Arabic edit

Root
ن خ س (n-ḵ-s)

Verb edit

نَخَسَ (naḵasa) I, non-past يَنْخَسُ or يَنْخُسُ‎ (yanḵasu or yanḵusu)

  1. to poke, to prod, to prick, to goad
  2. to goad, to drive (as cattle or slaves)

Conjugation edit

Noun edit

نَخْس (naḵsm

  1. verbal noun of نَخَسَ (naḵasa) (form I)

Declension edit

References edit

  • Freytag, Georg (1837) “نخس”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 255
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “نخس”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[2] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1255