نصع

Root entry · 18 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of purity, clarity, and intensity, especially in colors. It extends to meanings of being clear, evident, pure, and unmixed, applying to colors, substances, and even abstract concepts like truth and intentions. It can also denote the display or revelation of something, particularly hostility or one's true nature.

Derived headwords

النَّاصِعُadjective

1.
pure, clear (color)both
Describing colors that are pure, clear, and bright, especially white. It signifies the peak of a color's intensity and clarity.
2.
pure, unmixedboth
Used metaphorically for anything that is pure, unadulterated, or unmixed, such as pure gold or pure intentions.
3.
evident, clearboth
Referring to something that is evident, manifest, or clearly understood, like a clear piece of news or a clear right.

البَدَنُ في ذاكَ البياضِ النَّاصِعِ — The body in that pure white.

أصفَرُ ناصِعٌ — A pure yellow.

النَّصِيعُadjective

1.
pure, clear (color)both
Similar to الناصع, referring to colors that are pure and clear, particularly white.
2.
pure waterclassical
Describing water that is clear and pure, not turbid.

راقَهُ منها بياضٌ ناصِعٌ — A pure white pleased him from her.

نَصَعَ لَوْنُهُverb

1.
color intensifiedboth
Said of a color, especially white, when it becomes intense, pure, and bright.

حتى نَصَعَ — until its color became pure and intense.

نَصَاعَةٌnoun

1.
purity, clarity (of color)both
The state or quality of being pure, clear, and intense, especially in reference to colors.

حتى نَصَعَ لَوْنُهُ نَصَاعَةً — until its color became pure and intense.

نُصُوعٌnoun

1.
purity, clarity (of color)both
The state of being pure, clear, and bright, particularly used for colors.
2.
clarity, evidenceboth
The state of being clear, evident, or manifest.

حتى نَصَعَ لَوْنُهُ نُصُوعًا — until its color became pure and bright.

نَصَعَverb

1.
to be pure, clearboth
To be pure, clear, and unmixed, often used for colors or substances.
2.
to be evident, clearboth
To be clear, manifest, or obvious, applied to matters or situations.

والأمرُ: وَضَحَ وبَانَ — And the matter: it became clear and evident.

نَصَعَverb

1.
to show hostility, fightclassical
To openly display one's enmity, make it clear, and intend to fight.

نَصَعَ الرَّجُلُ: أَظْهَرَ عَدَاوَتَهُ وَبَيَّنَهَا وَقَصَدَ القِتَالَ — The man showed his enmity, made it clear, and intended to fight.

أَنْصَعَverb

1.
to reveal one's true feelingsclassical
To reveal what is in one's heart or mind, not necessarily limited to enmity but showing one's true disposition.
2.
to prepare for battleclassical
To become ready or inclined towards fighting or conflict.

وَأَنْصَعَ أَظْهَرَ مَا فِي نَفْسِهِ — And 'anṣaʿa means to reveal what is in one's self.

النَّاصِعُ مِنَ الجَيْشِadjective

1.
pure, unmixed (group)classical
Referring to the pure, unmixed element of an army or group, without any foreign admixture.

وَالنَّاصِعُ مِنَ الجَيْشِ وَالقَوْمِ: الخَالِصُونَ الَّذِينَ لَا يَخْلِطُهُمْ غَيْرُهُمْ — And the pure element of the army and people: those who are unmixed and not mingled with others.

النَّصْعُnoun

1.
white leatherclassical
A type of white leather.
2.
white garmentclassical
A type of garment that is intensely white.

وَالنَّصْعُ وَالنَّصْعُ وَالنَّصْعُ: جِلْدٌ أَبْيَضُ — And an-naṣʿu, an-naṣʿu, an-naṣʿu: white leather.

النَّصْعُnoun

1.
white garmentclassical
A type of garment characterized by intense whiteness.

مُجْتَابَ نَصْعٍ يَمَانٍ فَوْقَ نَقْبَتِهِ — Wearing a white Yemeni garment over his cloak.

أَنْصَعَ لِلشَّرِّverb

1.
to prepare for evilclassical
To actively prepare for or move towards evil or a bad situation.

وَأَنْصَعَ الرَّجُلُ لِلشَّرِّ إِنْصَاعًا: تَصَدَّى لَهُ — And the man prepared himself for evil, he confronted it.

النَّصِيعُnoun

1.
seaclassical
The sea.

أَدْلَيْتُ دَلْوِي فِي النَّصِيعِ الزَّاخِرِ — I lowered my bucket into the surging sea.

نَصَعَverb

1.
to drink until satisfiedclassical
To drink until one's thirst is quenched and one is satisfied.

وَشَرِبَ حَتَّى نَصَعَ وَحَتَّى نَقَعَ — And he drank until he was satisfied and until he was quenched.

المَنَاصِعُnoun

1.
places for excretionclassical
Places designated for urination or defecation, or for other bodily needs; open areas outside the home.

كَانَ مُتَبَرَّزُ النِّسَاءِ فِي المَدِينَةِ قَبْلَ أَنْ تُسَوَّى الكَنَفُ فِي الدُّورِ المَنَاصِعَ — The women's latrines in the city before the construction of private facilities in homes were the open areas.

نَصَعَتِ النَّاقَةُverb

1.
camel aborted fetusclassical
Said of a female camel when she aborts her fetus.

وَنَصَعَتِ النَّاقَةُ إِذَا مَضَغَتِ الجَرَّةَ — And the she-camel 'naṣaʿat' if she chews the fetus.

أَنْصَعَتِ النَّاقَةُverb

1.
camel accepted stallionclassical
Said of a female camel when she becomes receptive to the male for mating.

أَنْصَعَتِ النَّاقَةُ لِلْفَحْلِ إِنْصَاعًا قَرَّتْ لَهُ عِنْدَ الضِّرَابِ — The she-camel became receptive to the stallion, consenting to him during mating.

نَصَعْتُ بِهِverb

1.
to give birth toclassical
To give birth to offspring, used similarly to 'maṣaʿt bihi'.

قَبَّحَ اللهُ أَمَا نَصَعْتَ بِهِ — May God curse you, did you not give birth to it?

Parallel reading

البَالِغُ مِنَ الأَلْوَانِ الخَالِصُ مِنْهَا الصَّافِي أَيُّ لَوْنٍ كَانَ، وَأَكْثَرُ مَا يُقَالُ فِي البَيَاضِ

The peak of colors, the pure and clear among them, whatever the color, and it is most often said of white.

إِنَّ ذَوَاتِ الأَزْرِ وَالبَرَاقِعِ، ... وَالبَدَنُ فِي ذَاكَ البَيَاضِ النَّاصِعِ، لَيْسَ اعْتِذَارٌ عِنْدَهَا بِنَافِعٍ

Indeed, those with adornments and veils, ... and the body in that pure white, excuses are of no avail to them.

رَاقَهُ مِنْهَا بَيَاضٌ نَاصِعٌ ... يُونِقُ العَيْنَ، وَشَعْرٌ مُسْبَكِرٌ

A pure white pleased him from her... captivating the eye, and the hair was sleek.

وَقَدْ نَصَعَ لَوْنُهُ نَصَاعَةً وَنُصُوعًا: اشْتَدَّ بَيَاضُهُ وَخَلَصَ

And its color became intense and pure with purity and brightness: its whiteness intensified and became pure.

صَقَلَتْهُ بِقَضِيبٍ نَاعِمٍ ... مِنْ أَرَاكٍ طَيِّبٍ، حَتَّى نَصَعَ

I polished it with a soft twig... of pleasant arak, until its color became pure.

وَأَصْفَرُ نَاصِعٌ وَيَقِقٌ، وَأَصْفَرُ نَاصِعٌ: بَالَغُوا بِهِ كَمَا قَالُوا أَسْوَدُ حَالِكٌ

And a pure white, and a clear white, and a pure yellow: they exaggerated it as they said 'pitch black'.

وَالنَّاصِعُ فِي كُلِّ لَوْنٍ خَلَصَ وَوَضُحَ

And 'an-nāṣiʿ' in every color means pure and clear.

بَدَلْنَ بُؤْسًا بَعْدَ طُولِ تَنَعُّمٍ، ... وَمِنَ الثِّيَابِ يُرِينَ فِي الأَلْوَانِ، مِنْ صُفْرَةٍ تَعْلُو البَيَاضَ وَحُمْرَةٍ ... نَصَاعَةً، كَشَقَائِقِ النُّعْمَانِ

They exchanged hardship after long comfort, ... and from the garments they show in colors, from a yellowness that overtakes white and a redness... with purity, like anemones.

كُلُّ ثَوْبٍ خَالِصُ البَيَاضِ أَوْ الصُّفْرَةِ أَوْ الحُمْرَةِ فَهُوَ نَاصِعٌ

Every garment that is purely white, yellow, or red is 'nāṣiʿ'.

مِنْ بَيْنِ أَصْفَرَ نَاصِعٍ وَدُفَّانٍ

From among pure yellow and pale red.

وَالْأَمْرُ: وَضَحَ وَبَانَ

And the matter: it became clear and evident.

شَاهِدُهُ قَوْلُ لَقِيطٍ الإِيَادِي: إِنِّي أَرَى الرَّأْيَ، إِنْ لَمْ أُعْصَ، قَدْ نَصَعَا

Its witness is the saying of Laqīṭ al-Īyādī: I see the opinion, if I am not disobeyed, has become clear.

وَالنَّاصِعُ: الخَالِصُ مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ

And 'an-nāṣiʿ': the pure of everything.

وَشَيْءٌ نَاصِعٌ: خَالِصٌ

And a thing 'nāṣiʿ': pure.

المَدِينَةُ كَالْكِيرِ تَنْفِي خَبَثَهَا وَتَنْصَعُ طِيبَهَا أَيْ تُخَلِّصُهُ

The city is like a bellows, it expels its impurities and purifies its good, meaning it makes it pure.

وَحَقٌّ نَاصِعٌ: وَاضِحٌ، كِلَاهُمَا عَلَى المَثَلِ

And a pure right: evident, both are proverbial.

أَقَرَّ بِهِ، وَاسْتَعْمَلَ جَابِرُ بْنُ قَبِيصَةَ النَّصَاعَةَ فِي الظَّرْفِ، وَأَرَاهُ إِنَّمَا يَعْنِي بِهِ خُلُوصَ الظَّرْفِ

He admitted to it, and Jābir ibn Qabīṣah used 'an-naṣāʿah' for elegance, and it seems to me he meant by it the purity of elegance.

وَقَدْ يَجُوزُ أَنْ يَعْنِيَ بِهِ اللَّوْنَ كَأَنْ تَقُولَ: مَا رَأَيْتُ رَجُلًا أَظْهَرَ ظَرْفًا، لِأَنَّ اللَّوْنَ وَاسِطَةٌ فِي ظُهُورِ الأَشْيَاءِ

And it may be permissible to mean color by it, as if you say: I have not seen a man display more elegance, because color is a medium in the appearance of things.

وَقَالُوا: نَاصِعُ الخَبَرِ أَخَاكَ وَكُنْ مِنْهُ عَلَى حَذَرٍ، وَهُوَ مِنَ الأَمْرِ النَّاصِعِ أَيْ البَيِّنِ أَوْ الخَالِصِ

And they said: A clear report from your brother, and be wary of him, and it is from a clear matter, meaning evident or pure.

وَأَنْصَعَ

And he revealed what was in his heart.

حَتَّى اقْشِعَرَّ جِلْدُهُ وَأَنْصَعَا

Until his skin shivered and he revealed his intentions.

وَأَنْصَعَ أَظْهَرَ مَا فِي نَفْسِهِ

And 'anṣaʿa' means to reveal what is in one's self.

وَالنَّاصِعُ مِنَ الجَيْشِ وَالقَوْمِ: الخَالِصُونَ الَّذِينَ لَا يَخْلِطُهُمْ غَيْرُهُمْ؛ عَنِ ابْنِ الأَعْرَابِيِّ؛ وَأَنْشَدَ

And the pure element of the army and people: those who are unmixed and not mingled with others; from Ibn al-Aʿrābī; and he recited.

أَتَوْنِي نَاصِعِينَ إِلَى الصِّيَاحِ

They came to me, pure and unmixed, towards the call.

وَقِيلَ: إِنَّ قَوْلَهُ فِي هَذَا البَيْتِ أَتَوْنِي نَاصِعِينَ أَيْ قَاصِدِينَ، وَهُوَ مُشْتَقٌّ مِنَ الحَقِّ النَّاصِعِ أَيْضًا

And it was said: His saying in this verse 'they came to me pure' means 'intending', and it is also derived from the pure truth.

وَالنَّصْعُ وَالنَّصْعُ وَالنَّصْعُ: جِلْدٌ أَبْيَضُ

And an-naṣʿu, an-naṣʿu, an-naṣʿu: white leather.

وَالنَّصْعُ وَالنَّطْعُ لِوَاحِدِ الأَنْطَاعِ، وَهُوَ مَا يُتَّخَذُ مِنَ الأَدَمِ؛ وَأَنْشَدَ لِحَاجِزِ بْنِ الجُعَيْدِ الأَزْدِيِّ

And an-naṣʿu and an-naṭʿu are for one of the hides, which is made from leather; and he recited for Ḥājiz ibn al-Juʿayd al-Azdi.

كَأَنَّ سُرَاتَهَا نَصْعٌ دَهِينٌ

As if their finest parts were glistening white leather.

وَالنَّصْعُ: ضَرْبٌ مِنْ الثِّيَابِ شَدِيدُ البَيَاضِ

And an-naṣʿu: a type of garment of intense whiteness.

مُجْتَابَ نَصْعٍ يَمَانٍ فَوْقَ نَقْبَتِهِ، ... وَبِالأَكَارِعِ مِنْ دِيبَاجِهِ قِطَعًا

Wearing a white Yemeni garment over his cloak, ... and with pieces of its brocade on his ankles.

تَخَالُ نَصْعًا فَوْقَهَا مُقَطَّعًا، يُخَالِطُ التَّقْلِيصَ إِذْ تَدَرَّعَا

You would think it was white cloth cut out upon it, mingling with the stretching as it donned it.

وَأَنْصَعَ الرَّجُلُ لِلشَّرِّ إِنْصَاعًا: تَصَدَّى لَهُ

And the man prepared himself for evil, he confronted it.

وَالنَّصِيعُ: البَحْرُ

And an-naṣīʿu: the sea.

أَدْلَيْتُ دَلْوِي فِي النَّصِيعِ الزَّاخِرِ

I lowered my bucket into the surging sea.

وَأَرَادَ بِالنَّصِيعِ مَاْءَ بِئْرٍ نَاصِعٍ المَاءِ لَيْسَ بِكَدِرٍ لِأَنَّ مَاْءَ البَحْرِ لَا يُدْلَى فِيهِ الدَّلْوُ

And he intended by 'an-naṣīʿ' the water of a well with pure water, not turbid, because one does not lower a bucket into the sea.

يُقَالُ: مَاءٌ نَاصِعٌ وَمَاصِعٌ وَنَصِيعٌ إِذَا كَانَ صَافِيًا

It is said: water is 'nāṣiʿ', 'māṣiʿ', and 'naṣīʿ' if it is clear.

وَشَرِبَ حَتَّى نَصَعَ وَحَتَّى نَقَعَ، وَذَلِكَ إِذَا شَفَى غَلِيلَهُ

And he drank until he was satisfied and until he was quenched, and that is when he quenched his thirst.

وَالمَنَاصِعُ: المَوَاضِعُ الَّتِي يُتَخَلَّى فِيهَا لِبَوْلٍ أَوْ غَائِطٍ أَوْ لِحَاجَةٍ، الوَاحِدُ مِنْصَعٌ، لِأَنَّهُ يَبْرُزُ إِلَيْهَا وَيَظْهَرُ

And al-manāṣiʿu: the places where one relieves oneself for urination or defecation or for a need, the singular is 'manṣaʿ', because one goes out to it and appears.

كَانَ مُتَبَرَّزُ النِّسَاءِ فِي المَدِينَةِ قَبْلَ أَنْ تُسَوَّى الكَنَفُ فِي الدُّورِ المَنَاصِعَ

The women's latrines in the city before the construction of private facilities in homes were the open areas.

وَإِنَّ المَنَاصِعَ صَعِيدٌ أَفْيَحُ خَارِجَ المَدِينَةِ

And indeed, al-manāṣiʿu is an open expanse outside the city.

وَنَصَعَتِ النَّاقَةُ إِذَا مَضَغَتِ الجَرَّةَ

And the she-camel 'naṣaʿat' if she chews the fetus.

أَنْصَعَتِ النَّاقَةُ لِلْفَحْلِ إِنْصَاعًا قَرَّتْ لَهُ عِنْدَ الضِّرَابِ

The she-camel became receptive to the stallion, consenting to him during mating.

قَبَّحَ اللهُ أَمَا نَصَعْتَ بِهِ أَيْ وَلَدْتَهُ، مِثْلَ مَصَعْتَ بِهِ

May God curse you, did you not give birth to it? Meaning you gave birth to it, like 'maṣaʿt bihi'.