See also: نخيف and نحیف

Arabic edit

Root
ن ح ف (n-ḥ-f)

Pronunciation edit

  • (file)

Adjective edit

نَحِيف (naḥīf) (feminine نَحِيفَة (naḥīfa), common plural نِحَاف (niḥāf), masculine plural نُحَفَاء (nuḥafāʔ), feminine plural نَحِيفَات (naḥīfāt), elative أَنْحَف (ʔanḥaf))

  1. thin, slender, skinny, slim
  2. weak, delicate

Declension edit

References edit

South Levantine Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic نَحِيف (naḥīf).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /nħiːf/, [nħiːf]
  • (file)

Adjective edit

نحيف (nḥīf) (feminine نحيفة (nḥīfe), masculine plural نحاف (nḥāf), elative أنحف (ʔanḥaf))

  1. thin, slender
    Synonym: ضعيف (ḍʕīf)
    Antonyms: (for people) ناصح (nāṣeḥ), (usually for animals) سمين (smīn)
  2. reedy (voice)

See also edit

  • رفيع (rfīʕ, thin, slender, slim (round object))
  • رقي (rʔīʔ, thin, fine (flat object))