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النسم

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of breath, spirit, and gentle wind. It extends to related ideas like the act of breathing, the essence of life, and the subtle movement of air. Derived meanings also touch upon the physical body, signs, paths, and the beginning or revival of things.

Derived headwords

النَّسَمnoun
  1. 1.
    breath of spiritboth

    The breath of the spirit or soul, referring to the vital essence of life.

  2. 2.
    gentle windboth

    A weak or gentle wind, similar to a breeze.

النَّسَمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    human beingboth

    A human being, a person, regardless of gender.

  2. 2.
    servantclassical

    A male or female servant or slave.

  3. 3.
    asthmaclassical

    A condition of difficulty in breathing, such as asthma.

نَسَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to breatheboth

    To exhale or inhale, to draw breath.

  2. 2.
    to blow gentlyboth

    Said of the wind when it blows gently.

  3. 3.
    to sproutclassical

    Said of the land when it begins to sprout or show signs of life.

  4. 4.
    to strikeclassical

    Said of a camel when it strikes with its hoof.

  5. 5.
    to changeclassical

    Said of a thing when it changes or alters.

نَسَمَاnoun
  1. 1.
    breathboth

    The act of breathing or the sound of breath.

  2. 2.
    gentle windboth

    A gentle breeze or light wind.

نَسِيمnoun
  1. 1.
    breezemodern

    A gentle, pleasant wind.

  2. 2.
    spiritclassical

    The spirit or soul.

  3. 3.
    fragranceclassical

    A pleasant smell or aroma.

نَسِيمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    gentle breezeboth

    A light and pleasant wind.

نَسَمَانnoun
  1. 1.
    breathingboth

    The act or process of breathing.

تَنَسَّمَverb
  1. 1.
    to breatheboth

    To inhale or exhale, to take in breath.

  2. 2.
    to sniffboth

    To inhale the scent of something, to smell it.

  3. 3.
    to perfumeclassical

    To fill a place with a pleasant fragrance.

  4. 4.
    to seek knowledge subtlyclassical

    To gently or subtly seek knowledge.

المَنْسِمnoun
  1. 1.
    camel's hoofboth

    The hoof of a camel.

  2. 2.
    signboth

    A mark, sign, or indication.

  3. 3.
    pathboth

    A way, route, or path.

  4. 4.
    methodclassical

    A manner, way, or method.

  5. 5.
    aspectclassical

    A direction or aspect.

المُنَسِّمnoun
  1. 1.
    reviver of soulsclassical

    One who brings souls back to life or revives them.

النِّيسمnoun
  1. 1.
    worn pathclassical

    An old, well-trodden path or track.

  2. 2.
    wind of milk and fatclassical

    A wind associated with milk and fat, possibly referring to a specific scent or condition.

  3. 3.
    fast-flying birdclassical

    A type of bird that flies swiftly, often described as having a greenish hue.

الأَنَاسِمnoun
  1. 1.
    peopleboth

    Mankind, people in general.

نَسَّمَverb
  1. 1.
    to beginclassical

    To start or initiate something.

  2. 2.
    to reviveclassical

    To bring back to life, to revive.

  3. 3.
    to set freeclassical

    To emancipate or set a slave free.

النَّاسِمadjective
  1. 1.
    dying patientclassical

    A sick person who is on the verge of death.

Parallel reading

النَّسَمُ، مُحَرَّكَةً: نَفْسُ الرُّوحِ
An-nasm (with haraka): the breath of the spirit.
كَالنَّسَمَةِ، مُحَرَّكَةً، وَنَفْسُ الرِّيحِ إِذَا كَانَ ضَعِيفًا
Like an-nasama (with haraka), and the breath of the wind when it is weak.
كَالنَّسِيمِ وَالنِّيسمِ
Like an-nasim and an-naysam.
ج: أَنْسَامٌ
Plural: ansam.
نَسَمَ يَنْسِمُ نَسْمًا وَنَسِيمًا وَنَسَمَانًا: هَبَّ
Nasama yansimu nasman wa nasiman wa nasamanan: it blew gently.
وَالْأَرْضُ نَسَامَةً: نَزَتْ
And the land nasama: it sprouted.
وَالْبَعِيرُ بِخُفِّهِ يَنْسِمُ: ضَرَبَ
And the camel with its hoof yansimu: it struck.
وَالشَّيْءُ: تَغَيَّرَ، كَنَسِمَ، بِالْكَسْرِ
And the thing: it changed, like nasima (with kasra).
وَتَنَسَّمَ: تَنَفَّسَ
And tanassama: it breathed.
وَالنَّسِيمُ: تَشَمُّمُهُ
And an-nasim: smelling it.
وَالْمَكَانَ بِالطِّيبِ: أَرَجَ
And the place with perfume: it became fragrant.
وَالْعِلْمَ: تَلَطَّفَ فِي الْتِمَاسِهِ
And knowledge: to be gentle in seeking it.
وَالنَّسَمَةُ، مُحَرَّكَةً: الْإِنْسَانُ
And an-nasama (with haraka): the human being.
ج: نَسَمٌ وَنَسَمَاتٌ
Plural: nasam and nasamat.
وَالْمَمْلُوكُ ذَكَرًا كَانَ أَوْ أُنْثَى، وَالرَّبْوُ
And the owned person, male or female, and asthma.
وَالْمَنْسِمُ، كَمَجْلِسٍ: خُفُّ الْبَعِيرِ
And al-mansim (like majlis): the camel's hoof.
وَالْعَلَامَةُ، وَالطَّرِيقُ، وَالْمَذْهَبُ، وَالْوَجْهُ
And the sign, and the path, and the method, and the aspect.
وَكَمُحَدِّثٍ: مُحْيِي النَّسَمَاتِ
And like muhaddith: reviver of souls.
وَالنَّسِيمُ: الرُّوحُ، وَالْعَرَقُ
And an-nasim: the spirit, and the fragrance.
وَالنِّيسمُ: الطَّرِيقُ الدَّارِسُ، كَالنَّسَمِ، مُحَرَّكَةً، وَهِيَ رِيحُ اللَّبَنِ وَالدَّسَمِ، وَطَيْرٌ سِرَاعٌ تَعْلُوهُنَّ خُضْرَةٌ
And an-naysam: the worn path, like an-nasm (with haraka), and it is the wind of milk and fat, and swift birds that have greenness upon them.
وَالْأَنَاسِمُ: النَّاسُ
And al-anasim: the people.
وَنَسَّمَ فِي الْأَمْرِ تَنْسِيمًا: ابْتَدَأَ
And nassama in the matter tansiman: he began.
وَالنَّسَمَةُ: أَحْيَاهَا، وَأَعْتَقَهَا
And an-nasama: he revived it, and he freed it.
وَالنَّاسِمُ: الْمَرِيضُ أَشْفَى عَلَى الْمَوْتِ
And an-nasim: the sick person who is near death.