ن ح ل

See also: نحل and نخل

Arabic

Root

ن ح ل • (n-ḥ-l)

1. related to bees, and from their behavior; to collecting from various locations, to gather together commodities especially to give as a dowry
2. to give freely, literally to dispense all over; to sift, to spread
3. to make thin, to thin out, to waste away, to become emaciated; from the meaning of sifting flour becoming finer
4. to plagiarize, to attribute a thing to another, to borrow, to take from various sources; hence also to adopt, to take on, to embrace or make it one's own

Derived terms

• Form I: نَحَلَ (naḥala)
  • Active participle: نَاحِل (nāḥil)
  • Passive participle: مَنْحُول (manḥūl)
• Form IV: أَنْحَلَ (ʔanḥala)
  • Verbal noun: إِنْحَال (ʔinḥāl)
  • Active participle: مُنْحِل (munḥil)
  • Passive participle: مُنْحَل (munḥal)
• Form V: تَنَحَّلَ (tanaḥḥala)
  • Verbal noun: تَنَحُّل (tanaḥḥul)
  • Active participle: مُتَنَحِّل (mutanaḥḥil)
  • Passive participle: مُتَنَحَّل (mutanaḥḥal)
• Form VIII: اِنْتَحَلَ (intaḥala)
  • Verbal noun: اِنْتِحَال (intiḥāl)
  • Active participle: مُنْتَحِل (muntaḥil)
  • Passive participle: مُنْتَحَل (muntaḥal)