ناء

Root entry · 18 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concepts of exertion, burden, and difficulty in movement. It also extends to astronomical phenomena related to stars and their rising/setting, and the state of being uncooked.

Derived headwords

نَاءَverb

1.
strove, laboredboth
To rise or move with great effort and hardship.
2.
was burdenedboth
To be weighed down, especially by a load, causing difficulty in movement.
3.
stumbled and fellclassical
To become heavy and fall down, often due to a burden.

نَوْءًاnoun

1.
effort, hardshipclassical
The act of rising or moving with great effort and difficulty.

تِنْوَاءًnoun

1.
great effortclassical
A masdar indicating intense effort or hardship.

أَثْقَلَverb

1.
burdenedboth
To make something heavy, or to be weighed down by a burden.
2.
made heavyboth
To cause something to become heavy, or to weigh down.

أَمَالَverb

1.
tilted, inclinedboth
To cause something to lean or incline, often due to being heavy.

أَنَاءَةًnoun

1.
burdening, making heavyclassical
The act of making something heavy or burdensome.

نَوْءnoun

1.
star (setting)classical
A star that is setting or about to set, especially in the west.
2.
starfallclassical
The phenomenon of a star setting in the west at dawn, often accompanied by the rising of another star in the east.

أَنْوَاءnoun

1.
stars (setting)classical
Plural of نوء, referring to stars that are setting.

نَاءَverb

1.
was distantclassical
To be far away or remote.

يَنَاءُverb

1.
was uncookedclassical
Describing meat that has not been cooked or is raw.

نِيءٌadjective

1.
uncooked, rawclassical
Not cooked; raw, especially referring to meat.

نِيَاءَةٌnoun

1.
rawnessclassical
The state of being uncooked or raw.

اسْتَنَاءَverb

1.
sought his giftclassical
To seek or request someone's gift or bounty.

اسْتَنْأَىverb

1.
became distantclassical
To move away or become distant.

مُسْتَنَاءnoun

1.
one who is asked for giftsclassical
One who is sought after for gifts or bounty; a recipient of requests.

نَاوَأَهُverb

1.
rivaled himboth
To compete with someone, to vie with them, or to oppose them.
2.
opposed himboth
To act as an adversary to someone; to be hostile towards them.

مُنَاوَأَةnoun

1.
rivalry, oppositionboth
The act of competing, vying, or opposing someone.

نِوَاءnoun

1.
rivalry, oppositionclassical
A masdar denoting rivalry or opposition.

Parallel reading

نَاءَ نوءا وتنواء

He strove with effort and hardship, and with great effort.

و بالحمل: نهض مثقلا

And with a load: he rose, weighed down.

و به الحمل: أثقله، وأماله

And by it the load: it burdened him, and tilted him.

كأناءة

Like the act of burdening.

وفلان: أثقل فسقط، ضد

And so-and-so: became heavy and fell, the opposite.

والنوء: النجم مال للغروب

And the nau': the star inclined to setting.

ج: أنواء ونوآن

Plural: anwa' and naw'an.

أو سقوط النجم في المغرب مع الفجر، وطلوع آخر يقابله من ساعته في المشرق

Or the setting of a star in the west with the dawn, and the rising of another opposite it at the same time in the east.

وقد ناء واستناء واستنأى

And he strove, and sought his gift, and became distant.

وما بالبادية أنوأ منه، أي: أعلم بالأنواء

And the Bedouin are more knowledgeable about the nau' than him, meaning: more knowledgeable about the stars.

وهو كأحنك الشاتين

And he is like the most discerning of the two sheep.

وناء: بعد

And nau': to be distant.

واللحم يناء، فهو نيء بين النيوء والنيوأة: لم ينضج، يائية

And the meat is uncooked, so it is raw, between the raw state and rawness: it is not cooked, yā'ī.

واستناءه: طلب نوأه، أي: عطاءه

And istana'ahu: he sought his gift, meaning: his bounty.

والمستناء: المستعطى

And al-mustana': the one who is asked for gifts.

وناوأه مناوأة ونواء: فاخره، وعاداه

And nawā'ahu munāwa'atan wa niwā'an: he rivaled him, and opposed him.