nahla

drink, gulp

نَهْلَة

Word

Noun · pattern فَعْلَة

Root

ن ه ل

Forms

Plural: نَهَل

In the library

أيّها الأمير، إنّ العساكر لا تساس بالتّواني، والحروب لا تدبّر بالاغترار، وإنّ الشّرارة الخفيّة ربّما صارت ضراما، والنّهلة من السّيل ربّما صارت بحرا عظيما.

Enjoyment and Conviviality, page 287 →

From the same root

نَهِلَdrink
نَهْلdrinking
مَنْهَلdrinking
مَنْهَلwatering place, spring
اِنْهَلّpour down, attack

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 2 entries

نَهَلٌ A fir t drinking

A fir t drinking: see عَلَلٌ.
مَنْهَلٌ A watering-place

A watering-place; i. e., a spring to which camels come to water. (S, Msb.)

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