naḥnaḥa

clear throat

نَحْنَحَ

Word

Verb

Root

ن ح ح

Forms

Present
يُنَحْنِحُ

In the library

والتغلبي إذا تنحنح للقرى .

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Conjugation
Person PastPresentCommand
he هُوَ نَحْنَحَيُنَحْنِحُ—
she هِيَ نَحْنَحَتتُنَحْنِحُ—
they two (m.) هُما نَحْنَحايُنَحْنِحانِ—
they two (f.) هُما نَحْنَحَتاتُنَحْنِحانِ—
they (m.) هُمْ نَحْنَحُوايُنَحْنِحُونَ—
they (f.) هُنَّ نَحْنَحْنَيُنَحْنِحْنَ—
you (m.) أَنْتَ نَحْنَحْتَتُنَحْنِحُنَحْنِحْ
you (f.) أَنْتِ نَحْنَحْتِتُنَحْنِحِينَنَحْنِحِي
you two أَنْتُما نَحْنَحْتُماتُنَحْنِحانِنَحْنِحَا
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ نَحْنَحْتُمتُنَحْنِحُونَنَحْنِحُوا
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ نَحْنَحْتُنَّتُنَحْنِحْنَنَحْنِحْنَ
I أَنا نَحْنَحْتُأُنَحْنِحُ—
we نَحْنُ نَحْنَحْنانُنَحْنِحُ—

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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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