ن غ ش

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a state of slight, weak, or unsteady movement, often associated with being disturbed, agitated, or barely alive. It can also refer to a very short person or a type of bird, and in a negative sense, to base or worthless individuals.

Derived headwords

النَّغْشnoun

1.
slight disturbanceboth
A slight disturbance or agitation, a weak movement.

النَّغَشَانnoun

1.
slight disturbanceboth
A slight disturbance or agitation, a weak movement.

انْتَغَشَverb

1.
to stir weaklyboth
To stir or move weakly, as if disturbed or barely alive.

تَنَغَّشَverb

1.
to stir weaklyboth
To stir or move weakly, as if disturbed or barely alive.
2.
to move slightlyboth
To move slightly in place, like a bird or someone recovering from fainting.

تَنَغُّشٌnoun

1.
slight movementboth
The act of stirring or moving slightly, especially after being unconscious or still.

نَغَشَverb

1.
to stir slightlyboth
To stir slightly, especially after fainting or being still.

يَنْغَشُ إِلَيْهِverb

1.
to incline towardsclassical
To incline or lean towards someone or something.

النَّغَّاشِيّadjective

1.
very shortboth
Extremely short, the shortest one can be, often implying weakness or poor build.

النَّغَّاشadjective

1.
very shortboth
Extremely short, the shortest one can be, often implying weakness or poor build.

النَّغَاشَةnoun

1.
a birdclassical
A type of bird.

التَّنَغُّشnoun

1.
interpenetrationclassical
The act of one thing entering into another, or things becoming mixed together.

النَّغَّاشnoun

1.
worthless peopleclassical
Base, worthless, or vagrant people.

Parallel reading

النَّغْش والنَّغَشَان محركة: شبه الاضطراب، وتحرك الشيء في مكانه

Al-nagsh and al-naghashan, with vowels: a semblance of disturbance, and the movement of a thing in its place.

كالانتغاش، والتنغش، تقول: دار تنتغش صبيانا

Like al-intighash and al-tanghash. You say: a house where children are stirring.

وأنشد لذي الرمة في صفة القراد: (إذا سمعت وطء الركاب تنغشت ... حشاشاتها في غير لحم ولا دم)

And he recited for Dhu al-Rummah in description of the tick: (When it heard the trampling of the mounts, its insides stirred ... in no flesh nor blood).

فتنغش كما تتنغش الطير أي تحرك حركة ضعيفة

So he stirred as a bird stirs, meaning a weak movement.

سقى فلان فتنتغش تنغشا ونغش، إذا تحرك بعدما كان غشى عليه

So-and-so was given water and he stirred a stirring and a slight movement, after he had fainted.

وكل طائر أو هامة تحرك في مكانه فقد تنغش، قاله الليث

And every bird or creature that moves in its place has stirred, said Al-Layth.

وهو ينغش إليه، أي يميل، نقله الصاغاني

And he inclines towards it, meaning he leans, as reported by Al-Sagani.

والنغاشي، والنغاش بضمهما: القصير جدا، أقصر ما يكون من الرجال، الضعيف الحركة، الناقص الخلق

And al-naghashi, and al-naghash with both their vowels: extremely short, the shortest of men, weak in movement, deficient in form.

ومنه الحديث أنه مر برجل نغاش، ويروى نغاشي، فخر ساجدا

And from this is the hadith that he passed by a very short man, and it is narrated 'naghashi', and he fell prostrating.

والنغاشة كثمامة: طائر، نقله الصاغاني، رحمه الله تعالى

And al-naghashah, like 'thamamah': a bird, reported by Al-Sagani, may God have mercy on him.

التنغش: دخول الشيء، بعضه في بعض، كدخول الدبى ونحوه

Al-tanghash: the entry of a thing, some of it into some of it, like the entry of locusts and the like.

والنغاش: الرذال والعيارون

And al-naghash: the base and the vagrants.