نهنه

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of stopping, restraining, or preventing someone or something from proceeding. It can also refer to a thin, loosely woven fabric.

Derived headwords

نَهْنَهَverb

1.
to stop, restrainboth
To cause someone or something to cease or be prevented from continuing an action or movement.
2.
to ward offclassical
To repel or turn away an attack or an approaching entity.

نهنهه عن الأمر — He stopped him from the matter

فما نهنهها شيء دون العرش — Nothing stopped her (or it) before the throne

تَنَهْنَهَverb

1.
to be stopped, desistboth
To cease from an action or movement, to be restrained or held back.

فتنهنه — and he desisted

نَهْنَهَةnoun

1.
thin fabricclassical
A garment made of thinly woven material.
2.
stopping, restraintclassical
The act of stopping or restraining someone or something.

الهلهلnoun

1.
thin fabricclassical
A garment made of thinly woven material, similar to 'nahnahah'.

اللهلهلةnoun

1.
thin fabricclassical
A garment made of thinly woven material, similar to 'nahnahah'.

اللهلةnoun

1.
thin fabricclassical
A garment made of thinly woven material, similar to 'nahnahah'.

Parallel reading

نهنهه عن الأمر

He stopped him from the matter

فتنهنه

and he desisted

لقد ابتدرها اثنا عشر ملكا فما نهنهها شيء دون العرش

Twelve kings rushed towards it, and nothing stopped her (or it) before the throne

نهنه دموعك إن من يغتر بالحدثان عاجز

Stop your tears, for he who is deceived by events is incapable

فنهنهت أولي القوم عنهم بضربة

So I struck the foremost of the people to stop them

تنفس عنها كل حشيان مجحر

Every stuffed and hidden thing breathed from it

ونهنهت بالسبع: إذا صحت به لتكفه

And 'nahnah-tu bi-s-sab'i' means: if you shouted at him to stop him

والنهنه: الثوب الرقيق النسج

And 'an-nahnah' is a thinly woven garment

كالهلهل

like al-halhal

وكذلك النهنهة والهلهلة واللهلهة واللهلة

And likewise are 'an-nahnahah', 'al-halhalah', 'al-lahlahah', and 'al-lahlah'.