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نشص

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

This root primarily denotes the concept of rising, elevation, or upward movement. It extends to meanings of being high or prominent, and metaphorically to being estranged or moving away. It also encompasses related ideas like being startled or agitated.

Derived headwords

النَّشاصnoun
  1. 1.
    high cloudsclassical

    Refers to clouds that are elevated, or piled up one above another, not spread out.

  2. 2.
    rising cloudsclassical

    Clouds that originate from the direction of the eye (implying they are approaching or rising).

نَشَصَverb
  1. 1.
    to riseboth

    To become elevated or move upwards.

  2. 2.
    to be startledclassical

    To be agitated or disturbed.

  3. 3.
    to move awayclassical

    To become estranged or move away from a place or person.

نُشوصnoun
  1. 1.
    risingboth

    The act of rising or becoming elevated.

  2. 2.
    estrangementclassical

    The state of being estranged or moving away from one's husband.

  3. 3.
    movementclassical

    The movement and elevation of a tooth from its place.

  4. 4.
    great camel humpclassical

    A female camel with a large hump.

اِسْتَنْشَصَverb
  1. 1.
    to raise cloudsclassical

    The wind caused the clouds to rise and become elevated.

  2. 2.
    to bring outclassical

    To cause someone or something to come out of their home or burrow.

نَاشَصَparticiple
  1. 1.
    estranged womanclassical

    A woman who is estranged from her husband, refusing intimacy.

نَشَّاصِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    spirited horseclassical

    Describes a horse that is spirited, wild, or difficult to control.

المِنْشاصnoun
  1. 1.
    woman refusing husbandclassical

    A woman who denies her husband access to her, referring to her marital bed or dwelling.

يَتَنَشَّصُverb
  1. 1.
    to prepare to moveclassical

    To make preparations for moving or setting out, whether near or far.

يَتَنَشَّزُverb
  1. 1.
    to prepare to moveclassical

    To make preparations for moving or setting out, whether near or far.

نَشَصَتْ ثَنِيَّتُهُverb phrase
  1. 1.
    tooth movedclassical

    A tooth became loose and moved upwards from its position.

نَشَصَ عَنْ بَلَدِيverb phrase
  1. 1.
    became agitatedclassical

    To become agitated or disturbed from one's place or state.

أَنْشَصَ غَيْرِيverb phrase
  1. 1.
    to disturb othersclassical

    To cause someone else to become agitated or disturbed.

نَشَصَ الوَبَرُverb phrase
  1. 1.
    fur roseclassical

    The fur or hair became erect or stood up.

نَشَصَ الوَبَرُ والشَّعْرُ والصُّوفُverb phrase
  1. 1.
    hair detached and clungclassical

    Hair or wool detached and remained clinging to the skin, not yet fallen off.

أَنْشَصَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to bring outclassical

    To expel someone from their home or burrow.

النُّشوصnoun
  1. 1.
    large-humped camelclassical

    A female camel characterized by a large hump.

Parallel reading

السحاب المرتفع
The elevated clouds.
هو الذي يرتفع بعضه فوق بعض وليس بمنبسط
It is that which rises partly above another part and is not spread out.
هو الذي ينشأ من قبل العين
It is that which originates from the direction of the eye.
فلما رأونا بالنسار كأننا ... نشاص الثريا، هيجته جنوبها
And when they saw us at Al-Nusar, we were like ... the rising clouds of the Pleiades, stirred by the south wind.
أرقت لضوء برق في نشاص، ... تلألأ في مملأة غصاص
I stayed awake at the light of lightning in high clouds, ... flashing in a dense, dark expanse.
وقد نشص ينشص وينشص نشوصا: ارتفع
And he rose, he rises, and rising: he became elevated.
واستنشصت الريح السحاب: أطلعته وأنهضته ورفعته؛ عن أبي حنيفة
And the wind raised the clouds: it brought them up, made them rise, and elevated them; according to Abu Hanifa.
وكل ما ارتفع، فقد نشص
And everything that rose, has indeed risen.
ونشصت المرأة عن زوجها تنشص نشوصا ونشزت بمعنى واحد، وهي ناشص وناشز: نشزت عليه وفركته
And the woman became estranged from her husband, becoming estranged with estrangement, and she became estranged, meaning the same thing, and she is estranged and estranged: she became estranged towards him and rejected him.
تقمرها شيخ عشاء، فأصبحت ... قضاعية تأتي الكواهن ناشصا
An old man spent the evening with her, and she became ... a Quda'i woman coming to the sorceresses, estranged.
ونشاصي إذا تفرغه، ... لم يكد يلجم إلا ما قصر
And a spirited one when you empty it, ... it could hardly be restrained except by what was short.
المنشاص المرأة التي تمنع فراشها في فراشها
The woman who denies her husband access to her in her bed.
فلان يتنشص لكذا وكذا ويتنشز ويتشور ويتترمز ويتفوز ويتزمع كل هذا النهوض والتهيؤ، قريب أو بعيد
So-and-so prepares for this and that, and prepares, and gets ready, and intends, and aims, and resolves; all of this is rising and preparing, near or far.
ونشصت ثنيته: تحركت فارتفعت عن موضعها
And his tooth moved: it became loose and rose from its place.
ونشصت عن بلدي أي انزعجت
And I became agitated from my place, meaning I was disturbed.
نشصناهم عن منزلهم أزعجناهم
We disturbed them from their dwelling, we agitated them.
جاشت إلي النفس ونشصت ونشزت
The soul surged towards me, and I became agitated, and I became estranged.
ونشص الوبر: ارتفع
And the fur rose: it became elevated.
ونشص الوبر والشعر والصوف ينشص: نصل وبقي معلقا لازقا بالجلد لم يطر بعد
And the fur, hair, and wool rise, they detach and remain clinging to the skin, not yet fallen off.
أخف شخصك وأنشص بشظف ضبك
Make your person light and bring out the toughness of your lizard.
والنشوص: الناقة العظيمة السنام
And Al-Nushus: the female camel with a great hump.