النس

Root entry · 24 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of movement, speed, and intensity, often associated with markets, wind, and intense conditions like hunger or thirst. It also encompasses notions of origin, essence, and a peculiar type of creature.

Derived headwords

النَّسُّnoun

1.
base originsclassical
Refers to base or bad origins and foundations.

النَّسْنَاسnoun

1.
creature typeclassical
A type of creature, sometimes described as hopping on one leg, or a specific group of beings with unusual physical characteristics.

النَّسْنَاسnoun

1.
female beingsclassical
Possibly refers to the female counterparts of the النسناس, or beings of higher status.

النَّسْنَاسnoun

1.
Yajooj and Majoojclassical
Another interpretation identifies them as Gog and Magog.

النَّسْنَاسnoun

1.
human-like creaturesclassical
Creatures resembling humans but differing in certain aspects.

نَسَّسَverb

1.
to make a baby relieve itselfclassical
To encourage a baby to urinate or defecate by saying 'iss iss'.
2.
to walk an animalclassical
To make an animal walk or move.

نَسْنَسَverb

1.
to weakenclassical
To become weak or feeble.
2.
to blow coollyclassical
Used for the wind, meaning to blow with a cool, gentle breeze.

تَنَسَّسَverb

1.
to sense or perceiveclassical
To sense or perceive something good from someone.

النَّسُوسnoun

1.
drynessclassical
Dryness, parchedness.

النَّاسَّةnoun

1.
Meccaclassical
A name for Mecca, possibly due to its scarcity of water or its ability to expel wrongdoers.

النَّسَاسَةnoun

1.
Meccaclassical
Another name for Mecca, with similar etymological reasoning as الناسَّة.

النَّسِيسnoun

1.
severe hungerclassical
Intense hunger.
2.
human limitclassical
The utmost limit of human effort or endurance.
3.
essenceclassical
The fundamental nature, disposition, or character.
4.
life forceclassical
The remaining spirit or life force.
5.
veins near brainclassical
Two veins in the flesh that supply the brain.

النَّسِيسَةnoun

1.
mediationclassical
Mediation or reconciliation between people.
2.
moisture on woodclassical
Moisture found at the head of a piece of wood when it is burning.
3.
temperamentclassical
Nature or temperament.

المِنَسَّةnoun

1.
staffclassical
A staff or stick.

نَسْناسnoun

1.
fast-moving camelclassical
A she-camel that has remaining strength for travel.

قُرُبٌ نَسْناسadjective

1.
fastclassical
Describing something that is fast or quick.

النَّسْناسnoun

1.
trace or effectclassical
One's journey, trace, or lasting effect.

نَسْناسَةnoun

1.
marketclassical
A market.
2.
driving awayclassical
Driving away or repelling.

نَسْناسverb

1.
to move quicklyclassical
Used for a bird, meaning to move quickly or fly swiftly.

نَسْناسverb

1.
to blowclassical
Used for the wind, meaning to blow with a cool breeze.

نَسْناسverb

1.
to be dryclassical
To be dry or parched.

نَسْناسverb

1.
to persistclassical
To persist or be steadfast in every matter.
2.
to go quicklyclassical
To go quickly or swiftly.

تَنْسَاسnoun

1.
arrival at waterclassical
Specifically, arriving at water.

نَاسَةnoun

1.
breadclassical
A type of bread.

Parallel reading

النس: السوق، والزجر، كالنسنسة، واليبس، كالنسوس، ينس وينس، وهي خبزة ناسة، ولزوم المضاء في كل أمر، أو سرعة الذهاب، وورود الماء خاصة، كالتنساس.

Al-Nass: The market, and driving away, like al-nasnasa, and dryness, like al-nusus, yans and yanas, and it is a nassa bread, and persistence in every matter, or quick going, and arriving at water specifically, like al-tansas.

والمنسة، بالكسر: العصا.

And al-minassa, with kasra: the staff.

والناسة والنساسة: مكة، سميت لقلة الماء بها إذ ذاك، أو لأن من بغى فيها ساقته، أي أخرج عنها.

And al-nassa and al-nasasa: Mecca, named for its scarcity of water at that time, or because whoever commits injustice in it, it expels him, meaning drives him out.

ونست الجمة: تشعثت.

And the mane of the hair became disheveled: it became scattered.

والنسيس: الجوع الشديد، وغاية جهد الإنسان، والخليقة، وبقية الروح، وعرقان في اللحم يسقيان المخ.

And al-nasis: severe hunger, and the limit of human effort, and disposition, and the remainder of the spirit, and two veins in the flesh that supply the brain.

والنسيسة: الإيكال بين الناس، والبلل يكون برأس العود إذا أوقد، والطبيعة.

And al-nasisa: mediation between people, and the moisture that is at the head of the wood when it is lit, and the nature.

وبلغ منه نسيسه ونسيسته، أي: كاد يموت.

And his nasis and his nasisa reached him, meaning: he was about to die.

والنسس، بضمتين: الأصول الردية.

And al-nusus, with two dammah: base origins.

والنسناس، ويكسر: جنس من الخلق، يثب أحدهم على رجل واحدة.

And al-nansanas, and it can be read with kasra: a genus of creation, one of them leaps on one leg.

وفي الحديث: "إن حيا من عاد عصوا رسولهم، فمسخهم الله نسناسا، لكل إنسان منهم يد ورجل من شق واحد، ينقزون كما ينقز الطائر، ويرعون كما ترعى البهائم".

And in the hadith: 'Indeed, a tribe from Ad disobeyed their messenger, so Allah transformed them into nansanas, each person among them having one hand and one leg from a single side, hopping like a bird hops, and grazing like cattle graze.'

وقيل: أولئك انقرضوا، والموجود على تلك الخلقة خلق على حدة، أو هم ثلاثة أجناس: ناس ونسناس ونسانس.

And it was said: Those have perished, and what exists in that form is a separate creation, or they are of three kinds: humans, nansanas, and nansanis.

أو النسانس: الإناث منهم، أو هم أرفع قدرا من النسناس، أو هم يأجوج ومأجوج، أو هم قوم من بني آدم، أو خلق على صورة الناس، وخالفوهم في أشياء، وليسوا منهم.

Or al-nansanis: the females among them, or they are of higher status than the nansanas, or they are Gog and Magog, or they are a people from the children of Adam, or creatures in the image of humans, who differed from them in some things, and are not of them.

وناقة ذات نسناس: سير باق.

And a she-camel with nansanas: remaining travel strength.

وقرب نسناس: سريع.

And fast nansanas: fast.

وقطع الله تعالى نسناسه: سيره وأثره.

And Allah the Almighty cut off his nansanas: his journey and his trace.

ونسس الصبي تنسيسا: قال له إس إس ليبول أو يتغوط، و البهيمة: مشاها.

And he made the boy say 'iss iss' for urination or defecation, and the animal: he made it walk.

ونسنس: ضعف، و الطائر: أسرع، و الريح: هبت هبوبا باردا.

And nassana: weakened, and the bird: moved faster, and the wind: blew a cool breeze.

وتنسس منه خيرا: تنسمه.

And he sensed good from him: he perceived it.