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نسط

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root relates to the act of extracting or pulling something out, particularly in the context of childbirth or assisting in difficult births. It is presented as a variant of another root with a similar meaning.

Derived headwords

النَّسْطnoun
  1. 1.
    Extraction from wombclassical

    The act of inserting the hand into the womb to extract a child, especially when delivery is difficult. It is considered a linguistic variant of 'al-masṭ'.

المِسْطnoun
  1. 1.
    Extraction from wombclassical

    The act of inserting the hand into the womb to extract a child, especially when delivery is difficult.

النُّسَّطnoun
  1. 1.
    Those who extract foalsclassical

    Individuals who extract the foals of female camels when their birth is difficult. The 'n' in this word is considered a substitution for 'm', making it analogous to 'al-masṭ'.

Parallel reading

لغة في المسط وهو إدخال اليد في الرحم لاستخراج الولد
A linguistic variant of al-masṭ, which is inserting the hand into the womb to extract the child.
النَّسْط الذين يستخرجون أولاد النوق إذا تعسر ولادها
Al-nasṭ are those who extract the foals of female camels when their birth is difficult.
والنون فيه مبدلة من الميم وهو مثل المسط
And the 'n' in it is a substitution for the 'm', and it is like al-masṭ.