نعشه

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of lifting, raising, and reviving. It extends to concepts of supporting someone after hardship, remembering someone positively, and the act of a bier or a structure used for carrying the deceased. It also relates to celestial bodies and the act of recovering from a fall.

Derived headwords

نَعَشَهُverb

1.
to lift upboth
God lifted him up; meaning, He raised him in status or condition.
2.
to supportboth
To support someone after poverty or hardship, restoring them.
3.
to mention positivelyboth
To remember the deceased with a good reputation or praise.
4.
to raiseboth
To raise one's gaze or sight.

أَنْعَشَهُverb

1.
to reviveboth
God revived him; meaning, He raised him.

نَعْشnoun

1.
survivalclassical
The state of remaining alive or continuing to exist.
2.
bierclassical
A structure resembling a bier, used for carrying a king when ill.
3.
coffinboth
The bier or coffin of the deceased.
4.
trapclassical
A wooden pole with a rag at its head, used for trapping small birds (ri'āl).

بَنَات نَعْشname

1.
Ursa Majorboth
The constellation Ursa Major, consisting of seven stars: four forming the 'bier' and three its 'daughters'. Also refers to Ursa Minor.

اِنْتَعَشَverb

1.
to recoverboth
The one who stumbled recovered; meaning, he rose from his stumble or error.

تَنْعِيشverb

1.
to say 'May God revive you'classical
To say to someone: 'May God revive you' (anʿashaka Allāh).

Parallel reading

نَعَشَهُ اللهُ، كَمَنَعَهُ: رَفَعَهُ

God lifted him up, as He prevented him: meaning, He raised him.

و فُلاناً: جَبَرَهُ بَعْدَ فَقْرٍ

And [He] supported someone: He restored him after poverty.

و المَيِّتَ: ذَكَرَهُ ذِكْراً حَسَناً

And the deceased: He mentioned him with a good remembrance.

و طَرَفَهُ: رَفَعَهُ

And his gaze: He raised it.

والنَّعْشُ: البَقاءُ

And the na'sh: Survival.

وشِبْهُ مَحَفَّةٍ كانَ يُحْمَلُ عَلَيْها المَلِكُ إذا مَرِضَ

And a sort of bier on which the king was carried when he was ill.

وسَرِيرُ المَيِّتِ

And the bier of the deceased.

وَخَشَبَةٌ في رَأْسِها خِرْقَةٌ يُصادُ بِها الرِّئالُ

And a wooden pole with a rag at its head, used for trapping small birds.

وبَناتُ نَعْشٍ الكُبْرى: سَبْعَةُ كَواكِبَ: أرْبَعَةٌ مِنْها نَعْشٌ، وثَلاثٌ بَناتٌ

And the Greater Ursa Major: Seven stars: four of them are the 'bier', and three are 'daughters'.

وكَذا الصُّغْرى، تَنْصَرِفُ، نَكِرَةً لا مَعْرِفَةً، الواحِدُ: ابْنُ نَعْشٍ

And likewise the Lesser [Ursa Major], it is used indefinitely, not definitely; the singular is 'ibn na'sh'.

ولِهذا جاءَ في الشِّعْرِ: بَنو نَعْشٍ

And for this reason it came in poetry: 'Banu Na'sh'.

وانْتَعَشَ العاثِرُ: انْتَهَضَ مِنْ عَثْرَتِهِ

And the one who stumbled recovered: He rose from his stumble.

ونَعَشَهُ تَنْعيشاً: قالَ لَهُ: أنْعَشَكَ اللهُ

And he said to him, ta'nīshan: He said to him: 'May God revive you'.