Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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نخب نخت نخج


1. ⇒ نخت

نَخَتَ, inf. n. نَخْتٌ, He pecked, or picked up, and pulled off, or tore off, and snatched away, with his beak; syn. نَقَرَ and نَتَخَ, (Ḳ,) formed by transposition. (TA.)

Root: نخت - Entry: 1. Signification: A2

نَخَتَ, [aor. ـُ {يَنْخُتُ},] inf. n. نَخْتٌ, He took a date, or two dates, from a bag or other receptacle for travelling-provisions, &c. (Ḳ.)

Root: نخت - Entry: 1. Signification: A3

نَخَتَ, [aor. ـُ {يَنْخُتُ},] inf. n. نَخْتٌ, He plucked out; syn. نَتَفَ. (IAth, L.)

Root: نخت - Entry: 1. Dissociation: B

2. ⇒ نخّت

نِخّت لِفُلَانٍ, as also سخّت لَهُ, He went to the utmost length (استقصى) in speaking to such a one. So in the Nawádir. (Az, L.) [Accord. to the Ḳ, نَخَتَ↓, inf. n. نَخْتٌ.]


نَخْتَةٌ

نَخْتَةٌ نَمْلَةٍ A bite of an ant. So in a trad., accord. to one reading: accord. to another reading, it is نَجْبَةُ [q. v.]. (L.)


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