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نشز

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of elevation, both physical and metaphorical. It extends to meanings of rising up, standing out, and also to the idea of a woman becoming defiant or estranged from her husband.

Derived headwords

النَّشْزnoun
  1. 1.
    with two open vowelsboth

    with two open vowels

نَشَزَverb
  1. 1.
    the man rose in the placeboth

    the man rose in the place

انْشَزَverb
  1. 1.
    rise upboth

    An imperative form of the verb 'to rise up', used to command someone to stand or move.

وإذا قيل انشزوا فانشزوا — And when it is said to you, 'Rise', then rise
إنْشَازverb
  1. 1.
    its plural is 'anshāz'both

    its plural is 'anshāz'

  2. 2.
    the raising of the bones of the deadboth

    the raising of the bones of the dead

نَشَزَتْverb
  1. 1.
    to be defiantboth

    A woman becomes defiant, disobedient, or estranged from her husband.

نُشُوزnoun
  1. 1.
    defianceboth

    The state of a woman being defiant, disobedient, or estranged from her husband.

  2. 2.
    high placesclassical

    Plural of نشز (nashz), referring to elevated locations.

أَنْشَازnoun
  1. 1.
    its plural is 'anshāz'both

    its plural is 'anshāz'

  2. 2.
    the raising of the bones of the deadboth

    the raising of the bones of the dead

نَشَازnoun
  1. 1.
    with a 'kasra', like 'jabal' and 'ajbāl' and 'jibāl'both

    with a 'kasra', like 'jabal' and 'ajbāl' and 'jibāl'

Parallel reading

النشز والنشز: المكان المرتفع.
Al-nashz and al-nashz: the high place.
وجمع النشز نشوز، وجمع النشز أنشاز ونشاز، مثل جبل وأجبال وجبال.
The plural of al-nashz is nashuz, and the plural of al-nashz is anshaz and nashaz, like jabal, ajbal, and jibal.
وأما النشاز بالفتح فهو المكان المرتفع.
As for al-nashaz with the fatha, it is the high place.
يقال: اقعد على ذلك النشاز.
It is said: Sit on that high place.
يقال للرجل إذا أسن ولم ينقص: فلان والله نشز من الرجال.
It is said of a man when he ages and has not diminished: So-and-so, by God, is a distinguished man.
ونشز الرجل ينشز وينشز نشزا: ارتفع في المكان.
And a man rose, he rises and he rises, a rising: he elevated himself in the place.
وإذا قيل انشزوا فانشزوا
And when it is said to you, 'Rise', then rise
وإنشاز عظام الميت: زفعها إلى مواضعها وتركيب بعضها على بعض.
And the reassembling of the bones of the dead: raising them to their places and fitting some upon others.
كيف ننشزها
How We shall raise it
ونشزت المرأة تنشز وتنشز نشوزا، إذا استعصت على بعلها وأبغضته.
And the woman became defiant, she becomes defiant and she becomes defiant, a defiance: if she became disobedient to her husband and he hated her.
ونشز بعلها عليها، إذا ضربها وجفاها.
And her husband became estranged towards her, if he struck her and treated her harshly.
وإن امرأة خافت من بعلها نشوزا
And if a wife fears from her husband's indifference