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نطس

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns meticulousness, thoroughness, and investigation, particularly in matters of purity, knowledge, and intelligence gathering. It extends to the act of probing or scrutinizing and can describe someone who is excessively careful or a spy.

Derived headwords

التَّنَطُّسnoun
  1. 1.
    exaggerated purificationclassical

    Excessive or meticulous purification, often implying an unnecessary level of cleanliness.

  2. 2.
    thorough investigationclassical

    Deep and exhaustive inquiry into matters, seeking to understand them completely.

تَنَطَّسَverb
  1. 1.
    to be meticulousclassical

    To be excessively careful or meticulous in matters, often to an unnecessary degree.

  2. 2.
    to investigate thoroughlyclassical

    To scrutinize or investigate matters in great detail.

تنطست الأخبار — she investigated the news thoroughly
نَطِسadjective
  1. 1.
    meticulousclassical

    A person who is meticulous, excessively careful, or deeply inquiring into matters.

نَطَسadjective
  1. 1.
    meticulousclassical

    A person who is meticulous, excessively careful, or deeply inquiring into matters.

نَطَسَverb
  1. 1.
    to be meticulousclassical

    To be meticulous or excessively careful.

وقد نطس بالكسر نطسا — and he was meticulous, with a kasra, a meticulousness
نَطِيسadjective
  1. 1.
    physicianclassical

    A physician or doctor, implying one who is meticulous in their diagnosis or treatment.

نَطَاسَىadjective
  1. 1.
    physicianclassical

    A physician or doctor, implying one who is meticulous in their diagnosis or treatment.

النَّاطِسnoun
  1. 1.
    spyclassical

    A spy or intelligence gatherer, one who probes and investigates secretly.

Parallel reading

التنطس: المبالغة في التطهر.
Al-tanattus: Exaggeration in purification.
وكل من أدق النظر في الأمور واستقصى علمها فهو متنطس.
And whoever examines matters meticulously and exhausts their knowledge is a mutanattis.
لولا التنطس ما باليت أن لا أغسل يدي.
Were it not for meticulousness, I would not mind not washing my hands.
يقال منه: رجل نطس ونطس.
It is said of him: a man is natis and natas.
وقد نطس بالكسر نطسا.
And he was natisa (with a kasra) natasan.
ومننه قيل للمتطبب: نطيس، مثال فسيق، ونطاسى أيضا.
And from this, the physician is called natis, like fusiq, and also natasa.
إذا قاسها الآسي النطاسي أدبرت غثيثتها وازداد وهيا هزومها
When the meticulous physician measures it, its pus flows away and its wound worsens.
ويروى " النطاسي " بفتح النون.
And it is narrated 'al-Natasi' with a fatha on the noon.
وتنطست الأخبار: تحسستها.
And tanattasa the news: she investigated it.
والناطس: الجاسوس.
And al-natis: the spy.