Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

نَقَحَ شَيْئًا, aor. ـَ {يَنْقَحُ}, (inf. n. نَقْحٌ, TA,) He peeled, or barked, a thing; peeled off, stripped off, or removed, its outer covering. (Ḳ, TA.) نَقَحَ العُودَ, (Mṣb,) or العَصَا, (T,) aor. ـَ {يَنْقَحُ}, inf. n. نَقْحٌ, (Mṣb,) He pared, or trimmed, the stick, or staff, by cutting off its knots: (T, Mṣb:) and in like manner you say of anything from which you pare off somewhat. (T.)

نَقَحَ الجِذْعَ, inf. n. نَقْحٌ; (Ḳ;) andنقّحهُ↓, (Ḳ,) inf. n. تَنْقِيحٌ; (Ṣ;) He pared off the knots of the palm-trunk: (Ḳ:) or he pruned, or trimmed, the trunk of the palm-tree, by cutting off the stumps of the branches, or by cutting off the superfluous branches. (Ṣ.)

نَقَحَ, (TA,) andانقح↓, (Ḳ,) He stripped off the ornaments of his sword [to sell them] in a time of dearth and poverty. (Ḳ, TA.)

نَقَحَ العَظْمَ, aor. ـَ {يَنْقَحُ}, (Ḳ,) inf. n. نَقْحٌ; (TA;) andنقّحهُ↓, (inf. n. تَنْقِيحٌ, Ṣ;) andانتقحهُ↓; (Ṣ, Ḳ;) He extracted the marrow from the bone: (Ṣ, Ḳ:) or نقّحه has an intensive signification. (Mṣb.)

نَقَحَ شَيْئًا He separated what was good from what was bad of the thing. (Mṣb.)

نقّح الشِّعْرَ, inf. n. تَنْقِيحٌ; (Ṣ, Ḳ;) andانقحهُ↓, inf. n. إِنْقَاحٌ; (Ḳ;) ‡ He trimmed, pruned, or put into a right or proper state, poetry, or verses. (Ṣ, Ḳ.)

نقّح الكَلَامَ ‡ He scrutinized the language, and examined it well: or he put it to rights, or trimmed it, and removed its faults, or defects. (TA.)

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تنقّح شَحْمُهُ, (Ḳ,) or شَحْمُ النَّاقَةِ, (Ṣ,) or شَحْمُ نَاقَتِهِ, (TA, &c.,) ‡ His fat, (Ḳ,) or the fat of the she-camel, (Ṣ,) or the fat of his she-camel, (TA, &c.,) became little in quantity, or diminished, (Ṣ, Ḳ, &c.,) or partially went away. (A.)

خَيْرُ الشِّعْرِ الحَوْلِىُّ المُنَقَّحُ ‡ [The best of poetry is that which is a year old, and trimmed, or pruned]. (Ṣ.)