نغش

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes movement, often characterized as slight, weak, or agitated. It can refer to the physical stirring of an object, the bustling of a place with inhabitants, or a subtle internal movement. It also extends to the concept of being short or stunted in stature and the intermingling of things.

Derived headwords

نَغَشَverb

1.
to move slightlyboth
To move or stir in place, especially after a period of stillness or unconsciousness.
2.
to be shortclassical
To be short in stature.

النَّغْشnoun

1.
slight movementboth
The act of moving or stirring in place; a slight agitation.
2.
shortnessclassical
The state or quality of being short in stature.

اِنْتَغَشَverb

1.
to stir slightlyboth
To move or stir weakly or slightly, often in place.
2.
to bustleboth
To be full of movement or activity, like a place filled with people or a head with lice.
3.
to intermingleclassical
For things to enter into each other or become mixed together.

اِنْتِغَاشnoun

1.
slight movementboth
The act of stirring or moving slightly in place.

نَغَشَانnoun

1.
slight movementboth
The act of moving or stirring in place.

تَنَغَّشَverb

1.
to move slightlyboth
To move or stir weakly or slightly, often in place.
2.
to be agitatedboth
To be in a state of slight, agitated movement.

تَنَغُّشnoun

1.
interminglingclassical
The act of things entering into each other or becoming mixed together.

نَغَّاشadjective

1.
shortclassical
Short in stature; stunted.
2.
weakly movingclassical
Characterized by weak or slight movement.

نَغَّاشِيّadjective

1.
very shortclassical
Extremely short in stature; the shortest possible.
2.
weakly movingclassical
Characterized by weak or slight movement.
3.
deficient in formclassical
Having an incomplete or imperfect physical form.

النَّغَّاشُونnoun

1.
short peopleclassical
People who are short in stature.

Parallel reading

تحرك الشيء في مكانه.

The movement of a thing in its place.

دار تنتغش صبيانا

A house bustling with children.

رأس تنتغش صئبانا

A head teeming with lice.

إذا سمعت وطء الركاب تنغشت ... حشاشتها، في غير لحم ولا دم

When it heard the trampling of the mounts, its inner being stirred, not in flesh nor blood.

فتنغش كما تتنغش الطير

So he stirred as birds stir.

وانتغشت الدار بأهلها والرأس بالقمل

And the house teemed with its people, and the head with lice.

تنغش: ماج.

To move turbulently: to surge.

التنغش: دخول الشيء بعضه في بعض كتداخل الدبى ونحوه.

Intermingling: the entry of one thing into another, like the overlapping of locusts and the like.

سقي فلان فتنغش تنغشا.

So-and-so was watered, and he stirred with a stirring.

ونغش إذا تحرك بعد أن كان غشي عليه

And he stirred when he moved after he had fainted.

وانتغش الدود.

And the worms stirred.

النغاشيون هم القصار.

The short ones are the short people.

أنه رأى نغاشيا فسجد شكرا لله تعالى.

That he saw a short man and prostrated in gratitude to God Almighty.

مر برجل نغاش فخر ساجدا ثم قال: أسأل الله العافية

He passed by a short man and fell prostrate, then said: I ask God for well-being.

مر برجل نغاشي

He passed by a very short man.

النغاش والنغاشي: القصير أقصر ما يكون، الضعيف الحركة الناقص الخلق.

The short one and the very short one: the shortest possible, weak in movement, deficient in form.

ونغش الماء إذا ركبه البعير في غدير ونحوه

And the water stirred when the camel rode it in a pond or the like.