نَحِيمnoun
  1. 1.
    wheezing soundboth

    A sound from the chest, like a wheeze or groan.

  2. 2.
    sound of a horseclassical

    The sound made by a horse, especially when exerting itself.

النَّحَامnoun
  1. 1.
    lionclassical

    A lion.

  2. 2.
    stingy personclassical

    A stingy or miserly person, who makes sounds to avoid giving.

  3. 3.
    a horse's nameclassical

    The name of a specific horse.

  4. 4.
  5. 5.
    a birdclassical

    A red bird, similar in shape to a goose.

  6. 6.
    a warriorclassical

    A brave warrior.

النَّحَّامadjective
  1. 1.
    one who wheezes muchclassical

    One who makes a lot of wheezing or groaning sounds from the chest.

نَحْمnoun
  1. 1.
    strong wheezingclassical

    Intense wheezing or groaning from the chest.

الانْتِحَامnoun
  1. 1.
    determinationclassical

    The act of resolving or determining to do something.

مُنْتَحِمadjective
  1. 1.
    one with chest soundsclassical

    One who has a sound of exhalation and groaning from the chest.

نَحِيمnoun
  1. 1.
    sound of reliefclassical

    A sound of relief, like a sigh or groan, made by a horse or a laborer.

نَحْمnoun
  1. 1.
    coughing soundclassical

    A sound of coughing or a similar chest sound.

نَعَمother
  1. 1.
    yesclassical

    A dialectal variation of 'yes'.

Parallel reading

ضرب (نحما) ، بالفتح (ونحيما) ، كأمير (ونحمانا) ، محركة، وقيل: الفتح، إذا (تنحنح أو هو كالزحير أو فوقه)
He struck (nahman), with fathah, (wa-nahiman), like amir, (wa-nahmana), with harakah, and it was said: fathah, when he (coughed or it was like groaning or above it).
من نحمان الحسد النحم
From nahmana of envy, the nahm...
إن النحيم للسقاة راحه
Indeed, the nahim is a relief for the water carriers.
نحم الفهد ونحوه من السباع، ينحم نحما: (صوت)
The leopard and other beasts of prey make a sound (naham), they make naham: (a sound).
نحيم الفهد، ونئيمه: صوته الشديد
The nahim of the leopard, and its na'im: its intense sound.
النحام: البخيل) ، لأنه إذا سئل ينحم؛ يتشاغل بذلك
The naham: the stingy person, because when asked, he makes a sound; he distracts himself with that.
أرى قبر نحام بخيل بماله ... كقبر غوي في البطالة مفسد
I see the grave of a naham, stingy with his wealth... like the grave of a dissolute person, corrupt in idleness.
دخلت الجنة فسمعت نحمة من نعيم
I entered Paradise and heard a nahmah from Nu'aym.
أي: سمعت له صوتا
Meaning: I heard a sound from him.
النحام: طائر أحمر كالإوز
The naham: a red bird, like a goose.
من نحمان الحسد النحم
From nahmana of envy, the nahm.
وقد انتحم على كذا وكذا أي: اعتزم عليه
And he has determined on such and such, meaning: he resolved upon it.
وشرجب نحره دام وصفحته ... يصيح مثل صياح النسر منتحم
And his neck was cut, his flank bleeding... he cries like the cry of an eagle, a muntahim.
ونحم السواق والعامل ينحم وينحم نحيما: إذا استراح إلى شبه أنين يخرجه من صدره
And the driver and the worker make a sound (naham), they make naham and nahiman: when they rest with a sound like a moan that they emit from their chest.
والنحيم: صوت من صدر الفرس والحمال، ينحم ويستعين بنحيمه على حمله
And the nahim: a sound from the chest of a horse and a porter, he makes a sound (naham) and seeks help with his nahim for his load.