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by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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1. ⇒ نهد

نَهَدَ, aor. ـُ {يَنْهُدُ}, (Ṣ, L, Mṣb, Ḳ,) and ـَ, (Mṣb, Ḳ,) inf. n. نُهُودٌ, (Ṣ, L, &c.,) It (a girl's or woman's breast) was, or became, swelling, prominent, or protuberant: (Ṣ, L, Mṣb, Ḳ:) or became full. (Munjid of Kr.) [See also كَعَبَ, and فَلُكَ; and see also نَاهِدٌ.]

Root: نهد - Entry: 1. Signification: A2

نَهَدَتْ, aor. ـُ {يَنْهُدُ}, and ـَ; andنهّدت↓, (inf. n. تَنْهِيدٌ, TA,) She (a woman [or girl]) came to have swelling, prominent, or protuberant, breasts. (L, Ḳ.)

Root: نهد - Entry: 1. Signification: A3

نَهَدَتِ القِرْبَةُ The skin became nearly full. (A.)

Root: نهد - Entry: 1. Signification: A4

نَهَدَتِ الدَّلْوُ المِلْءَ, inf. n. نَهْدٌ, The bucket became nearly full. (AʼObeyd, L, TA.)

Root: نهد - Entry: 1. Signification: A5

نَهَدَ, (M, L, Ḳ,) aor. ـَ {يَنْهَدُ}, (L,) inf. n. نُهُودٌ, (M, L,) and نَهْدٌ, (L,) He (a man) rose; (M, L;) i. q. نَهَضَ; (Ḳ;) or the latter signifies “he rose from sitting;” whereas the former signifies “he rose under any circumstances.” (M, L.)

Root: نهد - Entry: 1. Signification: A6

نَهَدَ لَهُ, (L,) and إِلَيْهِ, (Th, L,) He rose to him. (Th, L.)

Root: نهد - Entry: 1. Signification: A7

نَهَدَ لِلْعَدُوِّ, (AʼObeyd, L, Ḳ,) and إِلَى العَدُوِّ, (Ṣ, L, Mṣb,) aor. ـَ {يَنْهَدُ}, (Ṣ, L, Mṣb,) and ـُ, (Mṣb,) inf. n. نَهْدٌ (Mṣb, Ḳ) and نَهَدٌ, (Ḳ,) He attacked, or assaulted; or rose and hastened and went forth to, or towards, the enemy; (Ṣ,* L, Mṣb;) i. q. نَهَضَ: (Ṣ, L:) he directed his course towards the enemy, and commenced fighting with them. (AʼObeyd, L, Ḳ.)

Root: نهد - Entry: 1. Signification: A8

نَهَدَ, (IḲṭṭ,) inf. n. نُهُودٌ, (Ḳ,) It (a thing, IḲṭṭ) went, or went away, (مَضَى,) in any case. (IḲṭṭ, Ḳ.)

Root: نهد - Entry: 1. Dissociation: B

نُهُودٌ also signifies The being strong. (TA.)

Root: نهد - Entry: 1. Signification: B2

نَهُدَ, aor. ـُ {يَنْهُدُ}, inf. n. نُهُودَةٌ, He (a horse) was, or became, large and tall: (Ṣ, L:) or bulky and strong: or goodly in body and limbs, and tall: (L:) or goodly, large in body and limbs, fleshy and tall. (Ḳ.)

Root: نهد - Entry: 1. Dissociation: C

نَهَدَ, andانهد↓, He honoured (عَظَّمَ) a gift. (IḲṭṭ, Ḳ.)


2. ⇒ نهّد

see 1, near the beginning.


3. ⇒ ناهد

ناهدهُ, inf. n. مُنَاهَدَةٌ, i. q. نَاهَضَهُ; (Ṣ, A, L, Mṣb, Ḳ;) He attacked or assaulted him, or rose and hastened and went forth to or towards him, in war; he directed his course towards him, and commenced fighting with him. (M, L.)

Root: نهد - Entry: 3. Signification: A2

ناهدهُ, inf. n. مُنَاهَدَةٌ, He contended or disputed with him, in an absolute sense. (TA.)

Root: نهد - Entry: 3. Dissociation: B

نَاهَدَهُمْ, [inf. n. مُنَاهَدَةٌ,] He contributed with them to the expenses of a journey or an expedition, clubbing with them, i. e. sharing equally with each of them. (L.) See also 6.

Root: نهد - Entry: 3. Dissociation: C

ناهدهُ, inf. n. مُنَاهَدَةٌ, He played with him at the game in which one puts forth as many of his fingers as he pleases, and the other does the like; he played with him at the game of morra; the inf. n. expl. by مُسَاهَمَةٌ بِالأَصَابِعِ, (Ṣ, L, Ḳ,) and مُخَارَجَةٌ, q. v. (TA.)


4. ⇒ انهد

انهد He filled a tank or cistern, (Ṣ, L,) and a drinking-bowl, (A,) and a vessel, (L, Ḳ,) so that it overflowed: (L:) or nearly filled it. (A, L, Ḳ.)

Root: نهد - Entry: 4. Signification: A2

نَاقَةٌ تُنْهِدُ الإِنَآءَ A she-camel that fills the vessel [with her milk]. (IAạr, L.)

Root: نهد - Entry: 4. Signification: A3

انهدهُ He made him, or it, to rise. (L.)

Root: نهد - Entry: 4. Dissociation: B

5. ⇒ تنهّد

تنهّدت He sighed; breathed with an expression of pain, grief, or sorrow; or uttered a prolonged breathing. (TA.)


6. ⇒ تناهد

تناهدوا They attacked or assaulted one another, or rose and hastened and went forth to or towards one another, in war; they directed their courses one towards another, and commenced fighting. (A, Mṣb.)

Root: نهد - Entry: 6. Dissociation: B

تناهدوا; (Ṣ, Mgh, L, Ḳ;) andناهدوا↓, (L, Mṣb,) inf. n. مُنَاهَدَةٌ; (Mṣb;) They clubbed, i. e. contributed equally to, the expenses which they had to incur, (Ṣ, Mgh, L, Ḳ,) on the occasion of a journey, (Ḳ,) or an expedition against an enemy; (L;) or contributed equal shares of food and drink: (ISd, L:) the first who instituted this practice is said to have been Hudeyn Er-Rakáshee: (TA:) or they contributed, each giving his share, for the purchase of wheat, or food, for their eating in common. (Mṣb.)

Root: نهد - Entry: 6. Signification: B2

تناهدوا الشَّىْءَ They took the thing and shared it between them. (L.)

Root: نهد - Entry: 6. Dissociation: C

تناهدوا They played together the game of morra, described in one of the explanations of نَاهَدَهُ. (Ṣ, TA, art. خرج.)


نَهْدٌ / نَهْدَةٌ

نَهْدٌ A high, or elevated, thing: (L, Ḳ:) as a shoulder-joint, (L,) and a horse. (TA.)

Root: نهد - Entry: نَهْدٌ Signification: A2

A girl's or woman's breast: so called because of its prominence, or protuberance: (Mṣb:) [pl. نُهُودٌ].

Root: نهد - Entry: نَهْدٌ Signification: A3

كَعْثَبٌ نَهْدٌ A pubes swelling forth, or prominent: opposed to هَيْدَبٌ. (L.)

Root: نهد - Entry: نَهْدٌ Signification: A4

شَابٌّ نَهْدٌ A strong, bulky, youth, or young man. (L, from a trad.)

Root: نهد - Entry: نَهْدٌ Signification: A5

نَهْدٌ A generous man, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) who aims at means of acquiring eminence, or nobility. (Ṣ.)

Root: نهد - Entry: نَهْدٌ Signification: A6

نَهْدٌ A horse large and tall: (Lth, Ṣ, L:) or bulky and strong: or goodly in body and limbs, and tall: (L:) or goodly, large in body and limbs, fleshy, and tall: (Ḳ:) fem. with ة {نَهْدَةٌ}. (L.)

Root: نهد - Entry: نَهْدٌ Signification: A7

نَهْدُ القَذَالِ, and القُصَيْرَى, A horse large and prominent in the back of the head, and, in the short ribs. (Lth, L.)

Root: نهد - Entry: نَهْدٌ Signification: A8

النَّهْدُ andالنَّاهِدُ↓ The lion: (Ḳ:) from نُهُودٌ in the sense of نُهُوضٌ and قُوَّةٌ. (TA.)

Root: نهد - Entry: نَهْدٌ Dissociation: B

نَهْدٌ Aid; assistance. (L.) See نِهْدٌ.

Root: نهد - Entry: نَهْدٌ Signification: B2

طَرحَ نَهْدَهُ مَعَ القَوْمِ He aided, or assisted, the people. (L.)

Root: نهد - Entry: نَهْدٌ Signification: B3

Also, He contributed with the people to the expenses of a journey or expedition, sharing equally with each of them. (L.) See also 3.

Root: نهد - Entry: نَهْدٌ Dissociation: C

نِهْدٌ

نِهْدٌ (L, Ḳ) and sometimes نَهْدٌ↓, (Ḳ,) or the latter signifies the action described in the following explanation, (L,) A contribution, or that which is contributed, to the expenses of a journey, equally shared by each member of the party: (L, Ḳ:) or a contribution that is made for an expedition against an enemy, by a clubbing, i. e. an equal sharing of the expenses, so that there shall be no defrauding of one by another, and no obligation of one to another. (IAth, L.) See 3 and 6. You say, هَاتِ نِهْدَكَ Give thou thy contribution to the expenses of the journey, or expedition, equally with thy companions. (L.)


نَهْدَانُ

نَهْدَانُ or نَهْدَانٌ, (Ṣ, L, Ḳ,) fem. نَهْدَى and نَهْدَانَةٌ, (L,) A tank or cistern, (Ṣ, L, Ḳ,) and bowl, (Ṣ, A, L,) or vessel, (L, Ḳ,) full, but not yet overflowing: (Ṣ, L, Ḳ:) or full so as to overflow: (L:) or nearly full: (A, L:) or filled high: (L:) or two-thirds fall. (Ḳ.)


نُهَادُ

نُهَادُ مِائَةٍ The amount, or number, of a hundred. (Ḳ.)


نَهِيدٌ

نَهِيدٌ Fresh butter that is not thin: (Ṣ, L:) or thin butter: (Ḳ:) or fresh butter of which the milk has not been quite thick and fit for churning: or a large lump of fresh butter; as alsoنَهِيدَةٌ↓ andنَهْدٌ↓: (L:) orنَهِيدَةٌ↓ signifies fresh butter made of milk that has not become thick and fit for churning, and which is therefore little in quantity, and sweet: (AḤát, L:) or زُبْدَةٌ نَهِيدَةٌ fresh butter expressed from a skin by squeecing it. (L, art. زغد.)


نَهِيدَةٌ

نَهِيدَةٌ: see نَهِيدٌ.

Root: نهد - Entry: نَهِيدَةٌ Signification: A2

The hearts of the grains of colocynths, boiled until thoroughly cooked and thick, and then having a little flour sprinkled upon them, after which they are eaten. (Ṣ, L, Ḳ.*)


نَاهِدٌ

نَاهِدٌ A girl's breast that is swelling, prominent, or protuberant: pl. نَوَاهِدُ; which denotes more than فَوَالِكُ. (AʼObeyd, L.)

Root: نهد - Entry: نَاهِدٌ Signification: A2

Also, andنَاهِدَةٌ↓ (Ṣ, L, Mṣb, Ḳ) andمُنَهِّدٌ↓, (L, Ḳ,) or مُنَهِّدَةٌ, (as in the TA,) A girl, or woman, having swelling, prominent, or protuberant, breasts: (Ṣ, L, Mṣb, Ḳ:) or a woman whose breasts have become full: (Munjid of Kr:) pl. نَوَاهِدُ. (Mṣb.)

Root: نهد - Entry: نَاهِدٌ Signification: A3

نَاهِدٌ A boy nearly come to the age of puberty. (A.)

Root: نهد - Entry: نَاهِدٌ Signification: A4

نَاهِدٌ Attacking or assaulting, or rising and hastening and going forth to or towards an enemy: pl. نُهَّادٌ. (Mṣb.)

Root: نهد - Entry: نَاهِدٌ Signification: A5

نَاهِدَةٌ

نَاهِدَةٌ: see نَاهِدٌ.


نَهْدَآءُ

نَهْدَآءُ [fem. of أَنْهَدُ] An elevated sand, (Ṣ, L, Ḳ,) like a compact hill, fertile, producing trees: (L:) or a tract of ground such as is called نَفْخَآءُ, but more flat and extensive: (L, art. نفخ:) it is used as an epithet; but not the masc. أَنْهَدُ. (L.)

Root: نهد - Entry: نَهْدَآءُ Signification: A2

هُوَ أَنْهَدُ القَوْمِ He is the strongest and hardiest of the people. (R.)


مُنَهِّدٌ

مُنَهِّدٌ: see نَاهِدٌ.


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