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نشط

Root entry · 27 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns activity, energy, and eagerness, often in contrast to laziness. It extends to concepts of movement, extraction, and quick action, including the swiftness of animals, the pulling of a bucket, and the biting of a snake. It also encompasses the idea of loosening or untying.

Derived headwords

نَشَاطnoun
  1. 1.
    activity, energyboth

    The state of being active, energetic, and willing to work, often contrasted with laziness.

  2. 2.
    eagerness, enthusiasmboth

    A keen interest and desire to do something, feeling drawn to and preferring its action.

نَشِطَverb
  1. 1.
    to be active, energeticboth

    To be in a state of activity and good spirits for work.

  2. 2.
    to be eager, keenboth

    To be drawn to and enthusiastic about something.

  3. 3.
    to move quickly, travelclassical

    To proceed with speed, whether on a guided path or not.

  4. 4.
    to be freed, releasedclassical

    To be unbound or liberated, as if from a tether.

نَشِيطadjective
  1. 1.
    active, energeticboth

    Possessing energy and a good disposition for work.

  2. 2.
    eager, enthusiasticboth

    Showing keen interest and readiness for an activity.

أَنْشَطَverb
  1. 1.
    to make active, invigorateboth

    To cause someone or something to become active or energetic.

  2. 2.
    to untie, loosenboth

    To undo a knot, especially one that is easily loosened.

  3. 3.
    to pull up (a bucket)classical

    To draw a bucket up from a well.

  4. 4.
    to make fat, fattenclassical

    To cause an animal to become fat, especially through good pasture.

  5. 5.
    to bite, stingclassical

    To be bitten or stung by a snake or scorpion.

تَنَشَّطَverb
  1. 1.
    to exert oneself, be eagerboth

    To become active or eager for a task, showing readiness.

  2. 2.
    to travel quickly, cover groundclassical

    To traverse or cut through the land with speed.

  3. 3.
    to be tightened (a rope)classical

    Referring to a rope becoming taut or secured.

مُنْشَطnoun
  1. 1.
    eagerly sought thingclassical

    An object or activity that one is eager for and drawn towards.

مُنَشِّطadjective
  1. 1.
    active, energetic (person)classical

    A man who is active in managing his animals and household.

مُنْتَشِطadjective
  1. 1.
    having dismounted (from riding)classical

    A person who has dismounted from their riding animal, often due to fatigue.

انْتَشَطَverb
  1. 1.
    to be pulled up, liftedboth

    To be drawn upwards, as a bucket from a well or a person being lifted.

  2. 2.
    to snatch, seize quicklyclassical

    To grab or take something away rapidly, like plundering spoils.

  3. 3.
    to dismountclassical

    To get off a riding animal.

أُنْشُوطَةnoun
  1. 1.
    loop, easily undone knotboth

    A knot that can be easily loosened or untied, like a shoelace knot.

نَشَطَ (الدابة)verb
  1. 1.
    to fatten (animal)classical

    To make an animal fat, especially through abundant pasture.

نَشَطَ (من المكان)verb
  1. 1.
    to depart, move outclassical

    To leave a place or travel from one region to another.

نَاشِطnoun
  1. 1.
    wild bullclassical

    A wild bull that moves from one territory to another.

  2. 2.
    path, roadclassical

    A path or road that branches off from a main route.

نَشَطَ (الطريق)verb
  1. 1.
    to branch off, deviateclassical

    For a road or path to diverge from the main route.

نَشَطَ (الإبل)verb
  1. 1.
    to move swiftlyclassical

    For camels to travel at a fast pace, whether guided or not.

نَشَطَ (الدلو)verb
  1. 1.
    to pull up (a bucket)classical

    To draw a bucket up from a well with a quick pull.

بِئْر أَنْشَاطnoun
  1. 1.
    shallow wellclassical

    A well from which the bucket can be drawn up with little effort, possibly due to its shallowness.

بِئْر نَشُوطnoun
  1. 1.
    well requiring effort to draw fromclassical

    A well from which the bucket must be pulled with considerable effort.

نَشَطَ (في جنبه)verb
  1. 1.
    to stab, pierceclassical

    To stab someone in the side or body.

نَشَطَتْهُ الحَيَّةُverb
  1. 1.
    to be bitten (by snake)classical

    To be bitten or stung by a snake.

نَشِيطَةnoun
  1. 1.
    spoils taken en routeclassical

    Loot or spoils acquired by raiders on the way to their main objective, before reaching the enemy's stronghold.

  2. 2.
    camel taken without specific intentclassical

    A camel that is captured and driven away without having been specifically targeted.

نَشُوطnoun
  1. 1.
    type of fishclassical

    A kind of fish, distinct from 'shabbut'.

  2. 2.
    Iraqi dish (fish)classical

    A dish made from fish preserved in water and salt, originating from Iraq.

النَّاشِطَاتnoun
  1. 1.
    stars (moving)classical

    Refers to stars that rise and set, or move from one celestial house to another.

  2. 2.
    angels (extracting souls)classical

    Angels who swiftly extract the souls of the deceased.

نَشَّطَ (الإبل)verb
  1. 1.
    to release (camels to pasture)classical

    To allow camels, previously restricted, to go out and graze.

نَشَّطَ (الحبل)verb
  1. 1.
    to tie (with a loop)classical

    To tie something using a loop or an 'unshuta'.

نَشَّطَ (العقد)verb
  1. 1.
    to tie (a knot)classical

    To tie a knot, specifically with a loop.

نَشِيطname
  1. 1.
    name of a manclassical

    A man's name associated with a proverb about unfinished construction.

Parallel reading

النشاط: ضد الكسل يكون ذلك في الإنسان والدابة
Activity: the opposite of laziness, occurring in humans and animals.
نشط نشاطا ونشط إليه، فهو نشيط وطيب النفس للعمل
He was active, showing eagerness for it, and he is active and good-spirited for work.
بايعت رسول الله، صلى الله عليه وسلم، على المنشط والمكره
I pledged allegiance to the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, in times of eagerness and compulsion.
المنشط مفعل من النشاط وهو الأمر الذي تنشط له وتخف إليه وتؤثر فعله
Al-minshat is a noun of place/time from 'nashat', referring to the matter you are eager for, drawn to, and prefer to do.
ورجل نشيط ومنشط: نشط دوابه وأهله
And a man is 'nashit' and 'munshit': he is active with his animals and his family.
ورجل متنشط إذا كانت له دابة يركبها، فإذا سئم الركوب نزل عنها
And a man is 'mutanashshit' if he has a riding animal, and when he tires of riding, he dismounts.
ورجل منتشط من الانتشاط إذا نزل عن دابته من طول الركوب، ولا يقال ذلك للراجل
And a man is 'muntashit' from 'intishat' if he dismounts from his animal due to long riding, and this is not said of a pedestrian.
وأنشط القوم إذا كانت دوابهم نشيطة
And the people are 'anshat' if their animals are energetic.
وأنشطه الكلأ: أسمنه
And pasture made it fat: it fattened it.
ونشط من المكان ينشط: خرج، وكذلك إذا قطع من بلد إلى بلد
And he departed from a place, he departs: he exited, and likewise if he traversed from one country to another.
والناشط: الثور الوحشي الذي يخرج من بلد إلى بلد أو من أرض إلى أرض
And 'al-nashit': the wild bull that moves from one country to another or from one land to another.
ونشطت الإبل تنشط نشطا: مضت على هدى أو غير هدى
And the camels moved swiftly, they moved swiftly: they proceeded with guidance or without guidance.
ويقال للناقة: حسن ما نشطت السير يعني سدو يديها في سيرها
And it is said to the she-camel: 'How well you moved swiftly', meaning the gait of her legs in her journey.
وطريق ناشط ينشط من الطريق الأعظم يمنة ويسرة
And a 'nashit' road branches off from the main road to the right and left.
والأنشوطة: عقدة يسهل انحلالها مثل عقدة التكة
And 'al-unshuta': a knot that is easily undone, like the knot of a belt.
وقد نشط الأنشوطة ينشطها نشطا ونشطها: عقدها وشدها، وأنشطها حلها
And he tied the loop, he ties it with a knot, and he tied it: he tied and secured it, and he untied it, he loosened it.
وكأنما أنشط من عقال أي حل
As if he were released from a tether, meaning unbound.
ونشط الدلو من البئر ينشطها وينشطها نشطا: نزعها وجذبها من البئر صعدا بغير قامة
And he pulled the bucket from the well, he pulls it and pulls it with a pull: he drew it and pulled it up from the well without a full measure.
وبئر أنشاط وإنشاط: لا تخرج منها الدلو حتى تنشط كثيرا
And a well is 'anshat' and 'inshat': the bucket is not drawn from it until it is pulled considerably.
ورأيت كأن سببا من السماء دلي فانتشط النبي، صلى الله عليه وسلم، ثم أعيد فانتشط أبو بكر، رضي الله عنه، أي جذب إلى السماء ورفع إليها
And I saw as if a rope was lowered from the sky, and the Prophet, peace be upon him, was pulled up, then it was returned and Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, was pulled up, meaning drawn to the sky and raised to it.
ونشطه في جنبه ينشطه نشطا: طعنه
And he stabbed him in his side, he stabs him with a stab: he pierced him.
ونشطته الحية تنشطه وتنشطه نشطا وأنشطته: لدغته وعضته بأنيابها
And the snake bit him, it bites him and bites him with a bite and he bit it: it stung him and bit him with its fangs.
والنشيطة: ما يغنمه الغزاة في الطريق قبل البلوغ إلى موضع الذي قصدوه
And 'al-nashita': what the raiders plunder on the way before reaching their intended destination.
والنشوط: كلام عراقي وهو سمك يمقر في ماء وملح
And 'al-nashut': an Iraqi saying, which is fish preserved in water and salt.
والناشطات نشطا: هي النجوم تطلع ثم تغيب
And 'al-nashitat' with a 'nashat': they are the stars that rise then set.
وقال الفراء: هي الملائكة تنشط نفس المؤمن بقبضها
And Al-Farra' said: they are the angels who swiftly extract the soul of the believer upon seizing it.
ونشطت الإبل تنشيطا إذا كانت ممنوعة من المرعى فأرسلتها ترعى
And the camels were released for grazing with 'tanshitat' when they were prevented from pasture, so they were sent to graze.
والهموم تنشط بصاحبها
And worries agitate its owner.
ولا حتى يرجع نشيط من مرو
Not until Nashit returns from Merv.