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tanawwaḥa

swing, dangle

تَنَوَّحَ

Word

Verb · Form V

Root

ن و ح

Forms

Present
يَتَنَوَّحُ

In the library

تنوح مثل ذاك المستهام الغريب .

The Muqaddimah, page 390 →
Conjugation
Person PastPresentCommand
he هُوَ تَنَوَّحَيَتَنَوَّحُ—
she هِيَ تَنَوَّحَتتَتَنَوَّحُ—
they two (m.) هُما تَنَوَّحايَتَنَوَّحانِ—
they two (f.) هُما تَنَوَّحَتاتَتَنَوَّحانِ—
they (m.) هُمْ تَنَوَّحُوايَتَنَوَّحُونَ—
they (f.) هُنَّ تَنَوَّحْنَيَتَنَوَّحْنَ—
you (m.) أَنْتَ تَنَوَّحْتَتَتَنَوَّحُتَنَوَّحْ
you (f.) أَنْتِ تَنَوَّحْتِتَتَنَوَّحِينَتَنَوَّحِي
you two أَنْتُما تَنَوَّحْتُماتَتَنَوَّحانِتَنَوَّحَا
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ تَنَوَّحْتُمتَتَنَوَّحُونَتَنَوَّحُوا
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ تَنَوَّحْتُنَّتَتَنَوَّحْنَتَنَوَّحْنَ
I أَنا تَنَوَّحْتُأَتَنَوَّحُ—
we نَحْنُ تَنَوَّحْنانَتَنَوَّحُ—

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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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