نَتَأَ
Root: نتأ
Form: 1
Full Definition
نَتَأَI
, Present.T
ـَ Verbal.Noun نَتْءٌ and نُتُوْءٌ, It swelled; swelled up; rose; grew up. Said of a plant, &c.
2 نَتَأَ, Verbal.Noun نُتُوْءٌ, It protruded, or projected, from its place, without becoming separated.
3 نَتَأَ It swelled.
4 It swelled forth, or became prominent, or protuberant.
5 نَتَأَتْ She grew up, and became marriageable.
6 نَتَأَ عَلَيْهِمْ, Verbal.Noun نَتْءٌ, He rose, or exalted himself, above them.
7 [You say,] تَحْقِرُهُ وَيَنْتَأُ Thou despisest him, and he riseth, or exalteth himself: or
8 he emulateth thee: or
9 he becometh great. A proverb, said of him who does not manifest his character or design by outward appearance, but keeps it secret: or of him who advances and exalts himself by his cunning, while thou thinkest him senseless, or negligent. Accord. to some, it is تحقره ويَنْتُو, without ء: see art. نتو.
def.2 نَتَأَ He went up from the country or land to another.
def.3 تَنَأَ عَلَيْهِمْ He came upon them; syn. إِطَّلَعَ.
2 نَتَأَ, Verbal.Noun نُتُوْءٌ, It protruded, or projected, from its place, without becoming separated.
3 نَتَأَ It swelled.
4 It swelled forth, or became prominent, or protuberant.
5 نَتَأَتْ She grew up, and became marriageable.
6 نَتَأَ عَلَيْهِمْ, Verbal.Noun نَتْءٌ, He rose, or exalted himself, above them.
7 [You say,] تَحْقِرُهُ وَيَنْتَأُ Thou despisest him, and he riseth, or exalteth himself: or
8 he emulateth thee: or
9 he becometh great. A proverb, said of him who does not manifest his character or design by outward appearance, but keeps it secret: or of him who advances and exalts himself by his cunning, while thou thinkest him senseless, or negligent. Accord. to some, it is تحقره ويَنْتُو, without ء: see art. نتو.
def.2 نَتَأَ He went up from the country or land to another.
def.3 تَنَأَ عَلَيْهِمْ He came upon them; syn. إِطَّلَعَ.
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