نعص

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to movement, specifically shaking, swaying, or trembling. It also appears in place names and personal names, though its etymological authenticity is questioned by some classical lexicographers.

Derived headwords

نَعَصَverb

1.
to shake, to moveboth
To cause something to move or shake, resulting in its movement.

انْتَعَصَverb

1.
to move, to be shakenboth
To move or be shaken as a result of being acted upon.

النَّعْصnoun

1.
swaying, tremblingclassical
The act of swaying or trembling.
2.
shakingboth
The act of shaking or causing to move.

ناعِصَةname

1.
Na'isah (name)classical
A personal name, possibly derived from the root's meaning of swaying or movement.

ناعِصname

1.
Na'is (name)classical
A personal name, with the 'ayn' being unpointed (non-geminated).

النَّواعِصname

1.
Al-Nawa'is (place name)classical
A name for a place or a group of places.

نائِصَةnoun

1.
helper, supporterclassical
A term for a helper or supporter, mentioned alongside similar terms.

ناعِصَةnoun

1.
helper, supporterclassical
A term for a helper or supporter, mentioned alongside similar terms.

ناصرتيnoun

1.
my helper, my supporterclassical
A possessive form of 'helper' or 'supporter'.

نائصتيnoun

1.
my helper, my supporterclassical
A possessive form of 'helper' or 'supporter'.

ناعصتيnoun

1.
my helper, my supporterclassical
A possessive form of 'helper' or 'supporter'.

Parallel reading

نعص الشيء فانتعص: حركه فتحرك.

Something was shaken (نعص) and it moved (فانتعص): you moved it and it moved.

والنعص: التمايل، وبه سمي ناعصة.

And Al-Na's (the root meaning) is swaying, and by it Na'isah was named.

نعص ليست بعربية إلا ما جاء أسد بن ناعصة المشبب في شعره بخنساء، وكان صعب الشعر جدا، وقلما يروى شعره لصعوبته، وهو الذي قتل عبيدا بأمر النعمان.

Na's is not Arabic except for what came from Asad ibn Na'isah, who praised in his poetry Khansa', and his poetry was very difficult, and rarely narrated due to its difficulty. He is the one who killed 'Ubayd by order of Al-Nu'man.

فلان من نصرتي وناصرتي ونائصتي وناعصتي وهي ناصرته.

So-and-so is from my support, my supporter, my helper, and my shaker, and she is his supporter.

ناعص: اسم رجل، والعين غير معجمة.

Na'is: a man's name, and the 'ayn' is unpointed (not geminated).

والنواعص: اسم موضع، وقال ابن بري: النواعص مواضع معروفة؛

And Al-Nawa'is: a place name. Ibn Barrī said: Al-Nawa'is are known places.

فأحواض الرجا فالنواعصا

Then the water basins of Al-Raja and Al-Nawa'is.

ولم يصح لي من باب نعص شيء أعتمده من جهة من يرجع إلى علمه وروايته عن العرب.

And nothing from the باب (pattern/root) of na'as became sound to me that I could rely on from someone whose knowledge and narration from the Arabs I could refer to.