ن ح ل

See also: نحل‎ and نخل‎

Arabic

Root

ن ح ل • (n-ḥ-l)

  1. related to bees, and from their behavior; to collecting from various locations, to gather together commodities especially to give as a dowry
  2. to give freely, literally to dispense all over; to sift, to spread
  3. to make thin, to thin out, to waste away, to become emaciated; from the meaning of sifting flour becoming finer
  4. to plagiarize, to attribute a thing to another, to borrow, to take from various sources; hence also to adopt, to take on, to embrace or make it one's own

Derived terms

  • Form I: نَحَلَ‎ (naḥala)
    • Active participle: نَاحِل‎ (nāḥil)
    • Passive participle: مَنْحُول‎ (manḥūl)
  • Form IV: أَنْحَلَ‎ (ʔanḥala)
  • Form V: تَنَحَّلَ‎ (tanaḥḥala)
    • Verbal noun: تَنَحُّل‎ (tanaḥḥul)
    • Active participle: مُتَنَحِّل‎ (mutanaḥḥil)
    • Passive participle: مُتَنَحَّل‎ (mutanaḥḥal)
  • Form VIII: اِنْتَحَلَ‎ (intaḥala)
    • Verbal noun: اِنْتِحَال‎ (intiḥāl)
    • Active participle: مُنْتَحِل‎ (muntaḥil)
    • Passive participle: مُنْتَحَل‎ (muntaḥal)
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