نوس

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

The root نوس primarily relates to the concept of swaying, oscillating, or dangling. This movement is often associated with things hanging loosely, such as hair, branches, or even the movement of animals. It can also extend to the idea of being unsettled or agitated, and metaphorically to the act of residing or dwelling.

Derived headwords

النَّاسname

1.
Mankindboth
Refers to people, potentially including Jinn, derived from 'unās, lightened by removing the hamza.
2.
Qays ibn 'Aylanclassical
A name for the ancestor of the Arab tribe Qays ibn 'Aylan.

نَاسَverb

1.
to sway, dangleboth
To move back and forth, to oscillate while hanging loosely.
2.
to resideclassical
To stay or dwell in a place.

نَوْسnoun

1.
swaying, oscillationboth
The act of moving back and forth, a dangling or oscillating motion.
2.
dwellingclassical
The act of residing or staying in a place.

نَوَسَانnoun

1.
swaying, oscillationboth
The act of moving back and forth, a dangling or oscillating motion.

يَنُوسverb

1.
to sway, dangleboth
Present tense verb indicating the action of swaying or oscillating while hanging.

أَنَاسَهnoun

1.
ornamentsclassical
Jewelry, specifically earrings, that dangle and move.

نَوَّاسadjective

1.
swaying, looseclassical
Describing someone whose limbs are loose and swaying, or whose saliva is flowing and agitated.

النَّوَّاسnoun

1.
hanging objectclassical
Something that hangs from the ceiling.
2.
spider's webclassical
The web spun by a spider, due to its oscillating nature.
3.
a type of grapeclassical
A variety of white, round-berried grape with long, drooping, and swaying clusters.
4.
nameclassical
A proper noun.

نَاسَةnoun

1.
dangling, movingclassical
Describing something that is dangling and moving, used for hair or threads.

نُوسَاتnoun

1.
dangling locks of hairclassical
Refers to the dangling locks of hair, especially those that are wet and dripping.

نَاسَ الإِبِلverb

1.
to water camelsclassical
To give camels water to drink.

النَّاوُوسnoun

1.
Christian cemeteryclassical
A burial place for Christians, possibly derived from the root.

ذُو نَوَاسname

1.
King of Himyarclassical
A title given to a king of Himyar, named after his two dangling sidelocks.

Parallel reading

الناس: قد يكون من الإنس ومن الجن، وأصله أناس فخفف ولم يجعلوا الألف واللام فيه عوضا من الهمزة المحذوفة، لأنه لو كان كذلك لما اجتمع مع المعوض منه في قول الشاعر: إن المنايا يطلعن ... على الأناس الآمنينا

Mankind: It may be from humans and from Jinn, and its origin is 'unās, which was lightened and the 'alif and lām were not made an exchange for the removed hamza, because if that were the case, it would not have gathered with what it was exchanged for in the poet's saying: 'Indeed, fates emerge... upon the secure mankind.'

والنوس: تذبذب الشيء.

And an-naws: the swaying of a thing.

ناس الشيء ينوس نوسا ونوسانا: تحرك وتذبذب متدليا.

A thing swayed, yānūsu nawsan and nawasānan: it moved and oscillated while dangling.

وقيل لبعض ملوك حمير: ذو نواس لضفيرتين كانتا تنوسان على عاتقيه.

And it was said to some of the kings of Himyar: Dhu Nuwās, because of two sidelocks that used to sway on his shoulders.

وناس الشيء ينوس نوسا: تدلى واضطرب وأناسه هو.

And a thing swayed, yānūsu nawsan: it dangled and was agitated, and 'anāsuhu is he.

وأناسه من حلي أذني ؛ أرادت أنه حلى أذنيها قرطة وشنوفا تنوس بأذنيها.

And 'anāsuhu from the adornments of her ears; she meant that it was adornments for her ears, a hoop and pendants that dangled from her ears.

ويقال للغصن الدقيق إذا هبت به الريح فهزته: فهو ينوس وينوع، وقد تنوس وتنوع وكثر نوسانه.

And it is said of a slender branch when the wind blows and shakes it: it sways and moves, and it may sway and move, and its swaying is abundant.

مر عليه رجل وعليه إزار يجره فقطع ما فوق الكعبين فكأني أنظر إلى الخيوط نائسة على كعبيه أي متدلية متحركة؛

A man passed by him wearing a garment that dragged, so he cut off what was above the ankles, and it was as if I were looking at threads dangling and moving on his ankles;

ومن حديث العباس: وضفيرتاه تنوسان على رأسه.

And from the hadith of Al-Abbas: and his two sidelocks were swaying on his head.

دخلت على حفصة ونوساتها تنطف أي ذوائبها تقطر ماء، فسمى الذوائب نوسات لأنها تتحرك كثيرا،

I entered upon Hafsa and her nawsāt were dripping, meaning her locks of hair were dripping water, so he called the locks of hair nawsāt because they move a lot,

ونست الإبل أنوسها نوسا: سقتها.

And the camels were watered, 'anūsuhā nawsan: he gave them water.

ورجل نواس، بالتشديد، إذا اضطرب واسترخى، وناس لعابه سال فاضطرب.

And a man is nawwās, with shadda, if he is agitated and relaxed, and his saliva flowed and was agitated.

والنواس: ما تعلق من السقف.

And an-nawwās: what hangs from the ceiling.

ونواس العنكبوت: نسجه لاضطرابه.

And an-nawwās of the spider: its web, due to its oscillating nature.

والنواسي: ضرب من العنب أبيض مدور الحب متشلشل العناقيد طويلها مضطربها، قال: ولا أدري إلى أي شيء نسب إلا أن يكون مما نسب إلى نفسه كدوار ودواري، وإن لم يسمع النواس هاهنا،

And an-nawāsī: a type of grape, white, round-berried, with drooping clusters, long and swaying; he said: And I do not know to what it is attributed except to something attributed to itself, like duwār and duwārī, even if an-nawās is not heard here,

ونوس بالمكان: أقام.

And he dwelled in a place: he stayed.

والناووس: مقابر النصارى، إن كان عربيا فهو فاعول منه.

And an-nāwūs: the cemeteries of the Christians, if it is Arabic, it is fā'ūl from it.

والناس: اسم قيس بن عيلان، واسمه الناس بن مضر بن نزار، وأخوه إلياس بن مضر، بالياء.

And an-nās: the name of Qays ibn 'Aylan, and his name is an-Nās ibn Muḍar ibn Nizār, and his brother is Ilyās ibn Muḍar, with a yā'.