نحت

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See also: نجب, نجت, and نحب

Arabic

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Etymology

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Root
ن ح ت (n ḥ t)
2 terms

Inherited from Proto-Semitic *naḥat-.

Verb

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نَحَتَ (naḥata) I (non-past يَنْحُتُ (yanḥutu), verbal noun نَحْت (naḥt))

  1. to carve (wood or stone), to sculpt, to shave, to plane, to smooth, to scratch, to saw off, to excavate (a rock)
  2. (figurative) to lie with
  3. (figurative) to emaciate a camel (toilsome journey)
  4. (figurative) to opprobriate, to chide

Conjugation

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Noun

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نَحْت (naḥtm

  1. verbal noun of نَحَتَ (naḥata) (form I)
  2. carving (carved object)
  3. (grammar) compounding; univerbation, portmanteauing etc. of new words

Declension

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