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نوع

Root entry · 17 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns classification, kinds, and types, distinguishing finer categories within broader groups. It also extends to meanings of swaying, trembling, and eagerness, as well as thirst and hunger, often in a figurative or emphatic sense.

Derived headwords

النَّوْعnoun
  1. 1.
    kind, type, sortboth

    A specific category or classification, considered more specific than a genus. It refers to a division or variety of something.

  2. 2.
    group, collectionclassical

    A gathering or assembly of things, encompassing various kinds or sorts.

  3. 3.
    hungerclassical

    A state of being hungry, sometimes used emphatically or in conjunction with other terms.

  4. 4.
    thirstclassical

    A state of being thirsty, often used figuratively or as an emphatic addition to hunger.

أَنْوَاعnoun
  1. 1.
    kinds, types, sortsboth

    The plural of 'naw', referring to multiple categories, varieties, or classifications of things.

تَنَوَّعَverb
  1. 1.
    to sway, to moveboth

    To move back and forth or to and fro, often used for branches or objects in motion.

  2. 2.
    to vary, to diversifymodern

    To exhibit variety or diversity; to change in form or character.

تَنَوُّعًاnoun
  1. 1.
    swaying, movementclassical

    The act of swaying or moving back and forth, often caused by wind.

تَنَوُّعnoun
  1. 1.
    wavering, fluctuationclassical

    The act of wavering, oscillating, or fluctuating; a state of instability.

نَاعَverb
  1. 1.
    to sway, to inclineclassical

    A branch swaying or inclining, often due to its lightness or movement.

  2. 2.
    to be eager, to inclineclassical

    To be eager for something or to incline towards it.

يَنُوعُverb
  1. 1.
    to sway, to inclineclassical

    Present tense of 'naa', describing a branch swaying or inclining.

  2. 2.
    to be eager, to inclineclassical

    Present tense of 'naa', describing eagerness or inclination.

نَائِعadjective
  1. 1.
    eager, thirstyclassical

    An active participle, describing someone who is eager or thirsty, often used emphatically.

نَوَّعَverb
  1. 1.
    to cause to sway, to moveclassical

    To cause something to move back and forth or to sway, often used when wind moves an object.

  2. 2.
    to diversify, to varymodern

    To make something diverse or varied; to introduce variety.

تَنْوِيعًاnoun
  1. 1.
    causing to sway, movementclassical

    The act of causing something to sway or move, often by wind.

  2. 2.
    diversificationmodern

    The act or process of diversifying.

اسْتَنَاعَverb
  1. 1.
    to move, to swayclassical

    To move or sway, often used for branches or objects in motion.

  2. 2.
    to persist, to continueclassical

    To continue or persist in an action or state.

  3. 3.
    to advance, to progressclassical

    To move forward or progress in one's journey or endeavor.

اسْتِنَاعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    advancement in travelclassical

    The act of advancing or making progress in a journey.

نَائِعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    ripe fruitclassical

    A piece of soft, ripe fruit.

مِنْوَاعnoun
  1. 1.
    uncertainty, ambiguityclassical

    A state of uncertainty or ambiguity regarding a matter.

نِيَاعnoun
  1. 1.
    thirstclassical

    The plural of 'naw' when referring to thirst, often used in the context of weapons or eagerness for battle.

نُوَيْعَةname
  1. 1.
    Nuway'ah (a valley)classical

    A proper name for a specific valley.

نَائِعname
  1. 1.
    Na'i' (a mountain)classical

    A proper name for a mountain.

Parallel reading

النوع أخص من الجنس، وهو أيضا الضرب من الشيء
The kind is more specific than the genus, and it is also the type of a thing.
والجمع أنواع، قل أو كثر.
And the plural is 'anwaa', whether few or many.
وهو كل ضرب من الشيء وكل صنف من الثياب والثمار وغير ذلك حتى الكلام؛ وقد تنوع الشيء أنواعا.
And it is every type of thing and every sort of clothing and fruits and other things, even speech; and a thing has become varied in types.
ناع الغصن ينوع: تمايل.
The branch swayed, it sways: it moved gracefully.
ناع الشيء نوعا: ترجح.
A thing swayed with a sway: it became balanced.
والنوع، بالضم: الجوع، وصرف سيبويه منه فعلا فقال: ناع ينوع نوعا، فهو نائع.
And 'an-naw', with dammah: hunger, and Sibawayh conjugated a verb from it, saying: 'naa' yanuu'u naw'an, fa huwa naa'i'un.
يقال: رماه الله بالجوع والنوع،
It is said: May God strike him with hunger and 'naw'.
وقيل: النوع العطش وهو أشبه لقولهم في الدعاء على الإنسان: جوعا ونوعا،
And it was said: 'An-naw' is thirst, and this is more akin to their saying when cursing a person: 'hunger and 'naw'.
يقال: قوم جياع نياع؛
It is said: hungry, thirsty people.
يعني الرماح العطاش إلى الدماء،
Meaning spears thirsty for blood,
قال: أراد نائع أي عطشان إلى دم صاحبه فقلب؛
He said: He meant 'naa'i'' meaning thirsty for his companion's blood, and it was inverted;
قال: ولقد نعيتك، يوم حرم صوائق، بمعابل زرق وأبيض مخذم
He said: And indeed I avenged you, on the day of the fierce ones, with blue spears and sharp white ones
إذا اشتد نوعي بالفلاة ذكرتها، فقام مقام الري عندي ادكارها
When my thirst intensified in the desert, I remembered it, and its remembrance sufficed me as if I had drunk.
فقالت: ضرس جائع يقذف في معى نائع
She said: The gnawing of a hungry person thrown into the gut of a thirsty one.
وقد نوعته الرياح تنويعا إذا ضربته وحركته؛
And the winds have caused it to sway with a swaying when they strike and move it;
والخائع الجون آت عن شمائلهم، ونائع النعف عن أيمانهم يفع
And Al-Kha'i' the dark, coming from their north, and Na'i' of the hill from their right.
بنويعتين فشاطئ التسرير
By Nuway'atayn and the shore of At-Tasreer
ولا يستنع به فنده
And his folly does not persist with him
إذا ما احتثت الإبل استناعا
When the camels hastened, they advanced.