Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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نه نهأ نهب


1. ⇒ نهأ

نَهِئَ, aor. ـَ {يَنْهَأُ}; and نَهُؤَ, aor. ـُ {يَنْهُأُ}; (Ṣ, Ḳ;) and نَهُؤَ; (as in one copy of the Ṣ;) inf. n. نَهْءٌ (Ṣ, Ḳ) and نَهَأٌ (Ṣ) and نَهَآءَةء (Ṣ, Ḳ) and نُهُوْءَةٌ (Ḳ) and نُهُوْءٌ (Ṣ, Ḳ) and نَهَاوَةٌ, (the last dev. from rule); (Ḳ;) It (flesh-meat) was not, or did not become, thoroughly cooked. (Ṣ, Ḳ.)

Root: نهأ - Entry: 1. Signification: A2

مَا أُبَالِى مَا نَهِئَ مِنْ ضَبِّكَ وَلَا مَا نضِجَ [I care not what is insufficiently cooked, of thy ضَبّ, nor what is thoroughly cooked: i. e. I care not whether evil or good befall thee]. (Ṣ,* TA,) A proverb. (TA.)

Root: نهأ - Entry: 1. Dissociation: B

شَرِبَ حَتَّى نَهَأَ, aor. ـَ {يَنْهَأُ}, He drank till he was full. (Ḳ,* TA.)


4. ⇒ انهأ

انهأ (Ṣ, Ḳ) inf. n. إِنْهَآءٌ, (Ṣ,) He insufficiently cooked flesh-meat. (Ṣ, Ḳ.)

Root: نهأ - Entry: 4. Signification: A2

He did a thing not firmly, not soundly, not thoroughly. (Ḳ.)


نُهُوْءٌ

نُهُوْءٌ The state of being not thoroughly cooked. (TA.)


نَهِىْءٌ

نَهِىْءٌ (Ṣ, Ḳ) andمُنْهَأٌ↓ (Ṣ) Insufficiently cooked flesh-meat. (Ṣ, Ḳ.)


نَاهِئٌ

نَاهِئٌ Satiated with food and with drink. (IAạr.)


مُنْهَأٌ

مُنْهَأٌ: see نَهِىْءٌ.


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