نسج

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

The root 'nasaja' (نسج) fundamentally relates to the act of weaving, intertwining threads to create fabric. This core meaning extends metaphorically to various forms of joining, connecting, or creating something intricate, such as the wind shaping sand or water, a poet composing verses, or a liar fabricating falsehoods. It also describes rapid movement, particularly of a camel or horse.

Derived headwords

نَسَجَverb

1.
to weaveboth
To interlace threads (warp and weft) to create fabric.
2.
to shape, formboth
Used for the wind shaping sand, water, or vegetation by moving and gathering parts together.
3.
to compose, fabricateboth
To create or put together, applied to a poet composing verses or a liar fabricating falsehoods.
4.
to move rapidlyclassical
Describing the quick, alternating movement of a camel's or horse's legs.

نسج الحائك الثوب — The weaver wove the garment.

نسجت الريح التراب — The wind shaped the sand.

نَسْجnoun

1.
weavingboth
The act or process of weaving.
2.
fabric, textureboth
The result of weaving; the pattern or texture of a woven material.
3.
intertwining, formationclassical
The act of joining or forming something intricate, like the patterns made by wind.

النسج معروف — Weaving is known.

انْتَسَجَverb

1.
to be wovenclassical
To be formed or shaped, often passively, as in the wind shaping sand or water.
2.
to be joined togetherclassical
To be brought together or connected.

فانتسجت له طرائق كالحبك — And patterns like the texture of woven cloth were formed in it.

نَسَّاجnoun

1.
weaverboth
A person whose profession is weaving.
2.
garment, cloakclassical
A type of cloak or garment, possibly named after the weaving process.

وهو النساج — And he is the weaver.

فقام في نساجة ملتحفا بها — And he stood up, wrapped in a nassaja (a type of cloak).

نَسَّاجَةnoun

1.
weaving (profession)both
The craft or profession of weaving.
2.
type of garmentclassical
A type of woven garment or cloak.

وحرفته النساجة — And his craft is weaving.

فقام في نساجة ملتحفا بها — And he stood up, wrapped in a nassaja (a type of cloak).

نَسِيجadjective

1.
unique, unparalleledboth
Used to describe someone or something that is unique, with no equal; 'of a unique weave'.
2.
wovenclassical
Literally, woven.

هو نسيج وحده — He is unique in his kind.

كان والله أحوذيا نسيج وحده — By God, he was a capable leader, unique in his kind.

مَنْسَجnoun

1.
loom, weaving toolclassical
A tool or device used in weaving.
2.
place of weavingclassical
The place where weaving is done.
3.
part of a horse's bodyclassical
The area on a horse below the shoulder blades, near the neck and back.

والموضع منسج ومنسج — And the place is a place of weaving.

كان ذكره على منسج فرسه — His penis was on the mansaj of his horse.

مَنْسَجَةnoun

1.
loom, weaving toolclassical
A tool or device used in weaving.
2.
place of weavingclassical
The place where weaving is done.
3.
part of a horse's bodyclassical
The area on a horse below the shoulder blades, near the neck and back.

والمنسج والمنسج، بكسر الميم، كله: الخشبة والأداة المستعملة في النساجة التي يمد عليها الثوب للنسج — The mansaj and mansaja, with kasra on the mim, all refer to the wood and tool used in weaving upon which the garment is stretched for weaving.

نَسُوجadjective

1.
fast-moving (camel)classical
Describing a camel that moves with rapid, alternating steps.
2.
unstable load (camel)classical
Describing a camel whose load is unstable due to its movement.

وهي نسوج: أسرعت نقل قوائمها — And she is nasuj: she rapidly moved her legs.

والنسوج من الإبل التي لا يثبت حملها ولا قتبها عليها إنما هو مضطرب — And the nasuj among camels are those whose load and saddle do not stay steady upon them, but are unstable.

مَنَاسِجnoun

1.
plural of mansajclassical
The plural form of 'mansaj', referring to parts of a horse's body or weaving tools.

رجال جاعلو أرماحهم على مناسج خيولهم — Men placing their spears on the mansaj of their horses.

نَسَجَ الشاعر الشعرverb phrase

1.
to compose poetryboth
To create or compose verses of poetry.

نسج الشاعر الشعر — The poet composed the poetry.

نَسَجَ الكذاب الزورverb phrase

1.
to fabricate liesboth
To invent or concoct falsehoods.

نسج الكذاب الزور — The liar fabricated falsehoods.

نَسَجَ الغيث النباتverb phrase

1.
rain caused plants to growclassical
Used metaphorically to describe how rain causes plants to grow and spread.

ونسج الغيث النبات، كله على المثل — And the rain caused plants to grow, all of it by analogy.

سَجْverb

1.
to move rapidlyclassical
To move quickly, often used in conjunction with 'nasaja' to describe rapid leg movement.

وناقة نسوج وسوج: تنسج وتسج في سيرها — And a nasuj camel is one that nasaja and saaja in its gait.

سَجَاجadjective

1.
fast-moving (camel)classical
Describing a camel that moves with rapid, alternating steps.

وناقة نسوج وسوج: تنسج وتسج في سيرها — And a nasuj camel is one that nasaja and saaja in its gait.

سُجَّادnoun

1.
carpetsmodern
Woven mats or carpets.

النسج السجادات — Weaving carpets.

Parallel reading

ضم الشيء إلى الشيء، هذا هو الأصل.

To join a thing to a thing, this is the origin.

نسجه ينسجه نسجا فانتسج ونسجت الريح التراب تنسجه نسجا: سحبت بعضه إلى بعض.

He wove it, he weaves it, weaving; and it became woven. And the wind shaped the sand, shaping it, by pulling parts of it together.

والريح تنسج الماء إذا ضربت متنه فانتسجت له طرائق كالحبك.

And the wind shapes the water when it strikes its surface, and patterns like the texture of woven cloth are formed in it.

ونسجت الريح الربع إذا تعاورته ريحان طولا وعرضا، لأن الناسج يعترض النسيجة فيلحم ما أطال من السدى.

And the wind shaped the tent-cloth if two winds alternately blew on it lengthwise and widthwise, because the weaver crosses the warp and joins what he has lengthened of the warp.

قال زهير يصف واديا: مكلل بعميم النبت، تنسجه ... ريح خريق، لضاحي مائه حبك

Zuhayr said, describing a valley: Adorned with abundant plants, which a strong wind shapes... with its exposed water having a woven texture.

ونسجت الريح الورق والهشيم: جمعت بعضه إلى بعض؛

And the wind gathered the leaves and dry twigs: it brought parts of them together;

وعاد خباز يسقيه الندى ... ذراوة، تنسجه الهوج الدرج

And Khabbaz returned, the dew watering him... a high place, which the strong, successive winds shaped.

نسج الحائك الثوب ينسجه وينسجه نسجا، من ذلك لأنه ضم السدى إلى اللحمة،

The weaver wove the garment, he weaves it and weaves it, weaving; this is from it because he joined the warp to the weft,

وهو النساج، وحرفته النساجة، وربما سمي الدراع نساجا.

And he is the weaver, and his craft is weaving, and sometimes a coat of mail is called a nassaj.

وفي حديث جابر: فقام في نساجة ملتحفا بها ؛ هي ضرب من الملاحف منسوجة، كأنها سميت بالمصدر.

And in Jabir's hadith: He stood up, wrapped in a nassaja; it is a type of cloak, woven, as if it were named after the مصدر (verbal noun).

وقالوا في الرجل المحمود: هو نسيج وحده؛

And they said about a praiseworthy man: He is nasij wahdah (unique of his kind);

ومعناه أن الثوب إذا كان كريما لم ينسج على منواله غيره لدقته، وإذا لم يكن كريما نفيسا دقيقا عمل على منواله سدى عدة أثواب؛

And its meaning is that if a garment is fine, no other is woven on its loom because of its precision, and if it is not fine, precious, and precise, several garments are made on its loom;

وقال ثعلب: نسيج وحده الذي لا يعمل على مثاله مثله؛ يضرب مثلا لكل من بولغ في مدحه، وهو كقولك: فلان واحد عصره وقريع قومه، فنسيج وحده أي لا نظير له في علم أو غيره، وأصله في الثوب لأن الثوب الرفيع لا ينسج على منواله.

And Tha'lab said: Nasij wahdah is one whose like is not made on its pattern; it is used as a metaphor for anyone whose praise is exaggerated, and it is like your saying: So-and-so is the unique one of his era and the leader of his people, so nasij wahdah means he has no equal in knowledge or otherwise, and its origin is in a garment because a superior garment is not woven on its loom.

وفي حديث عمر: من يدلني على نسيج وحده؟ يريد رجلا لا عيب فيه، وهو فعيل بمعنى مفعول، ولا يقال إلا في المدح.

And in Umar's hadith: Who can guide me to a nasij wahdah? He means a man without fault, and it is a fa'eel form meaning ma'foul (passive participle), and it is only said in praise.

وفي حديث عائشة أنها ذكرت عمر تصفه، فقالت: كان والله أحوذيا نسيج وحده ؛ أرادت: أنه كان منقطع القرين.

And in Aisha's hadith, she mentioned Umar, describing him, and said: By God, he was a capable leader, nasij wahdah; she meant: he was unparalleled.

والموضع منسج ومنسج.

And the place is mansaj and mansaj.

الأزهري: منسج الثوب، بكسر الميم، ومنسجه حيث ينسج، حكاه عن شمر.

Al-Azhari: Mansaj of the garment, with kasra on the mim, and mansajahu is where it is woven, he narrated it from Shamir.

ابن سيده: والمنسج والمنسج، بكسر الميم، كله: الخشبة والأداة المستعملة في النساجة التي يمد عليها الثوب للنسج؛ وقيل: المنسج، بالكسر، لا غير: الحف خاصة.

Ibn Sidah: And the mansaj and mansaja, with kasra on the mim, all refer to the wood and tool used in weaving upon which the garment is stretched for weaving; and it was said: The mansaj, with kasra, exclusively: the shuttle.

ونسج الكذاب الزور: لفقه.

And the liar fabricated falsehoods: he concocted them.

ونسج الشاعر الشعر: نظمه.

And the poet composed poetry: he arranged it.

والشاعر ينسج الشعر، والكذاب ينسج الزور، ونسج الغيث النبات، كله على المثل.

And the poet weaves poetry, and the liar weaves falsehoods, and the rain causes plants to grow, all of it by analogy.

ونسجت الناقة في سيرها تنسج، وهي نسوج: أسرعت نقل قوائمها؛

And the she-camel moved rapidly in her gait, moving rapidly, and she is nasuj: she rapidly moved her legs;

وقيل: النسوج من الإبل التي لا يثبت حملها ولا قتبها عليها إنما هو مضطرب.

And it was said: The nasuj among camels are those whose load and saddle do not stay steady upon them, but are unstable.

وناقة نسوج وسوج: تنسج وتسج في سيرها، وهو سرعة نقلها قوائمها.

And a nasuj camel is one that nasaja and saaja in its gait, which is the rapid movement of its legs.

ومنـسج الدابة، بكسر الميم وفتح السين، ومنسجه: أسفل من حاركه، وقيل: هو ما بين العرف وموضع اللبد؛

And the mansaj of the animal, with kasra on the mim and fatha on the sin, and mansajahu: below its shoulder blade, and it was said: it is what is between the mane and the place of the saddle-cloth;

قال أبو ذؤيب: مستقبل الريح يجري فوق منسجه، ... إذا يراع اقشعر الكشح والعضد

Abu Dhu'ayb said: Facing the wind, it runs over its mansaj, ... when the flank and arm shiver

التهذيب: والمنسج المنتبر من كاثبة الدابة عند منتهى منبت العرف تحت القربوس المقدم؛ وقيل: سمي منسج الفرس لأن عصب العنق يجيء قبل الظهر، وعصب الظهر يذهب قبل العنق فينسج على الكتفين.

Al-Tahdhib: And the mansaj is the prominent part of the animal's back near the end of the mane's growth under the front saddle-bow; and it was said: The mansaj of a horse is so named because the neck tendons come before the back, and the back tendons go before the neck, thus weaving over the shoulders.

أبو عبيد: المنسج والحارك ما شخص من فروع الكتفين إلى أصل العنق إلى مستوى الظهر، والكاهل خلف المنسج.

Abu Ubayd: The mansaj and the harik are what protrude from the shoulder blades to the base of the neck to the level of the back, and the kahil is behind the mansaj.

وفي الحديث: بعث رسول الله، صلى الله عليه وسلم، زيد بن حارثة إلى جذام، فأول من لقيهم رجل على فرس أدهم كان ذكره على منسج فرسه ؛ قال: المنسج ما بين مغرز العنق إلى منقطع الحارك في الصلب؛

And in the hadith: The Messenger of God, peace be upon him, sent Zayd ibn Harithah to Judham, and the first person they met was a man on a black horse whose penis was on the mansaj of his horse; he said: The mansaj is what is between the base of the neck and the end of the shoulder blade in the spine;

وقيل: المنسج والحارك والكاهل ما شخص من فروع الكتفين إلى أصل العنق؛ وقيل: هو، بكسر الميم، للفرس بمنزلة الكاهل من الإنسان، والحارك من البعير.

And it was said: The mansaj, the harik, and the kahil are what protrude from the shoulder blades to the base of the neck; and it was said: It, with kasra on the mim, is to a horse like the kahil is to a human, and the harik is to a camel.

وفي الحديث: رجال جاعلو أرماحهم على مناسج خيولهم ، هي جمع المنسج.

And in the hadith: Men placing their spears on the mansaj of their horses, which is the plural of mansaj.

ابن شميل: النسوج من الإبل التي تقدم جهازها إلى كاهلها لشدة سيرها.

Ibn Shumayl: The nasuj among camels are those whose equipment moves forward to their hump due to the intensity of their gait.

ثعلب عن ابن الأعرابي: النسج السجادات.

Tha'lab from Ibn al-A'rabi: Al-nasj means carpets.