متنح

Arabic

Root
ن ح ي (n-ḥ-y)

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of تَنَحَّى (tanaḥḥā, to step aside)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mu.ta.naħ.ħin/

Adjective

مُتَنَحٍّ • (mutanaḥḥin) (informal مُتَنَحِّي (mutanaḥḥī), feminine مُتَنَحِّيَة (mutanaḥḥiya), masculine plural مُتَنَحُّون (mutanaḥḥūn), feminine plural مُتَنَحِّيَات (mutanaḥḥiyāt))

  1. active participle of تَنَحًّى (tanaḥḥan)
  2. one who steps aside
  3. one who abdicated (of a ruler)
    المَلِك المُتَنَحِّيّal-malik al-mutanaḥḥiyythe abdicated king
  4. (genetics) recessive
    Synonym: صَاغِر (ṣāḡir)
    Coordinate term: سَائِد (sāʔid)
    صِفَة مُتَنَحَّيَةṣifa(t) mutanaḥḥayaa recessive trait

Declension

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