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نيص

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to a weak or slow movement. It is also used to denote a specific type of large hedgehog, possibly due to its perceived slow locomotion.

Derived headwords

النَّيْصnoun
  1. 1.
    Weak movementclassical

    Refers to a feeble or slow kind of movement.

  2. 2.
    Large hedgehogclassical

    A name for a large hedgehog, possibly named for its perceived slow movement.

ناصَverb
  1. 1.
    To move weaklyclassical

    To move in a feeble or slow manner.

يَنِيصُverb
  1. 1.
    To move weaklyclassical

    To move in a feeble or slow manner; this is a variant of 'nāṣa yanūṣu'.

الْيَنْصnoun
  1. 1.
    Large hedgehogclassical

    A name for a large hedgehog, presented as a variant with the letters transposed from 'al-nayṣ'.

Parallel reading

أهمله الجوهري.
Al-Jawhari neglected it.
وقال ابن الأعرابي: هي الحركة الضعيفة
And Ibn al-A'rabi said: It is the weak movement.
ناص ينيص، إذا تحرك، لغة في ناص ينوص.
He moved weakly, if he moved; a dialectal variant for 'nāṣa yanūṣu'.
و النيص: اسم للقنفذ الضخم، كأنه لضعف حركته
And al-nayṣ: a name for the large hedgehog, as if due to its weak movement.
كذا في العين.
Thus it is in Al-ʿAyn.
وفي كتاب الأزهري: هو الينص، بتقديم الياء على النون، كما سيأتي إن شاء الله تعالى.
And in Al-Azharī's book: it is al-yanṣ, with the ya' preceding the nun, as will come, God willing.