نحت

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Form 1نَحَتَ9 senses · 1 main

muḍāriʿـِيَفْعِلُ·ـَيَفْعَلُ·ـُيَفْعُلُنَخِتَmaṣdarنَحْتٌ نَحِيتٌ

Core sense — he cut, or hewed; he shaped it by cuttinggenerated

1.1[Cut, or hew, for yourself, of the wood, what will be enough for you for fuel]—اِنْتَحِتْ مِنَ الخَشَبِ مَا يَكْفِيكَ لِلْوَقُودِ

against analogy; also نَخَتَ, the form IJ preferred because of the guttural letter, though MF disputes this; and نَخُتَ, the form of weakest authority..

He cut, or hewed; he formed, or fashioned, by cutting; he cut out, or shaped out; he chipped: same as بَرَى. He worked wood and the like as a carpenter: same as نَجَرَ. He pared, peeled, or barked it, taking off its outer covering by paring or by wearing away the outside; he sawed it. [See also لَحَتَ.]

According to some, the operation called نحت is performed only on something hard and strong, such as stone and wood and the like.

[انتحت seems to mean He cut, etc., for himself:]

1.1.1he cut out, or hewed out, a house in the mountain—نَحَتَ بَيْتًا فِى الجَبَلِ

Muḍāriʿ نَخِتَ and نَخَتَ.

In the Qur'ān 15:82, El-Ḥasan [El-Baṣree] reads يَنْحَتُونَ. [According to the K his reading is يَنْحَاتُونَ, but I find this nowhere else, and I believe it to be a mistake.]

1.1.2figurative · مجاز[He was fashioned after the model of generosity; made generous by nature]—نُحِتَ عَلَى الكَرَمِ

1.1.3he had sexual intercourse with the girl—نَحَتَ

لَحَتَ is used in the same way, and is the better known of the two.

1.1.4figurative · مجازhe beat him, or struck him, with a staff or stick—نَحَتَ

[لَحَتَ is used in the same sense.]

1.1.5he threw him down flat—نَحَتَ

1.1.6figurative · مجازhe blamed, reproached, or reviled a man—نَحَتَ بِلِسَانِهِ

[See also لَحَتَ.]

1.1.7figurative · مجازit emaciated a camel—نَحَتَ

Said of a journey, or of travel.

It also made a man less; made him thin, or slender.

1.1.8he sighed aloud—نَحَتَ

[Muḍāriʿ نَخِتَ and نَخَتَ?] Maṣdars نَحِيتٌ and نَحِيتَةٌ.

The maṣdars mean the same as نَئِيتٌ and زَحِيرٌ.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1

7:74

وَٱذْكُرُوٓا۟ إِذْ جَعَلَكُمْ خُلَفَآءَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ عَادٍ وَبَوَّأَكُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ تَتَّخِذُونَ مِن سُهُولِهَا قُصُورًا وَتَنْحِتُونَ ٱلْجِبَالَ بُيُوتًا ۖ فَٱذْكُرُوٓا۟ ءَالَآءَ ٱللَّهِ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ

"And remember how He made you inheritors after the 'Ad people and gave you habitations in the land: ye build for yourselves palaces and castles in (open) plains, and carve out homes in the mountains; so bring to remembrance the benefits (ye have received) from Allah, and refrain from evil and mischief on the earth."

15:82

وَكَانُوا۟ يَنْحِتُونَ مِنَ ٱلْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا ءَامِنِينَ

Out of the mountains did they hew (their) edifices, (feeling themselves) secure.

26:149

وَتَنْحِتُونَ مِنَ ٱلْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا فَـٰرِهِينَ

"And ye carve houses out of (rocky) mountains with great skill.

37:95

قَالَ أَتَعْبُدُونَ مَا تَنْحِتُونَ

He said: "Worship ye that which ye have (yourselves) carved?

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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, aor. نَخِتَ , (S, L, K,) contr. to analogy, (TA,) and نَخَتَ , (L, K,) which is the form preferred by IJ, because of the guttural letter, but this is disputed by MF, (TA,) and نَخُتَ , (K,) which is the form of weakest authority, (TA,) inf. n. نَحْتٌ , (S,) He cut, or hewed; formed, or fashioned, by cutting; cut out, hewed out, or shaped out; chipped: syn. بَرَى : (S, K:) he worked wood and the like as a carpenter; syn. نَجَرَ : he pared, peeled, barked, or deprived of its outer covering by paring, abrasure, or wearing away the exterior: he sawed. (L.) [See also لَحَتَ .] Accord. to some, the operation termed نحت is only performed upon something hard and strong, as stone and wood and the like. (MF.) [ انتحت seems to signify He cut, &c., for himself:] you say, اِنْتَحِتْ مِنَ الخَشَبِ مَا يَكْفِيكَ لِلْوَقُودِ [Cut, or hew, for thyself, of the wood, what will suffice thee for fuel]: (A.) نَحَتَ بَيْتًا فِى الجَبَلِ , aor. نَخِتَ and نَخَتَ , inf. n. نَحْتٌ , He cut out, or hewed out, a house in the mountain. In the Kur, xv. 82, El-Hasan [El-Basree] reads يَنْحَتُونَ . (Msb.) [Accord. to the K, his reading is يَنْحَاتُونَ , (in the CK, تَنْحَاتُونَ ,) but this I find nowhere else, and I believe it to be a mistake.] نُحِتَ عَلَى الكَرَمِ [He was fashioned after the model of generosity; made by nature generous]. (A.) نَحَتَ Inivit puellam: (K:) as also لَحَتَ ; but the latter is the better known. (TA.) نَحَتَ , inf. n. نَحْتٌ , He beat, struck, or smote, him with a staff, or stick: (TA:) [as also لَحَتَ ]. نَحَتَ He threw him down prostrate. (K.) نَحَتَ بِلِسَانِهِ He blamed; reprehended; reviled a man. (L.) [See also لَحَتَ .] نَحَتَ It (a journey, or travel,) emaciated a camel: (K:) it made a man less; made him thin, or slender. (TA.) نَحَتَ , (TA,) [aor. نَخِتَ and نَخَتَ ?] inf. n. نَحِيتٌ and نَحِيتَةٌ , He sighed aloud: the inf. ns. syn. with نَئِيتٌ and زَحِيرٌ . (K.)

Form 8إِنْتَخَتَ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — it was cut, hewn, or shaped by cutting; it was worn awaygenerated

8.1

See form 1.

8.1.1it was worked by a carpenter—انتحت

Said of wood or the like. [It was cut, or hewn; formed, or fashioned, by cutting; cut out, or shaped out; chipped: pared, peeled, or barked, its outer covering taken off: sawn.]

8.1.2figurative · مجازhis toes, or feet, were worn, abraded, wasted, or made thin—انتحت مَنَاسِمُهُ

Said of a camel; مناسم means the toes or feet.

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see 1. انتحت It (wood or the like) was [cut, or hewn; formed, or fashioned, by cutting; cut out, hewed out, or shaped out; chipped;] worked by a carpenter: [pared, peeled, barked, or deprived of its outer covering: sawn]. (L.) انتحت مَنَاسِمُهُ His (a camel's) مناسم [i. e. toes or feet] were worn, abraded, wasted, lessened, or attenuated. (L.)

Derived nouns 10

Nounنَحْتٌ5 senses · 2 main

Core sense — nature, natural disposition; the source, or origin, of a mangenerated

1figurative · مجاز

نَحَاتٌ and نَحِيتَةٌ likewise: nature; natural, or native, disposition, temper, or other property; a particular cast, or fashion, of constitution, after which a man is [as it were] cut out [by the Creator].

The first of them also means the source, or origin, from which one is [as it were] cut out. [See also مَنْحَتٌ.]

1.1generosity is [a part] of his nature; or it is [derived] from his source, or origin—الكَرَمُ مِنْ نَحْتِهِ

1.2he is of a wonderful nature—هَوُ عَجِيبُ النَّحْتِ

1.3he is generous in nature, or disposition—هَوُ كَرِيمُ النَّحِيتَةِ

2unmixed [i.e. severe] cold—بَرْدٌ نَحْتٌ

But this is said to be a corruption of بَحْتٌ. [See also لَحْتٌ.]

Show Lane's original text

and نَحَاتٌ (K) and نَحِيتَةٌ (S, K) Nature; natural, or native, disposition, temper, or other property; (S, K;) a particular cast, or fashion, of constitution, after which a man is [as it were] cut out [by the Creator]: (TA:) and the first, the source, or origin, from which one is [as it were] cut out: [see also مَنْحَتٌ ]. (Lh.) الكَرَمُ مِنْ نَحْتِهِ Generosity is [a part] of his nature; or, [derived] from his source. or origin. (Lh.) هَوُ عَجِيبُ النَّحْتِ He is of a wonderful nature. (TA.) هَوُ كَرِيمُ النَّحِيتَةِ He is generous in nature, or disposition. (AZ.) بَرْدٌ نَحْتٌ Unmixed [i. e. sever] cold: (K:) but this is said to be a corruption of بَحْتٌ . (TA.) [See also لَحْتٌ .]

Nounنَحِيتٌ6 senses · 3 main

Core sense — a comb; an emaciated camel; a hollowed tree-trunk for beesgenerated

A comb: same as مُشْطٌ, or مَشْطٌ.

2a hoof whose edges have gone, or been worn away—حَافِرٌ نَحِيتٌ

[And so حافر مَنْحَوتٌ, which occurs in the K in art. حك, where the S has حافر نَحِيتٌ in its place.]

2.1figurative · مجازan emaciated camel; a camel whose feet are worn, abraded, or wasted—نَحِيتٌ

2.2a [portion of the] trunk of a tree, hewn out and hollowed in the form of a jar, for bees—نَحِيتَةٌ

Such a jar is called حُبّ.

Plural نُحُتٌ.

2.3anything bad; what is bad of anything—نَحِيتٌ

3one who introduces himself among a people and lives with them, not being of their race—نَحِيتٌ

Show Lane's original text

A comb: syn. مُشْطٌ or مَشْطٌ . (So in different copies of the K.) حَافِرٌ نَحِيتٌ A hoof of which the edges have gone [or become abraded, been worn away]; (S, K;) [and so حافر مَنْحَوتٌ , occurring in the K in art. حك , where, in its place in the S, we find حافر نَحِيتٌ .] نَحِيتٌ An emaciated camel: (K:) a camel whose feet are worn, abraded, or wasted. (L.) نَحِيتَةٌ A [portion of the] trunk of a tree, which is hewn out, and hollowed, in the form of a jar such as is called حُبّ , for bees: pl. نُحُتٌ . (L.) نَحِيتٌ Anything bad; what is bad of anything. (L.) نَحِيتٌ One who introduces himself among a people, and lives with them, not being of their race. (S, K.)

Nounنَحَاتٌ1 sense

Core sense — nature, natural dispositiongenerated

See نَحْتٌ.

Show Lane's original text

: see نَحْتٌ .

Nounنُحَاتَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — cuttings, chips, or parings of woodgenerated

Cuttings, chips, parings, and the like, of wood [&c.].

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Cuttings, chips, parings, and the like, (S, K,) of wood [&c.]. (TA.)

Nounنَحِيتَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — nature, natural dispositiongenerated

See نَحْتٌ and نَحِيتٌ.

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: see نَحْتٌ and نَحِيتٌ .

Nounمَنْحَتٌ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — the source, or origin, of a mangenerated

1figurative · مجاز

The source, or origin, of a man, [from which he is, as it were, cut out]. Plural مَنَاحِتُ.