نسء

Root entry · 17 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of delaying, postponing, or deferring something. It extends to meanings of driving animals, the initial stage of fattening livestock, and the delay of a woman's menstrual cycle indicating pregnancy. It also encompasses the idea of making something last longer or increasing it.

Derived headwords

نَسَأَverb

1.
to drive (an animal)both
To urge on and drive a camel or other animal, often by shouting or prodding.
2.
to postponeboth
To delay or defer something, such as a debt or an event.
3.
to increase (thirst)classical
To add a day or more to the thirst of camels.
4.
to delay (menstruation)classical
For a woman's menstrual cycle to be delayed, suggesting potential pregnancy.
5.
to begin to fattenclassical
For livestock to begin to gain weight after shedding their winter coat.

نسأت البعير نسأ، إذا زجرته وسقته — I drove the camel, meaning I urged it on and made it go.

نسأت الشئ نسأ: أخرته — I postponed the thing, meaning I delayed it.

تَنْسِئَةverb

1.
to drive (an animal)classical
To urge on and drive a camel or other animal, similar to the basic verb form.

وكذلك نسأته تنسئة — And likewise, I drove it (the camel) with تنسئة.

تَنْسَأُverb

1.
to be delayed (menstruation)classical
Used in the passive voice, referring to a woman's menstruation being delayed, indicating pregnancy.

ونسئت المرأة تنسأ نسأ على ما لم يسم فاعله، إذا كان عند أول حبلها — And the woman is said to be تنسأ when her menstruation is delayed at the beginning of her pregnancy.

مِنْسَأةnoun

1.
staff, stickboth
A staff or stick, particularly one used for driving animals or as a walking aid.

بمنسأة قد جر حبلك أحبلا — with a staff that your rope has dragged along ropes.

مِنْسَاةnoun

1.
staff, stickboth
A staff or stick, used without the hamza.

إذا دببت على المنساة من هرم — If you crawl along with the staff due to old age.

أَنْسَأَverb

1.
to postponeboth
To cause something to be postponed or delayed, often used interchangeably with the basic verb form.
2.
to grant respiteclassical
To extend someone's lifespan or grant them a delay in their appointed time.

وكذلك أنسأته — And likewise, I postponed it.

أنسأه الله أجله ونسأه في أجله بمعنى — Allah extended his term and delayed his term, meaning the same.

اسْتَنْسَأَverb

1.
to ask for postponementclassical
To request a delay or postponement, particularly of a debt.

استنسأته الدين فأنسأنى — I asked him to postpone the debt, and he postponed it for me.

نِسْأَةnoun

1.
he delayed itboth
he delayed it
2.
he made him forget (a lot)both
he made him forget (a lot)

والنسأة بالضم: التأخير مثل: الكلأة — And نسأة (with damma) means delay, like كلأة.

نِسِيئَةnoun

1.
deferred paymentboth
A sale or transaction involving deferred payment; credit.

وبعته بنسيئة أي بأخرة — And I sold it to him on credit, meaning with a delay.

نِسَاءnoun

1.
delay, postponementclassical
A delay or postponement, often used in the context of lifespan or time.

وكذلك النساء في العمر ممدود — And likewise, delay in lifespan is extended.

نَسْءnoun

1.
delay, postponementclassical
The act of delaying or postponing.
2.
beginning of fatteningclassical
The initial stage of livestock gaining weight, when their new hair grows after shedding.
3.
diluted milkclassical
Milk mixed with water; the name for such a mixture.

فقد مار فيها نسؤها واقترارها — their نسء (beginning of fattening) and completion of fattening occurred in it.

سقوني النسء — They gave me to drink the نسء (diluted milk).

ناسِئadjective

1.
one who postponesclassical
A person who causes postponement or delay, particularly in the context of the intercalary month.

ورجل ناسئ وقوم نسأة — And a man is ناسئ and a people are نسأة.

نَسَأةnoun

1.
he delayed itboth
he delayed it
2.
he made him forget (a lot)both
he made him forget (a lot)

ورجل ناسئ وقوم نسأة — And a man is ناسئ and a people are نسأة.

مَنْسُوءadjective

1.
the passive participle of 'nasa'a'both
the passive participle of 'nasa'a'

فهو منسوء، إذا أخرته — so it is منسوء, if you have delayed it.

نَسِيءnoun

1.
intercalary monthclassical
A month that is added or substituted to realign the lunar calendar with the solar year, specifically referring to the pre-Islamic Arab practice.

إنما النسئ زيادة فى الكفر — The Nasi' is only an increase in disbelief.

انْتَسَأَverb

1.
to move away, recedeclassical
To move away from, to become distant, used for people or animals.

وانتسأت عنه: تأخرت وتباعدت — And انتسأ عنه means to be late and distant.

مُنْتَسَأnoun

1.
distance, spaceclassical
A place of distance or remoteness; a wide space or interval.

إن لي عنك لمنتسأ — Indeed, I have a منتسأ (distance/space) from you.

Parallel reading

نسأت البعير نسأ، إذا زجرته وسقته.

I drove the camel with نسأ, meaning I urged it on and made it go.

وما أم خشف بالعلا [ ... ] تنسئ في برد الظلال غزالها

And the mother of a young deer in Al-'Ulya, a gazelle, is driving her fawn in the cool shade.

والمنسأة: العصا، يهمز ولا يهمز

And the staff: it is العصا, pronounced with or without hamza.

أمن أجل حبل لا أباك ضربته بمنسأة قد جر حبلك أحبلا

Is it because of a rope, may your father be bereaved, that you struck it with a staff that your rope has dragged along ropes?

إذا دببت على المنساة من هرم فقد تباعد عنك اللهو والغزل

If you crawl along with the staff due to old age, then amusement and flirtation are far from you.

نسأت الشئ نسأ: أخرته، وكذلك أنسأته.

I postponed the thing, meaning I delayed it, and likewise I caused it to be postponed.

تقول: استنسأته الدين فأنسأنى.

You say: I asked him to postpone the debt, and he postponed it for me.

أنسأه الله أجله ونسأه في أجله بمعنى.

Allah extended his term and delayed his term, meaning the same.

والنسأة بالضم: التأخير مثل: الكلأة.

And نسأة (with damma) means delay, like كلأة.

وكذلك النسيئة على فعيلة.

And likewise, النسيئة is on the pattern of فعيلة.

وبعته بنسأة وبعته بكلأة أي بأخرة، وبعته بنسيئة أي بأخرة.

And I sold it to him with a delay, and I sold it to him with a postponement, meaning with a delay, and I sold it to him on credit, meaning with a delay.

أنسأته الدين، إذا جعلته له مؤخرا، كأنك جعلته له يؤخره.

I postponed the debt for him, meaning I made it for him to be delayed, as if you made it for him to delay it.

ونسأت عنه دينه، إذا أخرته نساء.

And I postponed his debt, meaning I delayed it with نساء.

وكذلك النساء في العمر ممدود.

And likewise, delay in lifespan is extended.

من سره النساء ولا نساء، فليخفف الرداء - بالمد - واليباكر الغداء، وليقل غشيان النساء.

Whoever desires longevity and no delay, let him lighten his cloak, eat breakfast early, and reduce intercourse with women.

ونسأت في ظمء الإبل نسأ، إذا زدت في ظمئها يوما أو يومين أو أكثر من ذلك.

And I increased the thirst of the camels with نسأ, meaning I added a day or two or more to their thirst.

ونسأتها أيضا عن الحوض، إذا أخرتها عنه

And I kept them away from the watering place, meaning I delayed them from it.

ونسئت المرأة تنسأ نسأ على ما لم يسم فاعله، إذا كان عند أول حبلها، وذلك حين يتأخر حيضها عن وقته فرجي أنها حبلى.

And the woman is said to be تنسأ when her menstruation is delayed at the beginning of her pregnancy, and it is hoped she is pregnant.

يقال للمرأة أول ما تحمل: قد نسئت.

It is said of a woman when she first becomes pregnant: she has نسئت.

نسأت الماشية نسأ، وهو بدء سمنها حين ينبت وبرها بعد تساقطه.

The livestock began to fatten with نسأ, which is the beginning of their fattening when their hair grows after shedding.

جرى النسء في الدواب.

The نسء (beginning of fattening) occurred in the animals.

به أبلت شهرى ربيع كليهما * فقد مار فيها نسؤها واقترارها

In it, she spent the two months of spring, and in it, her نسء (beginning of fattening) and اقترارها (completion of fattening) occurred.

فالنسء: بدء السمن. والاقترار نهايته.

So, نسء is the beginning of fattening, and اقترار is its end.

نسأت اللبن: خلطنه بماء، واسمه النسء

They diluted the milk: they mixed it with water, and its name is النسء.

سقوني النسء

They gave me to drink the النسء (diluted milk).

إنما النسئ زيادة فى الكفر

The Nasi' (intercalary month) is only an increase in disbelief.

فهو منسوء، إذا أخرته، ثم يحول منسوء إلى نسئ، كما يحول مقتول إلى قتيل.

So it is منسوء, if you have delayed it, then it is transformed from منسوء to نسئ, just as مقتول is transformed into قتيل.

ورجل ناسئ وقوم نسأة، مثل: فاسق وفسقة، وذلك أنهم كانوا إذا صدروا عن منى يقوم رجل من كنانة فيقول: أنا الذي لا يرد لي قضاء! فيقولون: أنسئنا شهرا، أي: أخر عنا حرمة المحرم واجعلها في صفر، لأنهم كانوا يكرهون أن تتوالى عليهم ثلاثة أشهر لا يغيرون فيها، لأن معاشهم كان من الغارة، فيحل لهم المحرم.

And a man is ناسئ and a people are نسأة, like فاسق and فسقة. This is because when they returned from Mina, a man from Kinana would stand and say: 'I am the one whose judgment is never reversed!' Then they would say: 'Postpone a month for us,' meaning: postpone the sanctity of Muharram for us and make it in Safar, because they disliked three consecutive months without change, as their livelihood was from raiding, so Muharram would become permissible for them.

أنسأت سربتي، أي: أبعدت مذهبي.

I postponed my journey, meaning I extended my path.

عدون من الوادي الذي بين مشعل. * وبين الحشا هيهات أنسأت سربتي

They came from the valley between Mash'al and Al-Hasha. Far away, I postponed my journey.

وانتساأت عنه: تأخرت وتباعدت، وكذلك الإبل إذا تباعدت في المرعى.

And انتسأ عنه means to be late and distant, and likewise for camels when they become distant in the pasture.

إذا انتسئوا فوت الرماح أتتهم * عوائر نبل كالجراد نطيرها

When they moved away from the range of spears, arrows like swarming locusts came upon them, which we would fly.

إن لي عنك لمنتسأ، أي: منتأى وسعة.

Indeed, I have a منتسأ (distance/space) from you, meaning a remote place and spaciousness.