# نحل
## Arabic
### Etymology 1
#### Verb

نَحَلَ • (naḥala) I (non-past يَنْحُلُ (yanḥulu) or يَنْحَلُ (yanḥalu), verbal noun نُحُول (nuḥūl)) نَحُلَ • (naḥula) I (non-past يَنْحُلُ (yanḥulu), verbal noun نُحُول (nuḥūl)) نَحِلَ • (naḥila) I (non-past يَنْحَلُ (yanḥalu), verbal noun نُحُول (nuḥūl))
* to be emaciated, to waste away, to lose weight, to grow thin

##### Conjugation
#### Verb

نَحَلَ • (naḥala) I (non-past يَنْحَلُ (yanḥalu), verbal noun نَحْل (naḥl))
* to make a donation, to make a gift
* to ascribe, to attribute, to impute

##### Conjugation
#### Noun

نَحْل • (naḥl) m
* verbal noun of نَحَلَ (naḥala) (form I)

##### Declension
### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /naħl/

#### Noun

نَحْل • (naḥl) m or f (collective, singulative نَحْلَة f (naḥla))
* bees, bee
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##### Derived terms

* رَأْس نَحْل (raʔs naḥl, “swarm of bees”)

##### Descendants

* Maltese: naħal

### Etymology 3.1
#### Verb

نَحُلْ • (naḥul) (form I) /na.ħul/
* first-person plural non-past active jussive of حَالَ (ḥāla)

### Etymology 3.2
#### Verb

نحل (form IV)
* نُحِلْ (nuḥil) /nu.ħil/: first-person plural non-past active jussive of أَحَالَ (ʔaḥāla)
* نُحَلْ (nuḥal) /nu.ħal/: first-person plural non-past passive jussive of أَحَالَ (ʔaḥāla)

### Etymology 4
#### Verb

نحل (form I)
* نَحُلُّ (naḥullu) /na.ħul.lu/: first-person plural non-past active indicative of حَلَّ (ḥalla)
* نُحَلُّ (nuḥallu) /nu.ħal.lu/: first-person plural non-past passive indicative of حَلَّ (ḥalla)
* نَحُلَّ (naḥulla) /na.ħul.la/: first-person plural non-past active subjunctive/jussive of حَلَّ (ḥalla)
* نُحَلَّ (nuḥalla) /nu.ħal.la/: first-person plural non-past passive subjunctive/jussive of حَلَّ (ḥalla)
* نَحُلِّ (naḥulli) /na.ħul.li/: first-person plural non-past active jussive of حَلَّ (ḥalla)
* نُحَلِّ (nuḥalli) /nu.ħal.li/: first-person plural non-past passive jussive of حَلَّ (ḥalla)
* نَحِلُّ (naḥillu) /na.ħil.lu/: first-person plural non-past active indicative of حَلَّ (ḥalla)
* نَحِلَّ (naḥilla) /na.ħil.la/: first-person plural non-past active subjunctive/jussive of حَلَّ (ḥalla)
* نَحِلِّ (naḥilli) /na.ħil.li/: first-person plural non-past active jussive of حَلَّ (ḥalla)

### References

* Freytag, Georg (1837) “نحل”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎ (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 251–252
* Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “نحل”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen, page 1106
* Wehr, Hans (1979) “نحل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 1112

## Gujarati
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نَحْل (naḥl).

### Noun

نحل • (nahal) ? (Standard Gujarati નહલ) (Lisan ud-Dawat)
* honey bee
    Synonym: مدھماكهي (madhmākhī)

## Moroccan Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic نَحْل (naḥl).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nħal/

### Noun

نحل • (nḥal) m (collective, singulative نحلة f (naḥla), paucal نحلات (naḥlāt))
* bees

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic نَحْل (naḥl).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /naħl/, [ˈna.ħ(ɪ)l]
* Audio (Ramallah):(file)

### Noun

نحل • (naḥl) m (collective, singulative نحلة f (naḥle))
* bees
    طرد نحل ― ṭard naḥl ― a swarm of bees