نحل

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See also: نخل and ن ح ل

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ن ح ل (n ḥ l)
5 terms

Verb

نَحَلَ (naḥala) I (non-past يَنْحُلُ (yanḥulu) or يَنْحَلُ (yanḥalu), verbal noun نُحُول (nuḥūl))
نَحُلَ (naḥula) I (non-past يَنْحُلُ (yanḥulu), verbal noun نُحُول (nuḥūl))
نَحِلَ (naḥila) I (non-past يَنْحَلُ (yanḥalu), verbal noun نُحُول (nuḥūl))

  1. to be emaciated, to waste away, to lose weight, to grow thin
Conjugation

Verb

نَحَلَ (naḥala) I (non-past يَنْحَلُ (yanḥalu), verbal noun نَحْل (naḥl))

  1. to make a donation, to make a gift
  2. to ascribe, to attribute, to impute
Conjugation

Noun

نَحْل (naḥlm

  1. verbal noun of نَحَلَ (naḥala) (form I)
Declension

Etymology 2

نَحْل
 نحل on Arabic Wikipedia

Pronunciation

Noun

نَحْل (naḥlm or f (collective, singulative نَحْلَة f (naḥla))

  1. bees, bee
    • 975–997, محمد بن أحمد الخوارزمي [muḥammad ibn ʕaḥmad al-ḵwārizmī], edited by Gerlof van Vloten, مفاتيح العلوم [mafātīḥ al-ʕulūm], Leiden: E. J. Brill, published 1895, pages 170 line 9–171 line 1:
      لَاعِيَة شجرة تنبت في سفح الجبال لها ورق طيّب الرِيح تجرسه النَحْل وله لبن غزير إذا قطِعَت
      Green spurge or sun spurge is a shrub which grows on the surfaces of mountains, it has good-smelling leaves sucked by bees and copious milk when slit.
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 3.1

Verb

نَحُلْ (naḥul) (form I) /na.ħul/

  1. first-person plural non-past active jussive of حَالَ (ḥāla)

Etymology 3.2

Verb

نحل (form IV)

  1. نُحِلْ (nuḥil) /nu.ħil/: first-person plural non-past active jussive of أَحَالَ (ʔaḥāla)
  2. نُحَلْ (nuḥal) /nu.ħal/: first-person plural non-past passive jussive of أَحَالَ (ʔaḥāla)

Etymology 4

Verb

نحل (form I)

  1. نَحُلُّ (naḥullu) /na.ħul.lu/: first-person plural non-past active indicative of حَلَّ (ḥalla)
  2. نُحَلُّ (nuḥallu) /nu.ħal.lu/: first-person plural non-past passive indicative of حَلَّ (ḥalla)
  3. نَحُلَّ (naḥulla) /na.ħul.la/: first-person plural non-past active subjunctive/jussive of حَلَّ (ḥalla)
  4. نُحَلَّ (nuḥalla) /nu.ħal.la/: first-person plural non-past passive subjunctive/jussive of حَلَّ (ḥalla)
  5. نَحُلِّ (naḥulli) /na.ħul.li/: first-person plural non-past active jussive of حَلَّ (ḥalla)
  6. نُحَلِّ (nuḥalli) /nu.ħal.li/: first-person plural non-past passive jussive of حَلَّ (ḥalla)
  7. نَحِلُّ (naḥillu) /na.ħil.lu/: first-person plural non-past active indicative of حَلَّ (ḥalla)
  8. نَحِلَّ (naḥilla) /na.ħil.la/: first-person plural non-past active subjunctive/jussive of حَلَّ (ḥalla)
  9. نَحِلِّ (naḥilli) /na.ħil.li/: first-person plural non-past active jussive of حَلَّ (ḥalla)

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1837) “نحل”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 251–252
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “نحل”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen, page 1106
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “نحل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 1112

Gujarati

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نَحْل (naḥl).

Noun

نحل (nahal? (Standard Gujarati નહલ) (Lisan ud-Dawat)

  1. honey bee
    Synonym: مدھماكهي (madhmākhī)

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic نَحْل (naḥl).

Pronunciation

Noun

نحل (nḥalm (collective, singulative نحلة f (naḥla), paucal نحلات (naḥlāt))

  1. bees

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ن ح ل
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic نَحْل (naḥl).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /naħl/,
  • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

Noun

نحل (naḥlm (collective, singulative نحلة f (naḥle))

  1. bees
    طرد نحلṭard naḥla swarm of bees