nāḥa

mourn

ناحَ

Word

Verb

Root

ن و ح

Forms

Present: يَنُوحُ

In the library

وَإِنَّا لَنَحْنُ نُحْيِي وَنُمِيتُ وَنَحْنُ الْوَارِثُونَ

The Qurʾān, page 263 →

Conjugation

Person	Past	Present	Command
he هُوَ	ناحَ	يَنُوحُ	—
she هِيَ	ناحَت	تَنُوحُ	—
they two (m.) هُما	ناحا	يَنُوحانِ	—
they two (f.) هُما	ناحَتا	تَنُوحانِ	—
they (m.) هُمْ	ناحُوا	يَنُوحُونَ	—
they (f.) هُنَّ	نُحْنَ	يَنُحْنَ	—
you (m.) أَنْتَ	نُحْتَ	تَنُوحُ	نُوحْ
you (f.) أَنْتِ	نُحْتِ	تَنُوحِينَ	نُوحِي
you two أَنْتُما	نُحْتُما	تَنُوحانِ	نُوحَا
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ	نُحْتُم	تَنُوحُونَ	نُوحُوا
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ	نُحْتُنَّ	تَنُحْنَ	نُوحْنَ
I أَنا	نُحْتُ	أَنُوحُ	—
we نَحْنُ	نُحْنا	نَنُوحُ	—

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 12 entries

نَاحَتِ المَرْأَةُ Form I The woman wailed

, aor. تَنُوحُ, inf. n. نَوْحٌ and نِيَاحٌ (S, K) and نُوَاحٌ, (L, K,) or this is a simple subst., (Msb,) and نِيَاحَةٌ, (A, L, K,) or this also is a simple subst., (S, Msb, [and as such it is also mentioned in the K,]) and مَنَاحٌ (K) and مَنَاحَةٌ, (L,) [The woman wailed]. You say نَاحَتْ عَلَى المَيِّتِ, (Msb,) and عَلَى زَوْجِهَا, and نَاحَتْهُ, (L, K,) but ناحت عَلَيْهِ is preferred, (TA,) [She wailed for, or bewailed, the dead, and, her husband]. Also, نَاحَ على الميّت. (A.) نَاحَ and ↓ استناح are syn. (L, K.) [In the S it is implied that it is tropical: see نَايأِحَة: but in the A it is said to be proper.] ― -b2- نَاحَتِ الحَمَامَةُ, (L,) inf. n. نَوْحٌ, (L, K,) The pigeon cooed (L, K) in a plaintive or wailing manner. (L.) Some say that this is tropical; but most, that it is proper. (MF.) ― -b3- الطَّيْرُ تَنُوحُ [The birds warble plaintively.] (A.)
ناوح بَعْضُهَا بَعْضًا Form III One of them was opposite to, or faced, another

One of them was opposite to, or faced, another. Said of mountains, and in like manner of winds. (S, L.)
تنوّح Form V It (a thing) moved about, hanging down; it dangled

It (a thing) moved about, hanging down; it dangled. (S, K.)
الطَّيْرُ تَتَنَاوَحُ Form VI The birds warble plaintively, one to another

[The birds warble plaintively, one to another]. (A.) See an ?? in art. فوح, conj. 6. ― -b2- تناوحتِ الرِّيَاحُ The winds blew violently [as is generally the case when they blow from opposite directions]. (TA.) See an ex. voce سهو. ― -b3- تناوحا They two were opposite, one to the other; they faced each other. (S, K.) You say so of two mountains, and of two winds. (S, L.)
إِسْتَنْوَحَ Form X He (a wolf) howled

see 1. ― -b2- استناح He (a wolf) howled, (L, K,) and was listened to and followed by other wolves. (L.) ― -b3- He (a man) wept and induced another, or others, to weep: (K:) or he wept so as to induce another, or others, to weep. (L.)
نَوْحٌ Open entry

: see نَايأِحَةٌ.
نَوْحَةٌ Strength; force

and ↓ نَيْحَةٌ Strength; force. (L.)
نَيْحَةٌ Open entry

: see نَوْحَةٌ.
نُوَاحٌ Open entry

: see نِيَاحَةٌ.
نِيَاحَةٌ A wailing, or bewailing a dead person

(S, Msb, K) and ↓ نُوَاحٌ (Msb) substs. from نَاحَتِ المَرْأَةُ, q. v. [A wailing, or bewailing a dead person].
نُوَّحٌ Open entry

: see نَايأِحَةٌ.
نَيِّحَةُ رِيحٍ أُخْرَى A counterwind, or wind which is the opposite, of another wind

A counterwind, or wind which is the opposite, of another wind. (S, A. L.) One that blows transversely with respect to another is called the نَسِيجَة of the latter. (S, L.)

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