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نقز

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of leaping, jumping, or bounding, often with a sense of suddenness or agility. It extends to related ideas like a disease causing such movements in animals and terms for inferior or worthless possessions.

Derived headwords

نَقَزَverb
  1. 1.
    to leapboth

    To jump or bound, especially with agility or suddenness, as a gazelle does when running.

نَقْزًاnoun
  1. 1.
    a leapboth

    The act of leaping or bounding.

نَقَزَانًاnoun
  1. 1.
    a leapboth

    The act of leaping or bounding, synonymous with نقزًا.

التنقيزnoun
  1. 1.
    leapingboth

    The act of causing to leap or the act of leaping itself.

النفازnoun
  1. 1.
    a diseaseclassical

    A disease that affects sheep, causing them to leap uncontrollably until death.

النقزnoun
  1. 1.
    worthless possessionsclassical

    Inferior or worthless possessions or property.

النقزnoun
  1. 1.
    a leapboth

    The act of leaping or bounding.

النقزnoun
  1. 1.
    a diseaseclassical

    A disease that affects sheep, causing them to leap uncontrollably until death, similar to النزاء.

Parallel reading

نقز الظبي في عدوه
The gazelle leaped in its running.
ينقز نقزا ونقزانا
It leaps with a leap and a bounding.
والتنقيز: التوثيب
And التنقيز means: leaping.
والنفاز: داء يأخذ الغنم فتنقز منه حتى تموت
And النفاز is a disease that affects sheep, so they leap from it until they die.
مثل النزاء
Like النزاء.
والنقز بالتحريك: رذال المال
And النقز (with harakah) means: worthless possessions.
أخذت بكرا نقزا من النقز
I took a young camel, a leaping one from the worthless possessions.
وناب سوء قمزا من القمز
And a bad tooth, leaping from the leaping.
والنقز بكسر النون مثله
And النقز (with kasrah) is similar.