نحل
1 نَحَِلَ جِسْمُهُ His body became lean, or emaciated. (S.) نِحْلَةٌ i. q.فَرِيضَةٌ; or دِيَانَةٌ; and دِينٌ, as in the saying مَا نِحْلَتُكَ [What is thy religion?]. (TA.)
Entries on نحل in 15 Arabic dictionaries by the authors Muḥammad al-Fattinī, Majmaʿ Biḥār al-Anwār fī Gharāʾib al-Tanzīl wa Laṭāʾif al-Akhbār, Al-Fayyūmī, Al-Miṣbāḥ al-Munīr fī Gharīb al-Sharḥ al-Kabīr, Al-Ṣāḥib bin ʿAbbād, Al-Muḥīṭ fī l-Lugha, and 12 more
فَرِيضَةٌ; or دِيَانَةٌ; and دِينٌ, as in the saying مَا نِحْلَتُكَ [What is thy religion?]. (TA.)
