wailing, mourning

, 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.)

One of them was opposite to, or faced, another. Said of mountains, and in like manner of winds. (S, L.)

It (a thing) moved about, hanging down; it dangled. (S, K.)

[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.)

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.)

: see نَايأِحَةٌ.

and ↓ نَيْحَةٌ Strength; force. (L.)

: see نَوْحَةٌ.

: see نِيَاحَةٌ.

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

: see نَايأِحَةٌ.

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.)