نحت

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See also: نجب, نجت, and نحب

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ن ح ت (n-ḥ-t)

Inherited from Proto-Semitic *naḥat-.

Verb

نَحَتَ (naḥata) I, non-past يَنْحُتُ‎ (yanḥutu)

  1. to carve (wood or stone), to sculpt, to shave, to plane, to smooth, to scratch, to saw off, to excavate (a rock)
  2. (figurative) to lie with
  3. (figurative) to emaciate a camel (toilsome journey)
  4. (figurative) to opprobriate, to chide

Conjugation

Noun

نَحْت (naḥtm

  1. verbal noun of نَحَتَ (naḥata) (form I)
  2. carving (carved object)
  3. (grammar) compounding; univerbation, portmanteauing etc. of new words

Declension