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النوس

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of swaying, oscillating, or moving back and forth. It extends to meanings of staying in a place, specific types of dates, and also includes proper names and collective nouns.

Derived headwords

النوسnoun
  1. 1.
    swaying, oscillationboth

    The act of swaying or oscillating, moving back and forth.

النوسانnoun
  1. 1.
    swaying, oscillationboth

    The act of swaying or oscillating, moving back and forth.

ذو نواسname
  1. 1.
    Dhu Nuwasclassical

    A title for Zar'ah ibn Hassan, a dignitary from Yemen, named after a lock of hair that used to sway on his back.

أبو نواسname
  1. 1.
    Abu Nuwasclassical

    The poet Al-Hasan ibn Hani.

النواسيnoun
  1. 1.
    white grapesclassical

    A type of white grape, good for making raisins, found in the region of Al-Sarah.

نَوَسadjective
  1. 1.
    loose, slackclassical

    Describing something that is loose, slack, or hanging limply.

ابن سمعانname
  1. 1.
    Ibn Sim'anclassical

    A companion of the Prophet (Sahabi).

الناسnoun
  1. 1.
    peopleboth

    Collective noun for humans, derived from 'ins', and can also refer to people from the Jinn. Its origin is 'anās', a plural of 'aziz', to which the definite article 'al-' was added.

قيس عيلانname
  1. 1.
    Qays 'Aylanclassical

    A name referring to the tribe of Qays 'Aylan.

ما يتعلق من السقفnoun
  1. 1.
    hanging from the ceilingclassical

    Refers to something that hangs down from the ceiling.

ناس الإبلnoun
  1. 1.
    driving camelsclassical

    The act of driving or herding camels.

أناسهverb
  1. 1.
    to moveclassical

    To move something, to cause it to stir or shift.

نوسverb
  1. 1.
    to stay, remainclassical

    To stay or remain in a place.

تنويساnoun
  1. 1.
    staying, remainingclassical

    The act of staying or remaining in a place.

المنوسnoun
  1. 1.
    dates with dark tipsclassical

    A type of date where the tip has turned black.

Parallel reading

النوس والنوسان: التذبذب.
Al-Naws and Al-Nawsan: swaying.
وذو نواس، بالضم: زرعة بن حسان، من أذواء اليمن، لذؤابة كانت تنوس على ظهره.
And Dhu Nuwas, with damma: Zar'ah ibn Hassan, from the dignitaries of Yemen, because of a lock of hair that used to sway on his back.
وأبو نواس: الحسن بن هانئ الشاعر م.
And Abu Nuwas: Al-Hasan ibn Hani the poet.
والنواسي: عنب أبيض، جيد الزبيب، بالسراة.
And Al-Nawasi: white grapes, good for raisins, in Al-Sarah.
وككتان: المضطرب المسترخي، وابن سمعان الصحابي، والناس يكون من الإنس ومن الجن، جمع إنس، أصله أناس، جمع عزيز، أدخل عليه أل، واسم قيس عيلان، وما يتعلق من السقف.
And like kuttan: the loose, slack one, and Ibn Sim'an the companion, and Al-Nas which can be from humans and from the Jinn, a plural of 'ins', its origin is 'anās', a plural of 'aziz', to which 'al-' was added, and the name of Qays 'Aylan, and what hangs from the ceiling.
ms0766 وناس الإبل: ساقها.
ms0766 And 'Naws al-ibil': driving them.
وأناسه: حركه.
And 'anāsahu': moving it.
ونوس بالمكان تنويسا: أقام.
And 'nawasa' in a place 'tanwisan': he stayed.
والمنوس من التمر: ما اسود طرفه.
And Al-Manus from dates: that whose tip turned black.