نَهَتَ, aor. ـِ {يَنْهِتُ}, [contr. to analogy,] inf. n. نَهِيتٌ (Ṣ, Ḳ) and نُهَاتٌ (Ḳ) He cried out, or uttered a cry: (TA:) [see إِنْهَتِى عَلَيْهَا voce بَهَتَ:] he uttered the kind of sound termed زَئِير; [i. e., he (a lion, TA) uttered a sound from his chest; or roared:] (Ḳ:) or he uttered a sound lower than that which is termed زئير: (Ṣ:) or he breathed hard; or emitted the voice, or the breath, with a moaning; i. q. زَحَرَ, (Ḳ,) and طَحَرَ: (TA:) or he uttered a sound from his chest on an occasion of distress. (TA.)

النَّهَّاتُ andالمِنْهَتُ↓ andالمُنْهِتُ↓ (thus the last is written accord. to the Ḳ, but it occurs in a verse writtenالمُنَهِّتُ↓, TA, and in this latter manner it is written in the L,) The lion. (Ḳ.)

أَسَدٌ نَهَّاتٌ, (Ṣ, L,) andمُنَهِّتٌ↓, (L,) [A lion uttering frequently a low growl]. (Ṣ, L.)

حِمَارٌ نَهَّاتٌ ‡ An ass that brays much, or frequently. (Ṣ, Ḳ.)

رَجُلٌ نَهَّاتٌ ‡ A man that breathes hard; or emits the voice, or the breath, with a moaning. (Ṣ, Ḳ,*) See مُطَلِّحٌ.

النَّاهِتُ The throat; the guttur: (Ḳ:) so called because the sound termed نَهِيت proceeds from it. (TA.)