Edward William Lane, An Arabic-English Lexicon, ن

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نهت

1 نَهَتَ ذ , aor. نَهِتَ , [cont? to analogy,] inf. n. نَهِيتٌ (S, K) and نُهَاتٌ (K) He cried out, or uttered a cry: (TA:) [see إِِنْهَتِى عَلَيْهَا voce بَهَتَ:] he uttered the kind of sound termed زَئِير; [i. e., he (a lion, TA) uttered a sound from his chest; or roared:] (K:) or he uttered a sound lower than that which is termed زئير: (S:) or he breathed hard; or emitted the voice, or the breath, with a moaning; i. q. زَحَرَ, (K,) and طَحَرَ: (TA:) or he uttered a sound from his chest on an occasion of distress. (TA.) النَّهَّاتُ ذ and ↓ المِنْهَتُ and ↓ المُنْهِتُ (thus the last is written accord. to the K, but it occurs in a verse written ↓ المُنَهِّتُ , TA, and in this latter manner it is written in the L,) The lion. (K.) ― -b2- أَسَدٌ نَهَّاتٌ, (S, L,) and ↓ مُنَهِّتٌ , (L,) [A lion uttering frequently a low growl]. (S, L.) ― -b3- حِمَارٌ نَهَّاتٌ (tropical:) An ass that brays much, or frequently. (S, K.) ― -b4- رَجُلٌ نَهَّاتٌ (tropical:) A man that breathes hard; or emits the voice, or the breath, with a moaning. (S, K, *) See مُطَلِّحٌ. النَّاهِتُ ذ The throat; the guttur: (K:) so called because the sound termed نَهِيت proceeds from it. (TA.) المِنْهَتُ ذ , and المُنْهِتُ, and المُنَهِّتُ: see النَهَّاتُ.