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نستق

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to refer to servants or attendants, possibly with a foreign origin. The term is used to describe a group of servants, with no singular form explicitly mentioned.

Derived headwords

النَّسْتَقnoun
  1. 1.
    servantsclassical

    A collective noun referring to servants or attendants. There is no singular form mentioned for this term.

نَسْتَقnoun
  1. 1.
    servantsclassical

    A collective noun referring to servants or attendants. There is no singular form mentioned for this term.

النَّصَافَةnoun
  1. 1.
    servitudeclassical

    The state or condition of being a servant or attendant, possibly derived from the concept of 'Nastaq'.

Parallel reading

النستق: الخدم لا واحد لهم
Al-Nastaq: servants, for whom there is no singular form.
ينصفها [ينصفها] نستق تكاد تكرمهم
Servants attend to her, almost honoring them.
عن النصافة
from servitude.
كالغزلان في السلم
like gazelles in peace.
قيل النستق الخادم
It was said that Al-Nastaq is the servant.
كأنه بلسان الروم تكلمت به العرب
as if it were spoken by the Arabs in the Roman language.