نَحَّ
Root: نح
Form: 1
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نَحَّI
, Present.T
نَحِحَ
Verbal.Noun نَحِيحٌ, He reiterated a sound, or made it to reciprocate, (رَدَّدَهُ,) in his inside: or his voice was reiterated, or made to reciprocate, (تَرَدَّدَ,) in his inside; as also
and
: [each of these verbs, of which the last seems to be the most common, signifies, as is implied in the L &c., and accord. to present usage, he made a reiterated humming in his throat, like a slight coughing, or, as some say, more violent than coughing; as is often done by a niggard when he is asked for a thing:] التَّنَحْنُحُ is well known, and النَّحْنَحَةُ is like it; it is [the making a sound, or sounds, in the throat,] slighter than coughing; and is the pretence of the niggard: or it is more violent than coughing; as also النَّحِيحُ. See also حِرَّةٌ.
2 [Hence, from the sound employed,] نَحَّ, Present.Tنَحُحَ
He incited, or urged on, a camel.
2 [Hence, from the sound employed,] نَحَّ, Present.T
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