نحيل

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Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Morphologically from the root ن ح ل (n-ḥ-l).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /na.ħiːl/
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Adjective

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نَحِيل (naḥīl) (feminine نَحِيلَة (naḥīla), masculine plural نَحِيلُونَ (naḥīlūna), feminine plural نَحِيلَات (naḥīlāt), elative أَنْحَل (ʔanḥal))

  1. thin, lean
Declension
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References

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  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “نحل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Etymology 2

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Verb

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نحيل (form IV)

  1. نُحِيلُ (nuḥīlu) /nu.ħiː.lu/: first-person plural non-past active indicative of أَحَالَ (ʔaḥāla)
  2. نُحِيلَ (nuḥīla) /nu.ħiː.la/: first-person plural non-past active subjunctive of أَحَالَ (ʔaḥāla)