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نشط

Root entry · 33 derived lemmas

The root نشط (nashṭa) primarily relates to liveliness, energy, and eagerness, often in the context of work or movement. It extends to meanings of fattening (for animals), quick or easy knots, and rapid movement or extraction. It also encompasses specific terms for a type of fish, a particular knot, and a historical figure.

Derived headwords

نَشِطَ، كَسَمِعَverb
  1. 1.
    to be eager for workboth

    To have a willing and cheerful disposition towards work or other activities.

  2. 2.
    to be well-fedboth

    Used for an animal, particularly a riding beast, meaning it has become fat and strong.

نَشَاطًاnoun
  1. 1.
    eagerness, livelinessboth

    The state of being eager, active, and energetic, especially for work.

  2. 2.
    fatnessclassical

    The condition of being fat and well-fed, applied to animals.

نَاشِطadjective
  1. 1.
    eager, activeboth

    Possessing eagerness and liveliness for work or action.

  2. 2.
    fat (animal)classical

    Describing an animal, especially a riding beast, that is fat and well-fed.

نَشِيطadjective
  1. 1.
    eager, activeboth

    Possessing eagerness and liveliness for work or action.

  2. 2.
    fat (animal)classical

    Describing an animal, especially a riding beast, that is fat and well-fed.

تَنَشَّطَverb
  1. 1.
    to become eagerboth

    To become eager or lively for work or other activities.

  2. 2.
    to become fatclassical

    Used for an animal, meaning it has become fat.

أَنْشَطَverb
  1. 1.
    to make eagerboth

    To make someone or something eager or lively.

  2. 2.
    to make fatclassical

    To cause an animal to become fat.

  3. 3.
    to loosenclassical

    To loosen or untie something.

تَنْشِيطًاnoun
  1. 1.
    making eagerboth

    The act of making someone or something eager or lively.

  2. 2.
    making fatclassical

    The act of causing an animal to become fat.

  3. 3.
    looseningclassical

    The act of loosening or untying.

مُنْشِطadjective
  1. 1.
    eagerclassical

    One who is made eager or lively.

  2. 2.
    fattenedclassical

    One who is made fat.

مُنَشِّطadjective
  1. 1.
    eagerclassical

    One who is made eager or lively.

  2. 2.
    fattenedclassical

    One who is made fat.

مُتَنَشِّطadjective
  1. 1.
    having a riding animalclassical

    A man who possesses a riding animal, dismounting when tired.

نَشَطَ مِنَ الْمَكَانِverb
  1. 1.
    to leave a placeboth

    To depart or exit from a location.

نَشَطَ الدَّلْوَverb
  1. 1.
    to draw a bucket without a pulleyclassical

    To pull up a bucket from a well without using a pulley system.

نَشَطَتِ الْحَيَّةُverb
  1. 1.
    to bite with fangsclassical

    Said of a snake, meaning it bit with its fangs.

نَشَطَ الْحَبْلَ، كَنَصَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to tie a knotboth

    To tie a rope or cord.

أَنْشَطَ الْحَبْلَverb
  1. 1.
    to untie a knotclassical

    To loosen or untie a knot in a rope or cord.

أَنْشَطَ عِقَالَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to extend its nooseclassical

    To extend the loop of a tether or snare.

أَنْشَطَ الشَّيْءَverb
  1. 1.
    to snatchclassical

    To snatch or seize something quickly.

  2. 2.
    to tie securelyclassical

    To tie something firmly or securely.

النَّاشِطnoun
  1. 1.
    wild bullclassical

    A wild bull that moves from one territory to another.

النَّاشِطَاتُnoun
  1. 1.
    stars moving between constellationsclassical

    Referring to stars that move from one constellation to another.

  2. 2.
    angels extracting soulsclassical

    Angels who gently extract the souls of believers.

  3. 3.
    believing souls at deathclassical

    Believing souls that become lively upon death.

النَّشِيطَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    spoils taken by leaderclassical

    Plunder or spoils of war taken by a leader before distribution to the main group.

  2. 2.
    camels taken without intentclassical

    Camels that are captured or taken incidentally, not by direct pursuit.

نَشِيطٌ (سمك)noun
  1. 1.
    a type of fishclassical

    A type of fish that burrows in salty water.

أُنْشُوطَةnoun
  1. 1.
    easy-to-untie knotboth

    A knot that is easy to loosen or untie, like a shoelace knot.

طَرِيقٌ نَاشِطadjective
  1. 1.
    branching roadclassical

    A road that branches off from a main road to the right or left.

نَوَاشِطnoun
  1. 1.
    branching streamsclassical

    Streams or channels that branch off from a main watercourse.

بِئْرٌ أَنْشَاطnoun
  1. 1.
    shallow wellclassical

    A well that is close to the surface, from which a bucket can be drawn with a single pull.

انْتَشَطَ السَّمَكَةَverb
  1. 1.
    to skin a fishclassical

    To remove the skin from a fish.

انْتَشَطَ الْمَالَverb
  1. 1.
    to snatch wealthclassical

    To snatch or seize wealth, often implying greed or haste.

انْتَشَطَ الْحَبْلَverb
  1. 1.
    to stretch a rope to untieclassical

    To stretch a rope until its knot loosens and comes undone.

تَنَشَّطَ الْمَفَازَةَverb
  1. 1.
    to cross a desertclassical

    To traverse or cross a barren or desolate land.

تَنَشَّطَتِ النَّاقَةُverb
  1. 1.
    to speed up its paceclassical

    Said of a she-camel, meaning it increased its speed.

اسْتَنْشَطَ الْجِلْدَverb
  1. 1.
    to shrink and gatherclassical

    Said of skin, meaning it contracted and gathered together.

اسْتَنْشَطَ (تابعي)name
  1. 1.
    a Tabi'iclassical

    A follower of the Prophet Muhammad's companions; specifically, a man who built a house for Ziyad in Basra and fled to Marw.

النَّشْطnoun
  1. 1.
    rope untiersclassical

    Those who untie ropes at the time of their undoing, in order to re-braid them.

Parallel reading

طابت نفسه للعمل وغيره، كتنشط
His soul became willing for work and other things, like becoming eager.
والدابة: سمنت
And the riding beast: it became fat.
ورجل متنشط: له دابة يركبها، وإذا سئم، نزل عنها
And a man who is mutanashshiṭ: he has a riding beast he rides, and when he tires, he dismounts from it.
ونشط من المكان ينشط: خرج
And he departed from the place (yanshaṭu): he exited.
و الدلو: نزعها بلا بكرة
And the bucket: he drew it up without a pulley.
و الحية تنشط وتنشط: عضت بنابها، كأنشطت
And the snake (tanshuṭu and tanshuṭu): it bit with its fang, like (anashṭat).
و الحبل، كنصر: عقده، كنشطه
And the rope, like naṣara: he tied it, like nashṭahu.
وأنشطه: حله
And he loosened it (anshaṭahu): he untied it.
والناشط: الثور الوحشي يخرج من أرض إلى أرض
And al-nāshiṭ: the wild bull that moves from one land to another.
{والناشطات نشطا} ، أي: النجوم تنشط من برج إلى آخر
{And the swiftly moving ones, a swift movement}, meaning: the stars move swiftly from one constellation to another.
أو الملائكة تنشط نفس المؤمن بقبضها، أي: تحلها حلا رفيقا
Or the angels swiftly extract the soul of the believer by seizing it, meaning: they loosen it with a gentle loosening.
أو النفوس المؤمنة تنشط عند الموت نشاطا
Or the believing souls become lively at death with liveliness.
والنشيطة في الغنيمة: ما أصاب الرئيس قبل أن يصير إلى بيضة القوم
And al-nashīṭah in spoils: what the leader obtained before it became part of the main spoils of the people.
ومن الإبل: التي تؤخذ فتساق من غير أن يعمد لها، وقد أنشطوه
And from the camels: those that are taken and driven away without being specifically targeted, and they have taken them incidentally.
وكصبور: سمك يمقر في ماء وملح
And like ṣabūr: a fish that burrows in salt water.
والأنشوطة، كأنبوبة: عقدة يسهل انحلالها كعقد التكة
And al-unshūṭah, like unbūbah: a knot whose loosening is easy, like the knot of a drawstring.
وطريق ناشط: ينشط من الطريق الأعظم يمنة ويسرة
And a nāshiṭ road: it branches off from the main road to the right and left.
وكذلك النواشط من المسايل
And likewise the nāshiṭ streams from the watercourses.
وبئر أنشاط، ويكسر: قريبة يخرج منها الدلو بجذبة
And an anshāṭ well, and it is pronounced with kasr: it is close, from which the bucket is drawn with a single pull.
وكصبور: عكسها
And like ṣabūr: its opposite.
وانتشط السمكة: قشرها
And he skinned the fish (intashaṭa): he removed its skin.
و المال الرعي: انتزعه بالأسنان
And the wealth of the flock: he snatched it away with his teeth.
و الحبل: مده حتى ينحل
And the rope: he stretched it until it came undone.
وتنشط المفازة: جازها
And he crossed the desert (tanashshaṭa): he traversed it.
والناقة في سيرها: شدت
And the she-camel in its pace: it sped up.
واستنشط الجلد: انزوى، واجتمع
And the skin contracted (istanshaṭa): it shrank and gathered.
وكأمير: تابعي، ورجل بنى لزياد دارا بالبصرة، فهرب إلى مرو قبل إتمامها
And like amīr: a Tabi'i, a man who built a house for Ziyad in Basra, and fled to Marw before completing it.
وكلما قيل له: تمم، قال: حتى يرجع نشيط من مرو، فلم يرجع، فصار مثلا
And whenever he was told: complete it, he said: until Nashit returns from Marw. So he did not return, and it became a proverb.
والنشط، بضمتين: ناقضو الحبال في وقت نكثها لتضفر ثانية
And al-nashṭ, with two dammahs: those who untie ropes at the time of their undoing, so that they may be braided again.