ن • ق • ح

, aor. نَقَحَ , (inf. n. نَقْحٌ, TA,) He peeled, or barked, a thing; peeled off, stripped off, or removed, its outer covering. (K, TA.) نَقَحَ العُودَ, (Msb,) or العَصَا, (T,) aor. نَقَحَ , inf. n. نَقْحٌ, (Msb,) He pared, or trimmed, the stick, or staff, by cutting off its knots: (T, Msb:) and in like manner you say of anything from which you pare off somewhat. (T.) نَقَحَ الجِذْعَ, inf. n. نَقْحٌ; (K;) and ↓ نقّحهُ, (K,) inf. n. تَنْقِيحٌ; (S;) He pared off the knots of the palm-trunk: (K:) or he pruned, or trimmed, the trunk of the palm-tree, by cutting off the stumps of the branches, or by cutting off the superfluous branches. (S.) نَقَحَ, (TA,) and ↓ انقح, (K,) He stripped off the ornaments of his sword [to sell them] in a time of dearth and poverty. (K, TA.) نَقَحَ العَظْمَ, aor. نَقَحَ , (K,) inf. n. نَقْحٌ; (TA;) and ↓ نقّحهُ, (inf. n. تَنْقِيحٌ, S;) and ↓ انتقحهُ; (S, K;) He extracted the marrow from the bone: (S, K:) or

, inf. n. تَنْقِيحٌ; (S, K;) and ↓ انقحهُ, inf. n. إِنْقَاحٌ; (K;) (tropical:) He trimmed, pruned, or put into a right or proper state, poetry, or verses. (S, K.) نقّح الكَلَامَ (tropical:) He scrutinized the language, and examined it well: or he put it to rights, or trimmed it, and removed its faults, or defects. (TA.) See 1.

, (K,) or شَحْمُ النَّاقَةِ, (S,) or شَحْمُ نَاقَتِهِ, (TA, &c.,) (tropical:) His fat, (K,) or the fat of the she-camel, (S,) or the fat of his she-camel, (TA, &c.,) became little in quantity, or diminished, (S, K, &c.,) or partially went away. (A.)

has an intensive signification. (Msb.) نَقَحَ شَيْيءًا He separated what was good from what was bad of the thing. (Msb.)

(tropical:) [The best of poetry is that which is a year old, and trimmed, or pruned]. (S.)