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نهد

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Arabic

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Persian ʾnʾhyt' (anāhīd, Anahita, Venus, a goddess of fertility in the Iranian pantheon). نَاهِد (nāhid, buxom, full, swelling (said of a female breast)) is the original within this root formula.

Noun

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نَهْد (nahdm (dual نَهْدَانِ (nahdāni), plural نُهُود (nuhūd))

  1. breast
    Synonym: ثَدْي (ṯady)
Declension
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Verb

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نَهَدَ (nahada) I (non-past يَنْهَدُ (yanhadu) or يَنْهُدُ (yanhudu), verbal noun نُهُود (nuhūd))

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Conjugation
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Verb

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نَهَدَ (nahada) I (non-past يَنْهَدُ (yanhadu) or يَنْهُدُ (yanhudu), verbal noun نَهْد (nahd) or نَهَد (nahad))

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Etymology 2

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Verb

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نهد (form I)

  1. نَهُدْ (nahud) /na.hud/: first-person plural non-past active jussive of هَادَ (hāda)
  2. نُهَدْ (nuhad) /nu.had/: first-person plural non-past passive jussive of هَادَ (hāda)

Etymology 3

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Verb

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نهد (form I)

  1. نَهْدِ (nahdi) /nah.di/: first-person plural non-past active jussive of هَدَى (hadā)
  2. نُهْدَ (nuhda) /nuh.da/: first-person plural non-past passive jussive of هَدَى (hadā)

References

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  • Shapira, Dan D. Y. (2009) “Irano-Arabica: contamination and popular etymology. Notes on the Persian and Arabic lexicons (with references to Aramaic, Hebrew and Turkic)”, in Христианский Восток – Новая Серия, volume 5 (XI), Moscow: Издательство Российской Академии Наук и Государственного Эрмитажа, page 169