نح
1 نَحَّ,
aor. ـِ
inf. n. نَحِيحٌ, He (a man) reiterated a sound, or made it to reciprocate, (رَدَّدَهُ,) in his inside: (
S,
L:) or his voice was reiterated, or made to reciprocate, (تَرَدَّدَ,) in his inside; as also ↓ نَحْنَحَ and ↓ تَنَحْنَحَ: (
K:) [each of these verbs, of which the last seems to be the most common, signifies, as is implied in the
L &c., and
accord. to present usage, he made a reiterated humming in his throat, like a slight coughing, or, as some say, more violent than coughing; as is often done by a niggard when he is asked for a thing:] التَّنَحْنُحُ is well known, (
S,) and النَّحْنَحَةُ is like it; (
Lth,
S;) it is [the making a sound, or sounds, in the throat,] slighter than coughing; and is the pretence of the niggard: (
Lth:) or it is more violent than coughing; as also النَّحِيحُ. (
L.) See also حِرَّةٌ.
b2: [Hence, from the sound employed,] نَحَّ,
aor. ـُ He incited, or urged on, a camel. (
K.)
R.
Q. 1 See نَحَّ.
b2: نَحْنَحَهُ He repulsed him (namely an asker, or a beggar,
L) in a foul, or an abominable, manner. (
L,
K.)
R.
Q. 2 see نَحَّ.
نَحَاحَةٌ Niggardliness; avarice. (
K.)
b2: Also,
contr., Liberality; bounty; munificence; generosity. (
K.) شَحِيحٌ نَحِيحٌ [Very niggardly, or avaricious]: the latter word is an
imitative sequent: (
S,
K:) or it is a
corroborative syn. of the former: (
MF:) as though meaning one who when asked for something, disliking to give it, has recourse to a pretence, and makes a reiterated breathing [or humming in his throat] as a feint to hide his unwillingness. (
L.) [See also نَحَانِحَةٌ.]
نَحْنَحٌ: see نَحَانِحَةٌ.
نَحَانِحَةٌ Niggardly, or avaricious, men: base, ungenerous, mean, or sordid, men, who make a reiterated humming in the throat (يَتَنَحْنَحَونَ) when they are asked for something: (
A:)
pl. of ↓ نَحْنَحٌ: or a
pl. having no
sing. (
TA.) [See also نَحِيحٌ.]
