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نسء

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of delaying, postponing, or extending something, particularly in relation to time, lifespan, or debt. It also extends to meanings of remoteness, spaciousness, and in a specific context, the delayed menstruation of a pregnant woman.

Derived headwords

النِّسَاءُnoun
  1. 1.
    long lifeclassical

    Referring to a long lifespan, often compared to the slow movement of clouds.

نَسَأَverb
  1. 1.
    to postponeboth

    To delay or put off something, especially a debt or a deadline.

  2. 2.
    to extendboth

    To grant an extension of time, particularly for a lifespan or debt.

نَسَأَ اللهُ فِي أَجَلِهِ — May God extend his lifespan.
أَنْسَأَverb
  1. 1.
    to grant extensionboth

    To grant an extension of time, specifically for a lifespan or debt.

  2. 2.
    to postpone (debt)both

    To postpone the payment of a debt.

أَنْسَأَهُ اللهُ أَجَلَهُ — May God grant him an extension of his lifespan.
النِّسْءُnoun
  1. 1.
    delayboth

    The act of delaying or postponing, applicable to lifespan or debt.

مِنْسَأَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    cause of delayclassical

    Something that causes delay or postponement; a reason for extension.

النَّسْأَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    delayclassical

    The act of delaying or postponing, similar to النسء.

النِّسَاءُnoun
  1. 1.
    postponement of lifeclassical

    A long life, implying a postponement of death.

مَنْ سَرَّهُ النِّسَاءُ وَلَا نِسَاءَ، فَلْيُخَفِّفِ الرِّدَاءَ، وَلْيُبَاكِرِ الغَدَاءَ، وَلْيُكَرِّ العَشَاءَ، وَلْيَقِلَّ غِشْيَانَ النِّسَاءِ — Whoever desires a long life and no (early) death, should lighten his garment, have breakfast early, delay his dinner, and have little intercourse with women.
النَّسَائِيُّname
  1. 1.
    Al-Nasa'iboth

    A nisba (attribution) to the town of Nasa', referring to the famous hadith scholar Abu Abd al-Rahman Ahmad ibn Shu'ayb al-Nasa'i.

نَاسِئٌadjective
  1. 1.
    fatclassical

    Describing an animal that is fat or plump.

انْتَسَأَverb
  1. 1.
    to move awayboth

    To move away from something or become remote.

  2. 2.
    to lag behindclassical

    To fall behind or become delayed.

فَانْتَسُوا عَنِ البُيُوتِ — And move away from the houses.
انْتَسَأَ البَعِيرُ فِي المَرْعَى — The camel moved far away in the pasture.
مُنْتَسَأٌnoun
  1. 1.
    remotenessclassical

    A place of remoteness or distance.

  2. 2.
    spaciousnessclassical

    A wide or spacious area.

إِنَّ لِي عَنْكَ لَمُنْتَسَأً — Indeed, I have remoteness/spaciousness from you.
نُسِئَتِverb
  1. 1.
    to have delayed menstruationclassical

    Used for a woman whose menstrual period is delayed due to early pregnancy.

نِسْءٌadjective
  1. 1.
    delayed (menstruation)classical

    Describing a woman whose menstruation is delayed, indicating pregnancy.

أَنْسَأْتُverb
  1. 1.
    to extend (a path)classical

    To extend one's path or course, to go far.

أَنْسَأْتُ سِرْبَتِي — I extended my path/course.
سِرْبَتِيnoun
  1. 1.
    pathclassical

    The course or direction taken.

  2. 2.
    groupclassical

    A group or company of people.

Parallel reading

وَنَسَأَ اللهُ فِي أَجَلِهِ
And God extended his lifespan.
مِنْ أَحَبَّ أَنْ يُبْسَطَ لَهُ فِي رِزْقِهِ، وَيُنْسَأَ فِي أَجَلِهِ، فَلْيَصِلْ رَحِمَهُ
Whoever loves to have his sustenance expanded and his lifespan extended, should maintain ties of kinship.
صِلَةُ الرَّحِمِ مَثْرَاةٌ فِي المَالِ، مَنْسَأَةٌ فِي الأَثَرِ
Maintaining kinship ties increases wealth and is a cause for a longer lifespan.
وَكَانَ قَدْ أُنْسِئَ لَهُ فِي العُمْرِ
And he had been granted an extension in his lifespan.
مِنْ سَرَّهُ النِّسَاءُ وَلَا نِسَاءَ، فَلْيُخَفِّفِ الرِّدَاءَ، وَلْيُبَاكِرِ الغَدَاءَ، وَلْيُكَرِّ العَشَاءَ، وَلْيَقِلَّ غِشْيَانَ النِّسَاءِ
Whoever desires a long life and no (early) death, should lighten his garment, have breakfast early, delay his dinner, and have little intercourse with women.
أَيْ تَأَخَّرَ العُمْرُ وَالبَقَاءُ
Meaning, the lifespan and remaining life are delayed.
إِذَا أَخَّرْتَ الرَّجُلَ بِدَيْنِهِ قُلْتَ: أَنْسَأْتُهُ
If you postpone a man's debt, you say: 'I postponed it for him.'
فَإِذَا زِدْتَ فِي الأَجَلِ زِيَادَةً يَقَعُ عَلَيْهَا تَأْخِيرٌ قُلْتَ: قَدْ نَسَّأْتُكَ فِي أَيَّامِكَ، وَنَسَّأْتُكَ فِي أَجَلِكَ
And if you add an extension to the term that constitutes a delay, you say: 'I have extended your days and extended your lifespan.'
وَنَسَأَ كَجَبَلٍ، مَهْمُوزٌ، ... وَهِيَ بَلَدٌ بِخُرَاسَانَ، مِنْهَا صَاحِبُ السُّنَنِ الإِمَامُ الحَافِظُ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ شُعَيْبٍ النَّسَائِيُّ، تُوُفِّيَ سَنَةَ 330
And Nasa' (pronounced like Jabal), with a hamza, is a town in Khurasan, from which hailed the author of the Sunan, Imam al-Hafiz Abu Abd al-Rahman Ahmad ibn Shu'ayb al-Nasa'i, who died in the year 330.
وَكُلُّ سَمِينٍ نَاسِئٌ
And every fat animal is 'nasi'.
وَإِذَا رَمَيْتُمْ فَانْتَسُوا عَنِ البُيُوتِ
And when you shoot, move away from the houses.
وَقِيلَ: تُنْسَأُ المَرْأَةُ وَذَلِكَ عِنْدَ أَوَّلِ حَبْلِهَا، وَذَلِكَ إِذَا تَأَخَّرَ حَيْضُهَا عَنْ وَقْتِهِ المُعْتَادِ لِأَجْلِ الحَمْلِ فَرُجِيَ أَنَّهَا حُبْلَى
And it is said: a woman is 'nasi' at the beginning of her pregnancy, which is when her menstruation is delayed from its usual time due to the pregnancy, and it is hoped she is pregnant.
وَهِيَ امْرَأَةٌ نِسْءٌ
And she is a woman with delayed menstruation.
أَبْعَدْتُ مَذْهَبِي
I extended my path/course.