نَحَرَ
Root: نحر
Form: 1
Full Definition
نَحَرَI
, Present.T
ـَ Verbal.Noun نَحْرٌ and مَنْحَرٌ and تَنْحَارٌ [an intensive form], He stabbed, or stuck, a camel, or a beast, [but generally the former,] in his
نَحْر, or in his
مَنْحَر, where the windpipe (حُلْقُوم) commences in the uppermost part of the breast; [i. e., in the
لَبَّة; for] نَحْرٌ in the لَبَّة is like ذَبْحٌ in the throat. [Hence,] يَوْمٌ النَّحْرِ [The day of the stabbing of the camels &c.]; and عِيدُ النَّحْرِ [the festival of the stabbing of the camels &c.]; the tenth of [the month] Dhu-l-Hijjeh; because then the camels and cows and bulls brought as offerings to Mekkeh, for sacrifice, are stabbed.
2 He slew.
3 نَحَرَهُ, Present.T and inf. ns. as above, He hit, or hurt, his نَحْر. You say نَحَرْتُ الرَّجُلَ I hit, or hurt, the نَحْر of the man.
def.2 [Hence,] نَحَرَ الأُمُورَ عِلْمًا
def.3 [Hence also,] نَحَرَ الصَّلَاةَ
2 نَحَرَهُمُ ٱللّٰهُ, occurring in a trad., may mean either
def.4 [Hence also,] نَحَرْتُ الرَّجُلَ, Verbal.Noun نَحْرٌ,
2 He slew.
3 نَحَرَهُ, Present.T and inf. ns. as above, He hit, or hurt, his نَحْر. You say نَحَرْتُ الرَّجُلَ I hit, or hurt, the نَحْر of the man.
def.2 [Hence,] نَحَرَ الأُمُورَ عِلْمًا
def.3 [Hence also,] نَحَرَ الصَّلَاةَ
2 نَحَرَهُمُ ٱللّٰهُ, occurring in a trad., may mean either
def.4 [Hence also,] نَحَرْتُ الرَّجُلَ, Verbal.Noun نَحْرٌ,
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