نحس

العربية

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نحس

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Cognate with Classical Syriac ܢܚܫܐ and Hebrew נחש.

verb نَحَسَ · naḥasa · يَنْحَسُ · نَحْس · نَاحِس

to bring bad luck, to jinx, to hex

noun نَحْس · naḥs · نُحُوس · أَنْحُس · النَّحْس

noun from verb verbal noun of نَحَسَ (naḥasa) (form I)
bad luck, misfortune

In English

doom destiny, especially terrible
hex to put a hex on
jinx To bring bad luck to
bad luck misfortune

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {نحس},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%86%D8%AD%D8%B3},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}