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نكه

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of smelling or detecting a scent, particularly from the mouth. It extends to the intensity of heat and a specific condition of camels losing their voices. It also includes a figurative meaning related to well-being.

Derived headwords

نَكَهَverb
  1. 1.
    to breathe onboth

    To breathe on someone's nose, or to exhale onto another's nose, often to check if they have been drinking alcohol.

  2. 2.
    to intensify (heat)classical

    Used to describe the sun's heat becoming severe.

نَكْهًاnoun
  1. 1.
    breathing on (mouth)both

    The act of breathing on someone's mouth, often for the purpose of detecting alcohol consumption.

  2. 2.
    intensity (heat)classical

    The severity of heat, as in the sun's intensity.

نَكِهَverb
  1. 1.
    to smellboth

    To smell something, particularly to detect a scent.

نَكْهًاnoun
  1. 1.
    smellingboth

    The act of smelling.

اسْتَنْكََهَverb
  1. 1.
    to smell (mouth)both

    To smell a person's mouth, typically to ascertain if they have been drinking alcohol.

النَّكْهnoun
  1. 1.
    camel (voice loss)classical

    A camel whose voice has been lost due to exhaustion.

النَّكْهَةnoun
  1. 1.
    mouth odorboth

    The smell emanating from a person's mouth.

نَكِهَverb
  1. 1.
    to change (odor)classical

    To have one's mouth odor change, often due to overeating or indigestion.

تَنَكَّهَverb
  1. 1.
    to be wellclassical

    Used in a prayer or wish for someone to experience good fortune and avoid harm.

Parallel reading

نكه له وعليه
He breathed on him and over him.
تنفس على أنفه؛ أو أخرج نفسه إلى أنف آخر
He breathed on his nose; or exhaled his breath to another's nose.
ليعلم هل هو شارب خمر أم لا
To know whether he is a drinker of alcohol or not.
اشتد حرها
Its heat intensified.
تشممه
He smelled it.
نكهت مجالدا فوجدت منه ريح الكلب
I smelled a fighter and found in him the scent of a dog.
استنكه الرجل
He smelled the man.
فنكه في وجهي
And he smelled (my mouth) in my face.
إذا أمرته بأن يشمه ليعلم أشارب هو أم غير شارب
If you order him to smell it to know if he is a drinker or not.
يقولون لي انكه قد شربت مدامة
They say to me, 'Smell (my mouth), I have drunk wine.'
فقلت لهم: لا بل أكلت سفرجلا
And I said to them, 'No, rather I ate a quince.'
التي ذهبت أصواتها من الإعياء
Which have lost their voices from exhaustion.
بعد اهتضام الراغيات النكه
After the exhaustion of the complaining, voiceless ones.
ريح الفم
The odor of the mouth.
تغيرت نكهته من التخمة
His mouth odor changed from overeating.
هنيت ولا تنكه
May you be well and not be harmed.
أي أصبت خيرا ولا أصابك الضر
Meaning, may you attain good and not be afflicted by harm.