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نَاحَج

náḥag

basic morphological information

n. (m.)

play; joke
игра, шутка
لعبة

LS 259; CSOL II 550

text examples

náḥag di-múgšem ‘A Boy’s Wit’ (CSOL II 29:title)

root

nḥg

derivates

nóḥog to play
nέḥig 1. to pasture little kids; 2. to comfort
énḥeg to pasture goat-kids
menaḥághin toy
naḥagóneʰ one who plays

etymology

Proto-MSA *nḥg to play, to dance

continental MSA

Mhr. nəḥāg to dance, to be at leisure, to play
Jib. naḥág to dance, to be at leisure, to play