Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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1. ⇒ نحت

نَحَتَ, aor. ـِ {يَنْحِتُ}, (Ṣ, L, Ḳ,) contr. to analogy, (TA,) and ـَ, (L, Ḳ,) which is the form preferred by IJ, because of the guttural letter, but this is disputed by MF, (TA,) and ـُ, (Ḳ,) which is the form of weakest authority, (TA,) inf. n. نَحْتٌ, (Ṣ,) He cut, or hewed; formed, or fashioned, by cutting; cut out, hewed out, or shaped out; chipped: syn. بَرَى: (Ṣ, Ḳ:) he worked wood and the like as a carpenter; syn. نَجَرَ: he pared, peeled, barked, or deprived of its outer covering by paring, abrasure, or wearing away the exterior: he sawed. (L.) [See also لَحَتَ.] Accord. to some, the operation termed نحت is only performed upon something hard and strong, as stone and wood and the like. (MF.) [انتحت↓ seems to signify He cut,, &c., for himself:] you say, اِنْتَحِتْ مِنَ الخَشَبِ مَا يَكْفِيكَ لِلْوَقُودِ [Cut, or hew, for thyself, of the wood, what will suffice thee for fuel]: (A.)

Root: نحت - Entry: 1. Signification: A2

نَحَتَ بَيْتًا فِى الجَبَلِ, aor. ـِ {يَنْحِتُ} and ـَ {يَنْحَتُ}, inf. n. نَحْتٌ, He cut out, or hewed out, a house in the mountain. In the Ḳur, xv. 82, El-Ḥasan [El-Basree] reads يَنْحَتُونَ. (Mṣb.) [Accord. to the Ḳ, his reading is يَنْحَاتُونَ, (in the CK, تَنْحَاتُونَ,) but this I find nowhere else, and I believe it to be a mistake.]

Root: نحت - Entry: 1. Signification: A3

نُحِتَ عَلَى الكَرَمِ[He was fashioned after the model of generosity; made by nature generous]. (A.)

Root: نحت - Entry: 1. Signification: A4

نَحَتَ Inivit puellam: (Ḳ:) as also لَحَتَ; but the latter is the better known. (TA.)

Root: نحت - Entry: 1. Signification: A5

نَحَتَ, inf. n. نَحْتٌ, ‡ He beat, struck, or smote, him with a staff, or stick: (TA:) [as also لَحَتَ].

Root: نحت - Entry: 1. Signification: A6

نَحَتَ He threw him down prostrate. (Ḳ.)

Root: نحت - Entry: 1. Signification: A7

نَحَتَ بِلِسَانِهِHe blamed; reprehended; reviled a man. (L.) [See also لَحَتَ.]

Root: نحت - Entry: 1. Signification: A8

نَحَتَIt (a journey, or travel,) emaciated a camel: (Ḳ:) it made a man less; made him thin, or slender. (TA.)

Root: نحت - Entry: 1. Signification: A9

نَحَتَ, (TA,) [aor. ـِ {يَنْحِتُ} and ـَ {يَنْحَتُ}?] inf. n. نَحِيتٌ and نَحِيتَةٌ, He sighed aloud: the inf. ns. syn. with نَئِيتٌ and زَحِيرٌ. (Ḳ.)


8. ⇒ انتحت

Root: نحت - Entry: 8. Signification: A2

انتحت It (wood or the like) was [cut, or hewn; formed, or fashioned, by cutting; cut out, hewed out, or shaped out; chipped;] worked by a carpenter: [pared, peeled, barked, or deprived of its outer covering: sawn]. (L.)

Root: نحت - Entry: 8. Signification: A3

انتحت مَنَاسِمُهُHis (a camel's) مناسم [i. e. toes or feet] were worn, abraded, wasted, lessened, or attenuated. (L.)


نَحْتٌ

نَحْتٌ andنَحَاتٌ↓ (Ḳ) andنَحِيتَةٌ↓ (Ṣ, Ḳ)Nature; natural, or native, disposition, temper, or other property; (Ṣ, Ḳ;) a particular cast, or fashion, of constitution, after which a man is [as it were] cut out [by the Creator]: (TA:) and the first, the source, or origin, from which one is [as it were] cut out: [see alsoمَنْحَتٌ↓]. (Lḥ.)

Root: نحت - Entry: نَحْتٌ Signification: A2

الكَرَمُ مِنْ نَحْتِهِ Generosity is [a part] of his nature; or, [derived] from his source. or origin. (Lḥ.)

Root: نحت - Entry: نَحْتٌ Signification: A3

هَوُ عَجِيبُ النَّحْتِ He is of a wonderful nature. (TA.)

Root: نحت - Entry: نَحْتٌ Signification: A4

هَوُ كَرِيمُ النَّحِيتَةِ↓ He is generous in nature, or disposition. (AZ.)

Root: نحت - Entry: نَحْتٌ Dissociation: B

بَرْدٌ نَحْتٌ Unmixed [i. e. sever] cold: (Ḳ:) but this is said to be a corruption of بَحْتٌ. (TA.) [See also لَحْتٌ.]


نَحِيتٌ

نَحِيتٌ A comb: syn. مُشْطٌ or مَشْطٌ. (So in different copies of the Ḳ.)

Root: نحت - Entry: نَحِيتٌ Dissociation: B

حَافِرٌ نَحِيتٌ A hoof of which the edges have gone [or become abraded, been worn away]; (Ṣ, Ḳ;) [and soحافر مَنْحَوتٌ↓, occurring in the Ḳ in art. حك, where, in its place in the Ṣ, we find حافر نَحِيتٌ.]

Root: نحت - Entry: نَحِيتٌ Signification: B2

نَحِيتٌ ‡ An emaciated camel: (Ḳ:) a camel whose feet are worn, abraded, or wasted. (L.)

Root: نحت - Entry: نَحِيتٌ Signification: B3

نَحِيتَةٌ↓ A [portion of the] trunk of a tree, which is hewn out, and hollowed, in the form of a jar such as is called حُبّ, for bees: pl. نُحُتٌ. (L.)

Root: نحت - Entry: نَحِيتٌ Signification: B4

نَحِيتٌ Anything bad; what is bad of anything. (L.)

Root: نحت - Entry: نَحِيتٌ Dissociation: C

نَحِيتٌ One who introduces himself among a people, and lives with them, not being of their race. (Ṣ, Ḳ.)


نَحَاتٌ

نَحَاتٌ: see نَحْتٌ.


نُحَاتَةٌ

نُحَاتَةٌ Cuttings, chips, parings, and the like, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) of wood [&c.]. (TA.)


نَحِيتَةٌ

نَحِيتَةٌ: see نَحْتٌ and نَحِيتٌ.


مَنْحَتٌ

مَنْحَتٌ ‡ The source, or origin, of a man, [from which he is, as it were, cut out]: pl. مَنَاحِتُ. (TA.) See also نَحْتٌ.

Root: نحت - Entry: مَنْحَتٌ Signification: A2

هُوَ مِنْ مَنْحَتِ صِدْقٍ He is of an excellent source, or origin. (A.)

Root: نحت - Entry: مَنْحَتٌ Signification: A3

هُمْ كِرَامُ المَنَاحِتِ They are of generous sources, or origins. (A.)


مِنْحَتٌ

مِنْحَتٌ (Ṣ, Ḳ) andمِنْحَاتٌ↓ (Mṣb, TA) An implement with which one performs the operation of cutting, hewing, and the like; (Ṣ, Ḳ, L;) an adz, or addice. (Mṣb.)


مِنْحَاتٌ

مِنْحَاتٌ: see مِنْحَتٌ.


مُنَحَّتُ

فَرَسٌ مُنَحَّتُ الحَوَافِرِ [A horse having the hoofs much worn.] (IDrd, Ḳ, art. حك.)


مَنْحُوتٌ

مَنْحُوتٌ: see نَحِيتٌ.

Root: نحت - Entry: مَنْحُوتٌ Dissociation: B

A word compounded of two [or more] words; such as بَسْمَلَ, حَمْدَلَ, حَوْقَلَ, حَسْبَلَ, &c. (Mṣb, TA, art. بسمل.)


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