نَهَشَهُ
Root: نهش
Form: 1
Full Definition
نَهَشَهُI
, Present.T
ـَ Verbal.Noun نَهْشٌ, i. q.
نَهَسَهُ; i. e. He took it with his mouth to bite it and make a mark upon it without wounding it: [&c.:] or he took it with his fore teeth: and so accord. to some, . And It [a serpent or scorpion] bit him; or stung him; syn. لَسَعَهُ: you say, نَهَشَتُهُ الحَيَّةُ
the serpent bit him. And He bit him, or it; as also نَهَسَهُ. Or He took it with his [teeth that are called] أَصْرَاس: whereas نَهَسَهُ signifies he took it with the extremities of the teeth: or نَهْشٌ is less then نَهْسٌ; the latter signifying the taking, or reaching, with the mouth; but the former, the taking, or reaching, from a distance, like the
نهش
of the serpent. [For other observations on these two verbs, see art. نهس.]
2 نَهَشَهُ الدَّهْرُ فَٱحْتَاجَ
3 نَهَشَتْ وَجْهَهَا She seized the flesh of her face with her nails.
4 نَهَشَهُ
5 نُهِشَ, Verbal.Noun as above,
2 نَهَشَهُ الدَّهْرُ فَٱحْتَاجَ
3 نَهَشَتْ وَجْهَهَا She seized the flesh of her face with her nails.
4 نَهَشَهُ
5 نُهِشَ, Verbal.Noun as above,
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