نَائِحَةٌ
Root: نوح
Full Definition
نَائِحَةٌ
[A wailing woman]: pl. نَوَائِحُ and نَائِحَاتٌ: and you also say
نِسَآءٌ نَوْحٌ , and أَنْوَاحٌ, and
نُوَّحٌ : نَوَائِحُ is an epithet applied to women who assemble in a
مَنَاحَة: and
مَنَاحَةٌ and
نَوْحٌ signify women who assemble together for the purpose of mourning. نَوَائِحُ are so called from التَّنَاوُح, signifying “ the being opposite, one to another: ” [if so, it is app. a tropical term: but accord. to the A, التناوح, as above explained, is tropical]. Also
نَوَّاحَةٌ [A woman who wails much, or frequently; who is in the habit of wailing: a professional wailing woman]. Ex. هِىَ نَوَّاحَةُ بَنِى
فُلَانٍ [She is the professional wailing woman of the sons of such a one].
2 حَمَامَةٌ نَائِحَةٌ. and نَوَّاحَةٌ , A pigeon that cooes in a plaintive or wailing manner.
3 نَوَائِحُ also signifies Standards, or ensigns, opposite one to another, in battle.
4 Also, Swords. In this sense, it occurs written النَّوَاحِى , by transposition.
2 حَمَامَةٌ نَائِحَةٌ. and نَوَّاحَةٌ , A pigeon that cooes in a plaintive or wailing manner.
3 نَوَائِحُ also signifies Standards, or ensigns, opposite one to another, in battle.
4 Also, Swords. In this sense, it occurs written النَّوَاحِى , by transposition.
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