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نَهِئَ

Root: نهأ

Form: 1

Full Definition

نَهِئَI , Present.T ـَ; and نَهُؤَ, Present.T ـُ; and نَهُؤَ; Verbal.Noun نَهْءٌ and نَهَأٌ and نَهَآءَةء and نُهُوْءَةٌ and نُهُوْءٌ and نَهَاوَةٌ, ; It was not, or did not become, thoroughly cooked.
2 مَا أُبَالِى مَا نَهِئَ مِنْ ضَبِّكَ وَلَا مَا نضِجَ [I care not what is insufficiently cooked, of thy ضَبّ, nor what is thoroughly cooked: i. e. I care not whether evil or good befall thee]. A proverb.

def.2 شَرِبَ حَتَّى نَهَأَ, Present.T ـَ He drank till he was full.
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