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الناقوس

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the Christian bell and its associated actions, but also extends to concepts of defect, mockery, disease, ink, and naming. It encompasses the object itself, the act of striking it, and various metaphorical or literal meanings of imperfection and identification.

Derived headwords

النَّاقُوسnoun
  1. 1.
    Christian bellboth

    The bell used by Christians to announce prayer times. It is described as a large, long wooden board and another short one.

نَقَسَverb
  1. 1.
    to strike the bellclassical

    To strike the bell, specifically using the 'wabeel' (a wooden piece).

الْوَبِيلnoun
  1. 1.
    striking piececlassical

    A piece, described as short, used to strike the larger wooden board of the Christian bell.

نَقْسnoun
  1. 1.
    defectclassical

    A flaw or blemish.

  2. 2.
    mockeryclassical

    Derision or ridicule.

  3. 3.
    scabiesclassical

    A skin disease, specifically scabies.

لَقَسnoun
  1. 1.
    scabiesclassical

    A skin disease, synonymous with scabies.

جَرَبnoun
  1. 1.
    scabiesclassical

    A skin disease, also referring to scabies.

نَقْسnoun
  1. 1.
    inkclassical

    Ink, used for writing. Its plural form is 'anqas' and 'anqas'.

أَنْقَاسnoun
  1. 1.
    inksclassical

    Plural of 'naqs', referring to ink.

أَنْقُسnoun
  1. 1.
    inksclassical

    Plural of 'naqs', referring to ink.

نَقَّسَverb
  1. 1.
    to put ink inclassical

    To put ink into something, such as an inkwell.

تَنْقِيسnoun
  1. 1.
    inkingclassical

    The act of putting ink into something.

نَقَّسَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to nicknameclassical

    To give someone a nickname.

النَّقَّاسَةnoun
  1. 1.
    nicknameclassical

    A nickname.

النَّاقِسadjective
  1. 1.
    sourclassical

    Sour or acidic in taste.

الأَنْقَسnoun
  1. 1.
    son of a slave womanclassical

    A person who is the son of a slave woman (concubine).

Parallel reading

الناقوس: الذي يضربه النصارى لأوقات صلاتهم، خشبة كبيرة طويلة، وأخرى قصيرة، واسمها: الوبيل، وقد نقس بالوبيل الناقوس.
The Naqous: that which the Christians strike for their prayer times, a large long wooden board, and another short one, and its name is Al-Wabeel, and he struck the Naqous with Al-Wabeel.
والنقس: العيب، والسخرية، واللقس، والجرب، وبالكسر: المداد ج: أنقاس وأنقس.
And Al-Naqs: the defect, and mockery, and Al-Laqs, and Al-Jarab, and with Kasr: the ink, plural: Anqas and Anqus.
ونقس دواته تنقيسا: جعله فيها.
And he inked his inkwell with ink (Tanqeesan): he put it in it.
ونقسه: لقبه، والاسم: النقاسة.
And he nicknamed him: his nickname, and the name is: Al-Naqasah.
والناقس: الحامض.
And Al-Naqis: the sour.
والأنقس: ابن الأمة.
And Al-Anqas: the son of the slave woman.