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نشط

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

نَاشِطٌ ذ : see نَشِيطٌ. ― -b2- In a verse of Et-Tirimmáh, [see استطرب,] نَاشِطًا is used for شَوْقًا نَازِعًا [ By reason of yearning, or longing, desire ]. (K, in art. دد.) -A2- A wild bull going forth from land to land, (S, K,) or from country to country. (TA.) ― -b2- Hence, (S,) النَّاشِطَاتُ, as used in the Kur, lxxix. 2, meaning The stars [or planets ] going forth from one sign of the zodiac to another: (S, K:) or it means the stars that rise, then set: (A'Obeyd, TA:) or the angels that draw forth the souls like as the bucket is drawn forth from the well: (Zj, TA:) or the angels that loose the soul of the believer gently: (Fr, * Ibn-'Arafeh, K:) or the believing souls that are brisk, lively, sprightly, or active, at death: (K, * TA:) or, as some say, [too fancifully,] the angels that ratify events; from نَشَطَ العُقْدَةَ, q. v.; and as this signifies the tying of a knot which is easily undone, the thing's easiness to them is thus notified. (TA.) ― -b3- (tropical:) A road going forth from the main road, to the right, and to the left: (Lth, K *:) pl. نَوَاشِطُ: (TA:) which latter word is applied in like manner to water-courses (K, TA) going forth from the main water-course to the right and left. (TA.) -A3- See also نُشُطٌ.

Derived headwords

نَاشِطٌ
  1. 1.
شَوْقًا نَازِعًا
نَشَطَ العُقْدَةَ