نحو1 نَحَا نَحْوَهُ He went towards, or in the direction of, him or it. (Msb, TA.) b2:  Also, He pursued his (another's) course, doing as he did; or purposed his purpose. b3:  See عَرَضَ عَرْضَهُ, and شَدَا شَدْوَهُ; and see قَصْدَهُ. b4:  نَحَاهُ, inf. n. نَحْوٌ, signifies [also] He purposed it, or intended it. (MA.) b5:  نَحَوْتُ جِلْدَ البَعِيرِ, and ↓ أَنْحَيَتُهُ, I stripped off the skin of the camel. (Msb, voce سَلَخَ). See 4.2 نَحَّى He put a thing aside, or away, or apart; (Msb;) removed it from its place, (Msb, K, TA,) placed it at a distance. (TA.) b2: He made a person to turn away, or withdraw, or retire, from (عَنْ) an affair. b3:  نَحَّى عَنْهُ الشَّىْءَ He put aside, or away, or he warded off, or removed, from him the thing. See 4.4 أَنْحَى عَلَيْهِ [He leant, bore, or pressed, upon him, or it, with his body, hand, &c.:] i. q.  اِعْتَمَدَ; as also ↓ نَحَا. (IAar, TA.) b2:  أَنْحَى عَلَىفُلَانٍ بِالسَّوْطِ [He attacked such a one with the whip], and بِالسَّيْفِ [with the sword]: and hence بِالتَّعْنِيفِ (tropical:)  he accosted him with harsh, or rough, behaviour; syn. أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْهِ. (Har, p. 508.) b3: أَنْحَى عَلَى الشَّىْءِ بِجَمِيعِ كَفِّهِ [He seized the thing with his whole hand]. (M, voce قَبَضَ [q. v.]). b4:  أَنْحَيْتُ عَلَى حَلْقِهِ السِّكِّينَ I applied the knife to, or put it across, his throat, or fauces; syn. عَرَضْتُهُ: and in like manner you say, نحى عليه بشفرته [but whether by this be meant نَحَّى or نَحَا is doubtful. (TA.) b5:  See 1.5 تَنَحَّىHe, or it, removed; withdrew; went, or moved, away, or aside; (Msb;) or retired to a distance. (TA.) b2:  تَنَحَّى (TA, art. قعر,) signifies تكلّف ان يتكلّم كلامًا نَحْوِيًّا, i. e. تكلّف التكلّم على طريق النحاة. (IbrD.) 8 اِنْتَحَىIt fell, like a man's hand when he strikes with it upon his other hand; (L, TA, in art. ترح:) and, in prostration, he fell with his forehead to the ground, and rested upon his forehead, not upon the palms of his hands: mentioned by Sh, from 'Abd-Es-Samad Ibn-Hassán, on the authority of some of the Arabs: so says Az. (L and TA in that art.) نَحْوٌ The like of a thing: syn. مِثْلٌ. (TA.) b2: Quantity, &c.; syn. مِقْدَارٌ. (TA.) b3:  A division, &c.; syn. قِسْمٌ. (TA.) b4:  نَحْوَهُ: see نَحَا. b5:  نَحْوُ الثَّلَاثَةِ About three.فِى نَحْوِ ثَلَاثِ سَاعَاتٍIn about three hours. b6:  عَرَفْتُهُ فِى نَحْوِ كَلَامِهِ and فى لَحْنِ كلامه and فى مِعْرَاضِ كلامه signify the same. (Msb in art. عرض.) See the last of these, voce عَرُوضٌ. b7:  اِتَّئِدْ عَلَىنَحْوِكَ, i. e. أَوِّنْ عَلَى قَدْرِكَ [or مِقْدَارِكَ]: see art. اون.نَحْىٌ: see نِحْى.نِحْىٌ A skin for holding liquids: (K:) or for clarified butter: (S, Msb, K:) as also ↓ نَحْىٌ, (K.) شَدِيدُ النَّاحِيَةِ (assumed tropical:)  A hardy man. (TA, art. عرض.) ذَاتُ النِّحْيَيْنِ. Respecting what is said of the woman thus named, and of خَوَّات, in the S, see شرد.مُتَنَجٍّGoing, or being, away from (عَنْ) a place, person, or thing. b2:  مُتَنَحًّى [A place to which to turn away, or back, from a thing; or to which one removes, withdraws, or retires afar off]. (K, voce مَنْكَصٌ.) See مَنْكَصٌ and مَحْرِفٌ.نَاحِيَةٌ i. q.جَانِبٌ q. v., A side; a lateral, or an outward, or adjacent, part or portion. (K, &c.) b2:  An apartment of a house. (Mgh, voce حَيِّزٌ.) And the pl., نَوَاحٍ, The outer parts or regions of an animal. The sing. may often be rendered A part, or portion, of a place. b3: نَاحِيَةٌ is of the measure فَاعِلَةٌ in the sense of the measure مَفْعُولَةٌ, [meaning مَنْحُوَّةٌ, a part, or the like, or a point, towards which one goes, or directs himself; a point of direction;] because one goes, or directs himself, towards it: (Msb:) best rendered as above; adding, or part, region, district, quarter, or tract, considered with respect to its collocation or juxtaposition or direction, or considered as belonging to a whole: a vicinage, or neighbourhood: and a part of a country, a region, district, quarter, or tract, absolutely; a district; a province: often best rendered a side; or a region, district, quarter, or tract: or a part of a place, an apartment: see حَيِّزٌ, in art. حوز. b4:  Also A limit, bound, or boundary: see two tropical exs. of its pl. (نَوَاحٍ) voce حِنْوٌ, and another in a verse voce رَسُولٌ: or a remote side; syn. جَانِبٌ مُتَنَحٍّ: (Kz, in TA:) a tract of land. (KL.) See أُفُقٌ and جَانِبٌ. b5:  عَلَى نَاحِيَةٍBeside, aside, or apart; like على جَانِبٍ and عَلى طَرَفٍ; and so نَاحِيَةً and فِى نَاحِيَةٍ, &c.: you say جَلَسَ فِى نَاحِيَةٍ مِنْهُمْ He sat aside, or apart, from them: and أَنَا فِىنَوَاحٍ مِنْ هٰذَا الأَمْرِ, expl. voce شَفَقٌ. And فِىنَاحِيَةِ كَذَا In the direction of such a thing: see أَشْرَى. b6:  هُوَ عَلَى نَاحِيَتِهِ He is keeping to his own side, following his own course: see جَدِيَّةٌ.