نحل

See also: نخل and ن ح ل

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ن ح ل (n-ḥ-l).

Verb

1. to be emaciated, to waste away, to lose weight, to grow thin

Verb

1. to make a donation, to make a gift
2. to ascribe, to attribute, to impute

Noun

نَحْل • (naḥl) m

1. verbal noun of نَحَلَ (naḥala) (form I)

Declension

Declension of noun نَحْل (naḥl)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَحْل naḥl	النَّحْل an-naḥl	نَحْل naḥl
Nominative	نَحْلٌ naḥlun	النَّحْلُ an-naḥlu	نَحْلُ naḥlu
Accusative	نَحْلًا naḥlan	النَّحْلَ an-naḥla	نَحْلَ naḥla
Genitive	نَحْلٍ naḥlin	النَّحْلِ an-naḥli	نَحْلِ naḥli

Etymology 2

نَحْل

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naħl/

Noun

نَحْل • (naḥl) m or f (collective, singulative نَحْلَة f (naḥla))

1. bees, bee
   • 975–997, محمد بن أحمد الخوارزمي [muḥammad ibn ʕaḥmad al-ḵwārizmī], edited by Gerlof van Vloten, مفاتيح العلوم [mafātīḥ al-ʕulūm], Leiden: E. J. Brill, published 1895, pages 170 line 9–171 line 1:

     لَاعِيَة شجرة تنبت في سفح الجبال لها ورق طيّب الرِيح تجرسه النَحْل وله لبن غزير إذا قطِعَت

     Green spurge or sun spurge is a shrub which grows on the surfaces of mountains, it has good-smelling leaves sucked by bees and copious milk when slit.

Declension

Declension of noun نَحْل (naḥl)

Collective	basic collective triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَحْل naḥl	النَّحْل an-naḥl	نَحْل naḥl
Nominative	نَحْلٌ naḥlun	النَّحْلُ an-naḥlu	نَحْلُ naḥlu
Accusative	نَحْلًا naḥlan	النَّحْلَ an-naḥla	نَحْلَ naḥla
Genitive	نَحْلٍ naḥlin	النَّحْلِ an-naḥli	نَحْلِ naḥli
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَحْلَة naḥla	النَّحْلَة an-naḥla	نَحْلَة naḥlat
Nominative	نَحْلَةٌ naḥlatun	النَّحْلَةُ an-naḥlatu	نَحْلَةُ naḥlatu
Accusative	نَحْلَةً naḥlatan	النَّحْلَةَ an-naḥlata	نَحْلَةَ naḥlata
Genitive	نَحْلَةٍ naḥlatin	النَّحْلَةِ an-naḥlati	نَحْلَةِ naḥlati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَحْلَتَيْن naḥlatayn	النَّحْلَتَيْن an-naḥlatayn	نَحْلَتَيْ naḥlatay
Nominative	نَحْلَتَانِ naḥlatāni	النَّحْلَتَانِ an-naḥlatāni	نَحْلَتَا naḥlatā
Accusative	نَحْلَتَيْنِ naḥlatayni	النَّحْلَتَيْنِ an-naḥlatayni	نَحْلَتَيْ naḥlatay
Genitive	نَحْلَتَيْنِ naḥlatayni	النَّحْلَتَيْنِ an-naḥlatayni	نَحْلَتَيْ naḥlatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَحْلَات naḥlāt	النَّحْلَات an-naḥlāt	نَحْلَات naḥlāt
Nominative	نَحْلَاتٌ naḥlātun	النَّحْلَاتُ an-naḥlātu	نَحْلَاتُ naḥlātu
Accusative	نَحْلَاتٍ naḥlātin	النَّحْلَاتِ an-naḥlāti	نَحْلَاتِ naḥlāti
Genitive	نَحْلَاتٍ naḥlātin	النَّحْلَاتِ an-naḥlāti	نَحْلَاتِ naḥlāti

Derived terms

• رَأْس نَحْل (raʔs naḥl, “swarm of bees”)

Etymology 3

Verb

1. first-person plural non-past active jussive of حَالَ (ḥāla)

Verb

1. first-person plural non-past passive jussive of حَالَ (ḥāla)

Etymology 4

Verb

1. first-person plural non-past active indicative of حَلَّ (ḥalla)

Verb

1. first-person plural non-past active subjunctive of حَلَّ (ḥalla)
2. first-person plural non-past active jussive of حَلَّ (ḥalla)

Verb

1. first-person plural non-past active jussive of حَلَّ (ḥalla)

Verb

1. first-person plural non-past passive indicative of حَلَّ (ḥalla)

Verb

1. first-person plural non-past passive subjunctive of حَلَّ (ḥalla)
2. first-person plural non-past passive jussive of حَلَّ (ḥalla)

Verb

1. first-person plural non-past passive jussive of حَلَّ (ḥalla)

Etymology 5

Verb

1. first-person plural non-past active jussive of أَحَالَ (ʔaḥāla)

Verb

1. first-person plural non-past passive jussive of أَحَالَ (ʔaḥāla)

References

• Freytag, Georg (1837) “نحل”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 251–252
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “نحل”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[2], London: W.H. Allen, page 1106
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “نحل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 1112

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Gujarati

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نَحْل (naḥl).

Noun

نحل • (nahal) ?

1. (Lisan ud-Dawat) honey bee

   Synonym: مدھماكهي (madhmākhī)

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Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic نَحْل (naḥl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nħal/

Noun

نحل • (nḥal) m (collective, singulative نحلة f (naḥla), paucal نحلات (naḥlāt))

1. bees

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South Levantine Arabic

Root
ن ح ل
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic نَحْل (naḥl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naħl/, [ˈna.ħ(ɪ)l]

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Noun

نحل • (naḥl) m (collective, singulative نحلة f (naḥle))

1. bees

   طرد نحل ― ṭard naḥl ― a swarm of bees