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نسق

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

The root 'nasq' (نسق) primarily concerns the concept of arrangement, order, and alignment. It describes things being in a single, consistent pattern or system, whether in physical objects, speech, or abstract concepts. This includes notions of organization, coordination, and sequential connection.

Derived headwords

نَسَقnoun
  1. 1.
    Order, arrangementboth

    That which is on a single, consistent method or system; general in things.

  2. 2.
    Alignment, regularityboth

    Describes teeth that are even and well-arranged in their setting.

  3. 3.
    Coordination, connectionboth

    The act of connecting or linking one thing to another.

  4. 4.
    Pattern, styleboth

    A way or manner of speaking or acting that follows a consistent system.

  5. 5.
    Constellationclassical

    A group of stars aligned behind the Pleiades, known as al-Furūd.

نَسَقَverb
  1. 1.
    To arrange, organizeboth

    To arrange or organize something according to a consistent system or order.

  2. 2.
    To alignboth

    To place things in a straight line or in a regular pattern.

  3. 3.
    To coordinateboth

    To link or connect things together in a systematic way.

تَنْسِيقnoun
  1. 1.
    Organization, coordinationmodern

    The act of organizing, arranging, or coordinating things.

نَسَّقَverb
  1. 1.
    To arrange systematicallyboth

    To arrange or organize something in a systematic and orderly manner; to coordinate.

انْتَسَقَverb
  1. 1.
    To be arranged, to alignboth

    To be arranged in order, to align oneself or be aligned with others.

تَنَاسَقَverb
  1. 1.
    To be in harmony, to alignboth

    To be in harmony, to align with each other, to be arranged in a consistent manner.

مُنَسَّقadjective
  1. 1.
    Arranged, coordinatedmodern

    Something that is arranged, organized, or coordinated.

ناسَقَverb
  1. 1.
    To follow, to pursue consecutivelyclassical

    To follow one thing after another, to pursue them consecutively or in succession.

أَنْسَقَverb
  1. 1.
    To speak in rhyming proseclassical

    When a man speaks in rhyming prose (saj').

نَسَقِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    Systematic, orderedmodern

    Relating to or characterized by order, system, or arrangement.

Parallel reading

النسق من كل شيء: ما كان على طريقة نظام واحد، عام في الأشياء
The nasq of everything: what is on a single system or method, general in things.
نسقته تنسيقا
I arranged it systematically.
نسق الشيء ينسقه نسقا ونسقه نظمه على السواء
He arranged the thing, arranging it systematically; he organized it with equality.
انتسق هو وتناسق
It became arranged and it became harmonious.
انتسقت هذه الأشياء بعضها إلى بعض أي تنسقت
These things became arranged with each other, meaning they became coordinated.
والنحويون يسمون حروف العطف حروف النسق لأن الشيء إذا عطفت عليه شيئا بعده جرى مجرى واحدا
And the grammarians call the conjunctions 'letters of nasq' because when you conjoin something after a thing, it follows the same course.
ناسقوا بين الحج والعمرة
Follow up between Hajj and Umrah.
معنى ناسقوا تابعوا وواتروا
The meaning of 'nasiqu' is to follow up and to do consecutively.
يقال: ناسق بين الأمرين أي تابع بينهما
It is said: 'He followed up between two matters,' meaning he pursued them consecutively.
وثغر نسق إذا كانت الأسنان مستوية
And a mouth is nasq if the teeth are even.
ونسق الأسنان: انتظامها في النبتة وحسن تركيبها
And the nasq of teeth: their regularity in their setting and their good composition.
وثغر نسق وخرز نسق أي منتظم
And a mouth is nasq and beads are nasq, meaning ordered.
والتنسيق: التنظيم
And al-tansīq: organization.
والنسق: ما جاء من الكلام على نظام واحد
And al-nasq: what comes of speech in a single system.
خذ على هذا النسق أي على هذا الطوار
Take according to this pattern, meaning according to this straight line.
والكلام إذا كان مسجعا، قيل: له نسق حسن
And speech, if it is rhyming prose, it is said: it has a good nasq.
أنسق الرجل إذا تكلم سجعا
A man spoke in rhyming prose if he spoke in saj'.
والنسق: كواكب مصطفة خلف الثريا، يقال لها الفرود
And al-nasq: stars aligned behind the Pleiades, called al-Furūd.
رأيت نسقا من الرجال والمتاع أي بعضها إلى جنب بعض
I saw a nasq of men and goods, meaning some next to others.
مستوسقات عصبا ونسقا
Lined up, clustered, and arranged.
والنسق، بالتسكين: مصدر نسقت الكلام إذا عطفت بعضه على بعض
And al-nasq, with sukūn: the masdar of nasq al-kalām when you conjoin some of it to others.
ويقال: نسقت بين الشيئين وناسقت
And it is said: 'I linked between two things' and 'I linked them consecutively'.