نحت

n-ḥ-t

The root نَحَتَ primarily means to cut, hew, or shape something hard like stone or wood. It can also mean to pare, saw, or chip away.

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ن-ح-ت

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ن-ح-ت

Root Meaning

The root نَحَتَ primarily means to cut, hew, or shape something hard like stone or wood. It can also mean to pare, saw, or chip away.

Derived forms

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📖 Ayaths where this word appears (4)

Al-A'raf 7:74

وَتَنْحِتُونَMeaning here: The root نَحَتَ primarily means to cut, hew, or shape something hard like stone or wood. It can also mean to pare, saw, or chip away.

And remember how He made you viceroys after A'ad and gave you station in the earth. Ye choose castles in the plains and hew the mountains into dwellings. So remember (all) the bounties of Allah and do not evil, making mischief in the earth

Al-Hijr 15:82

يَنْحِتُونَMeaning here: The root نَحَتَ primarily means to cut, hew, or shape something hard like stone or wood. It can also mean to pare, saw, or chip away.

And they used to hew out dwellings from the hills, (wherein they dwelt) secure

Ash-Shu'ara 26:149

وَتَنْحِتُونَMeaning here: The root نَحَتَ primarily means to cut, hew, or shape something hard like stone or wood. It can also mean to pare, saw, or chip away.

Though ye hew out dwellings in the mountain, being skilful

As-Saffat 37:95

تَنْحِتُونَMeaning here: The root نَحَتَ primarily means to cut, hew, or shape something hard like stone or wood. It can also mean to pare, saw, or chip away.

He said: Worship ye that which ye yourselves do carve