ناح

See also: ناخ, ناج, باح, and تاج

Arabic

Etymology

Denominal verb of نِيَاحَة (niyāḥa, mourning), a transferred meaning of Classical Syriac ܢܝܚܬܐ (nəyāḥtā) meaning more literally “biding, rest”. Compare مَأْتَم (maʔtam, mourning), literally a verbal noun of أَتِمَ (ʔatima, to stay, to bide).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /naː.ħa/

Verb

نَاحَ • (nāḥa) I, non-past يَنُوحُ‎ (yanūḥu)

  1. to wail, to mourn, to moan, to lament, to weep
  2. to coo, to warble

Conjugation

Moroccan Arabic

Root
ن و ح
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic نَاحَ (nāḥa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /naːħ/

Verb

ناح • (nāḥ) I (non-past ينوح (ynūḥ), verbal noun مناحة (mnāḥa) or نواح (nwāḥ) or نوح (nawḥ), active participle نايح (nāyiḥ))

  1. to wail, to mourn, to moan, to lament, to weep

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ناح
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m نحت (nuḥt) نحتي (nuḥti) ناح (nāḥ) نحنا (nuḥna) نحتوا (nuḥtu) ناحوا (nāḥu)
f ناحت (nāḥet)
non-past m ننوح (nnūḥ) تنوح (tnūḥ) ينوح (ynūḥ) ننوحوا (nnūḥu) تنوحوا (tnūḥu) ينوحوا (ynūḥu)
f تنوحي (tnūḥi) تنوح (tnūḥ)
imperative m نوح (nūḥ) نوحوا (nūḥu)
f نوحي (nūḥi)
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