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نوص

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

1 نَاصَ ذ , (M, K,) aor. يَنُوصُ, (M,) inf. n. نَوْصٌ and مَنَاصٌ (M, K) and مَنِيصٌ (M) and نَوِيصٌ (K) and نِيَاصٌ, (K, accord. to the TA,) or نِيَاصَةٌ, (accord. to a MS. copy of the K, and accord. to to the CK,) and نَوَصَانٌ, (K,) He put himself in motion: (K:) or he put himself in motion and went away. (M, TA.) You say, مَا يَنُوصُ فُلَانٌ لِحَاجَتِى Such a one does not put himself in motion for [the accomplishment of] my want. (TA.) And مَا بِهِ نَوِيصٌ There is not in him strength (S, M) and motion (or activity ], (S, TA.) ― -b2- نَاصَ لِلْحَرَكَةِ, inf. n. نَوْصٌ and مَنَاصٌ, He prepared himself for motion. (M, TA.) ― -b3- نَاصَ الفَرَسُ, (Lth, M,) inf. n. نَوْصٌ, (Lth, TA,) The horse, having his bridle pulled in, and being put in motion, raised his head; as also ↓ استناص: (Lth, M:) or ↓ اـِسْتِنَاصَةٌ signifies a horse's putting himself in motion to run. (K.) ― -b4- نَاصَ اـِلَيْهِ, (K,) inf. n. نَوْصٌ, (TA,) He rose to him. (K.) ― -b5- نَاصَ, aor. يَنُوصُ, inf. n. نَوْصٌ, He turned aside, or away: (M, TA:) he drew back, receded, retreated, or retired; (S, K *;) as also ↓ استناص: (S:) he fled; or turned away and fled: (TA:) he escaped, and outwent: (Msb:) and, inf. n. مَنِيصٌ and مَنَاصٌ, he escaped; or became safe, or secure: (M:) and accord. to IB, نُوصٌ, with, damm, [app. as an inf. n.,] also signifies the act of fleeing. (TA.) You say, نَاصَ عَنِ الأَمْرِ He turned aside, or away, from the thing, or affair; he declined from it; he avoided it; as also لَاصَ. (Aboo-Turáb, TA.) And نَاصَ عَنْهُ, inf. n. نَوْصٌ, He removed, withdrew, or retired to a distance, and separated himself, from him, or it. (Ibn-'Abbád, K.) And نَاصَ عَنْ قِرْنِهِ, (S, A,) aor. يَنُوصُ, inf. n. نَوْصٌ and مَنَاصٌ, (S,) He fled, or turned away and fled, from his opponent, or adversary, (S, A,) and eluded him, (S,) or removed, withdrew, or retired to a distance, from him. (A) And it is said in the Kur, [xxxviii. 2,] وَلَاتَ حِينَ مَنَاصٍ, meaning, When it was not a time of fleeing: (Az, TA:) or when it was not a time of drawing back and fleeing: (S, TA:) or when it was not a time of seeking, or petitioning, and of being aided, or succoured. (M, TA.)

Derived headwords

نَاصَverb
  1. 1.
مَا يَنُوصُ فُلَانٌ
مَا بِهِ نَوِيصٌ
نَاصَ لِلْحَرَكَةِ
نَاصَ الفَرَسُ
نَاصَ اـِلَيْهِ
نَاصَ عَنِ الأَمْرِ
نَاصَ عَنْهُ
نَاصَ عَنْ قِرْنِهِ
حِينَ مَنَاصٍ