nukhāʿ
spinal cord, brain
نُخاع
Word
Noun · pattern فُعالRoot
ن خ عForms
- Plural
- نُخُع
In the library
وقال ا لنخعي: بالباء للبيت - وبالميم للبلد.
The Muqaddimah, page 209 →From the same root
All words from ن خ ع →Lane's Lexicon
Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 2 entries-
نُخَاعٌ spinal cord, or spinal marrow
The spinal cord, or spinal marrow; (S, K, &c.;) what extends from the هَامَة through (فِى) the vertebræ to the end of the ذَنَب, like a cord of marrow. (Zj in his “ Khalk el-Insán. ”) See also شَلِيلٌ and البِخَاعُ. -
أَنْخَعٌ Open entry
: see أَخْنَعُ.
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