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نوس

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

The root نوس (n-w-s) primarily relates to the concept of oscillation, movement, and swaying. It extends to meanings of leading or driving animals, and also encompasses specific historical and proper nouns.

Derived headwords

نَاسَverb
  1. 1.
    to sway, oscillateboth

    The object itself moves back and forth or oscillates.

أَنَاسَverb
  1. 1.
    the origin of al-nāsboth

    the origin of al-nās

نَاسَverb
  1. 1.
    to lead, drive (camels)classical

    To guide or drive camels, specifically their watering.

نَوْسnoun
  1. 1.
    swaying, oscillationboth

    The act or state of swaying or oscillating.

  2. 2.
    leading camelsclassical

    The act of leading or driving camels, particularly to water.

نَوَّاسadjective
  1. 1.
    shaky, unsteadyclassical

    Describing a person who is unsteady, agitated, or weak in their movements.

النَّاسnoun
  1. 1.
    it can be from humans and from jinnboth

    it can be from humans and from jinn

أُنَاسnoun
  1. 1.
    the origin of al-nāsboth

    the origin of al-nās

ذو نواسname
  1. 1.
    Dhu Nuwasclassical

    A title of one of the rulers of Yemen, named so because of two locks of hair that used to sway on his back.

النَّاسname
  1. 1.
    it can be from humans and from jinnboth

    it can be from humans and from jinn

Parallel reading

النوس: تذبذب الشئ.
An-naws: the swaying of a thing.
وقد ناس ينوس
And it swayed, it sways.
وأناسه غيره.
And he made it sway, meaning he made something else sway.
وفى حديث أم زرع: " أناس من حلى أذنى ".
And in the narration of Umm Zar' (it is said): 'Swaying ornaments of my ears.'
ونست الابل أنوسها نوسا: سقتها.
And the camels were led to water (anūsahā nawsan): meaning, he watered them.
وذو نواس من أذواء اليمن، سمى بذلك لذؤابتين كانتا تنوسان على ظهره.
And Dhu Nuwas was among the rulers of Yemen; he was named so because of two locks of hair that used to sway on his back.
ورجل نواس بالتشديد، إذا اضطرب واسترخى.
And a man is nawwās (with shadda), if he is agitated and slack.
والناس قد يكون من الإنس ومن الجن، وأصله أناس فخفف.
And an-nās can be from humans and from Jinn, and its origin was 'anās' (أناس) which was lightened.
ولم يجعلوا الالف واللام فيه عوضا من الهمزة المحذوفة، لانه لو كان كذلك لما اجتمع مع المعوض منه في قول الشاعر
And they did not make the alif and lam in it a substitute for the deleted hamza, because if it were so, it would not have gathered with what it replaced in the poet's saying.
إن المنايا يطلع‍ ن على الاناس الآمنينا
Indeed, fates appear upon the unsuspecting people.
والناس: اسم قيس عيلان، وهو الناس ابن مضر بن نزار.
And an-nās: is the name of Qays 'Aylan, and he is an-nās son of Mudar son of Nizar.
وأخوه الياس بن مضر بالياء.
And his brother is Ilyas son of Mudar, with a ya.