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نطس

Root entry · 17 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns expertise, meticulousness, and thoroughness, particularly in specialized fields like medicine. It also extends to concepts of being discerning, fastidious, and even investigative, like a spy.

Derived headwords

نَطَسٌadjective
  1. 1.
    expertboth

    A person who is knowledgeable and skilled in matters, particularly in medicine or other fields.

  2. 2.
    thoroughclassical

    Someone who is excessive or extreme in pursuing something.

نَطِسٌadjective
  1. 1.
    expertclassical

    An expert, particularly in medicine, known for their keen insight.

  2. 2.
    meticulousclassical

    Someone who is meticulous or precise in their examination of matters.

نُطْسِيٌّadjective
  1. 1.
    expert physicianclassical

    A skilled physician, known for their deep understanding and precise examination in medicine.

نُطَاسِيٌّadjective
  1. 1.
    expert physicianclassical

    A skilled physician, known for their deep understanding and precise examination in medicine.

نُطَيْسٌadjective
  1. 1.
    expert physicianclassical

    A skilled physician, known for their deep understanding and precise examination in medicine.

نَطَسَverb
  1. 1.
    to be meticulousclassical

    To be meticulous or precise in examining matters.

أَنْطَسَverb
  1. 1.
    to make knowledgeableclassical

    To make someone knowledgeable or skilled in matters.

تَنَطَّسَverb
  1. 1.
    to investigateclassical

    To investigate or inquire into news or information.

  2. 2.
    to be fastidiousclassical

    To be fastidious or disgusted by something.

تَنَطُّسٌnoun
  1. 1.
    investigationclassical

    The act of investigating or inquiring into news or information.

  2. 2.
    fastidiousnessclassical

    The act of being fastidious or disgusted by something.

  3. 3.
    excessive purificationclassical

    Excessive or meticulous purification or cleanliness.

النَّاطِسُnoun
  1. 1.
    spyclassical

    A spy who gathers information.

المُتَنَطِّسُadjective
  1. 1.
    meticulousclassical

    Someone who is meticulous and precise in their examination of matters.

  2. 2.
    fastidiousclassical

    Someone who is fastidious or discerning.

النُّطْسِيُّadjective
  1. 1.
    expert physicianclassical

    An expert physician, known for their keen insight.

النُّطَاسِيُّadjective
  1. 1.
    expert physicianclassical

    An expert physician, known for their keen insight.

النُّطْسَةُadjective
  1. 1.
    fastidious womanclassical

    A woman who is fastidious or disgusted by indecency.

المُتَنَطِّسُadjective
  1. 1.
    discerningclassical

    Someone who is discerning, selective, or refined in their choices.

النُّطْسُnoun
  1. 1.
    expertsclassical

    Skilled and knowledgeable physicians.

نَطَسًاnoun
  1. 1.
    meticulousnessclassical

    The state of being meticulous or precise in examining matters.

Parallel reading

رجل نطس ونطس ونطس ونطيس ونطاسي: عالم بالأمور حاذق بالطب وغيره
A man is naṭas, naṭis, naṭis, nuṭays, and nuṭāsī: knowledgeable in matters, skilled in medicine and other fields.
وهو بالرومية النسطاس
And it is, in Roman, al-Nasṭās.
ما أنطسه
How knowledgeable he is!
فهل لكم فيها إلي فإنني ... طبيب بما أعيا النطاسي حذيما
Do you have any recourse to me, for I am... a physician for what baffles the expert physician Ḥudhaym.
والنطس: الأطباء الحذاق
And al-naṭs: the skilled physicians.
ورجل نطس ونطس: للمبالغ في الشيء
And a man is naṭas and naṭis: one who is excessive in a matter.
وتنطس عن الأخبار: بحث
And tanṭasa about the news: he investigated.
وكل مبالغ في شيء متنطس
And everyone who is excessive in something is mutanaṭṭis.
وتنطست الأخبار: تجسستها
And tanṭasatu the news: she spied on them.
والناطس: الجاسوس
And al-nāṭis: the spy.
وتنطس: تقزز وتقذر
And tanṭasa: he was fastidious and disgusted.
والتنطس: المبالغة في التطهر
And al-tanṭus: the excessiveness in purification.
أنه خرج من الخلاء فدعا بطعام فقيل له: ألا تتوضأ؟ قال: لولا التنطس ما باليت أن لا أغسل يدي
That he came out of the latrine and called for food, and it was said to him: 'Will you not perform ablution?' He said: 'Were it not for fastidiousness, I would not mind not washing my hands.'
وهو المبالغة في الطهور والتأنق فيه
And it is the excessiveness in purification and being meticulous about it.
وكل من تأنق في الأمور ودقق النظر فيها، فهو نطس ومتنطس؛ وكذلك كل من أدق النظر في الأمور واستقصى عليها، فهو متنطس، وقد نطس، بالكسر، نطسا
And everyone who is meticulous in matters and precise in their observation of them, he is naṭas and mutanaṭṭis; likewise, everyone who is precise in observing matters and investigates them thoroughly, he is mutanaṭṭis, and he has become naṭis, with a kasra, naṭasan.
إذا قاسها الآسي النطاسي أدبرت ... غثيثتها، وازداد وهيا هزومها
If the expert physician al-Naṭāsī measures it, its weakness recedes... and its shattering increases.
وقد أكون مرة نطيسا، ... طبا بأدواء الصبا نقريسا
And I might be, at times, a nuṭaysan, ... a physician skilled in the ailments of youth, perceptive.
امرأة نطسة على فعلة إذا كانت تنطس من الفحش أي تقزز
A woman is naṭsah on the pattern of 'fa'lah' if she is tanṭasu from indecency, meaning she is disgusted.
وإنه لشديد التنطس أي التقزز
And indeed, he is severe in tanṭus, meaning fastidiousness.
المتنطس والمتطرس المتنوق المختار
Al-mutanaṭṭis and al-mutaṭarris are the refined and the chosen.
النطس المبالغة في الطهارة، والندس الفطنة والكيس
Al-naṭs is the excessiveness in purity, and al-nadas is perceptiveness and shrewdness.