tanaḥḥala

claim, adopt

تَنَحَّلَ

Word

Verb

Root

ن ح ح

Forms

Present: يَتَنَحَّلُ

In the library

ويعظم الهرم بالدولة ويتجاسر عليها أهل النواحي، والدولة تنحل عراها في كل طور من هذه، إلى أن تفضي إلى الهلاك وتتعرض لاستيلاء الطلاب.

The Muqaddimah, page 169 →

Conjugation

Person	Past	Present	Command
he هُوَ	تَنَحَّلَ	يَتَنَحَّلُ	—
she هِيَ	تَنَحَّلَت	تَتَنَحَّلُ	—
they two (m.) هُما	تَنَحَّلا	يَتَنَحَّلانِ	—
they two (f.) هُما	تَنَحَّلَتا	تَتَنَحَّلانِ	—
they (m.) هُمْ	تَنَحَّلُوا	يَتَنَحَّلُونَ	—
they (f.) هُنَّ	تَنَحَّلْنَ	يَتَنَحَّلْنَ	—
you (m.) أَنْتَ	تَنَحَّلْتَ	تَتَنَحَّلُ	تَنَحَّلْ
you (f.) أَنْتِ	تَنَحَّلْتِ	تَتَنَحَّلِينَ	تَنَحَّلِي
you two أَنْتُما	تَنَحَّلْتُما	تَتَنَحَّلانِ	تَنَحَّلَا
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ	تَنَحَّلْتُم	تَتَنَحَّلُونَ	تَنَحَّلُوا
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ	تَنَحَّلْتُنَّ	تَتَنَحَّلْنَ	تَنَحَّلْنَ
I أَنا	تَنَحَّلْتُ	أَتَنَحَّلُ	—
we نَحْنُ	تَنَحَّلْنا	نَتَنَحَّلُ	—

From the same root

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 7 entries

نَحَّ Form I He (a man) reiterated a sound, or made it to reciprocate

, aor. , inf. n. نَحِيحٌ, He (a man) reiterated a sound, or made it to reciprocate, (رَدَّدَهُ,) in his inside: (S, L:) or his voice was reiterated, or made to reciprocate, (تَرَدَّدَ,) in his inside; as also ↓ نَحْنَحَ and ↓ تَنَحْنَحَ: (K:) [each of these verbs, of which the last seems to be the most common, signifies, as is implied in the L &c., and accord. to present usage, he made a reiterated humming in his throat, like a slight coughing, or, as some say, more violent than coughing; as is often done by a niggard when he is asked for a thing:] التَّنَحْنُحُ is well known, (S,) and النَّحْنَحَةُ is like it; (Lth, S;) it is [the making a sound, or sounds, in the throat,] slighter than coughing; and is the pretence of the niggard: (Lth:) or it is more violent than coughing; as also النَّحِيحُ. (L.) See also حِرَّةٌ. ― -b2- [Hence, from the sound employed,] نَحَّ, aor. , He incited, or urged on, a camel. (K.)
نح He repulsed him

See نَحَّ. ― -b2- نَحْنَحَهُ He repulsed him (namely an asker, or a beggar, L) in a foul, or an abominable, manner. (L, K.)
نح Open entry

see نَحَّ.
نَحَاحَةٌ Niggardliness; avarice

Niggardliness; avarice. (K.) ― -b2- Also, contr., Liberality; bounty; munificence; generosity. (K.)
شَحِيحٌ نَحِيحٌ Very niggardly, or avaricious

[Very niggardly, or avaricious]: the latter word is an imitative sequent: (S, K:) or it is a corroborative syn. of the former: (MF:) as though meaning one who when asked for something, disliking to give it, has recourse to a pretence, and makes a reiterated breathing [or humming in his throat] as a feint to hide his unwillingness. (L.) [See also نَحَانِحَةٌ.]
نَحْنَحٌ Open entry

: see نَحَانِحَةٌ.
نَحَانِحَةٌ Niggardly, or avaricious

Niggardly, or avaricious, men: base, ungenerous, mean, or sordid, men, who make a reiterated humming in the throat (يَتَنَحْنَحَونَ) when they are asked for something: (A:) pl. of ↓ نَحْنَحٌ: or a pl. having no sing. (TA.) [See also نَحِيحٌ.]

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