Arabic

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Root
ن خ س (n ḵ s)
3 terms

Verb

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نَخَسَ (naḵasa) I (non-past يَنْخَسُ (yanḵasu) or يَنْخُسُ (yanḵusu), verbal noun نَخْس (naḵs))

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

Conjugation

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Noun

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نَخْس (naḵsm

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

Declension

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References

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  • 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