ن و ص

ن و ص

Arabic

Root

ن و ص • (n-w-ṣ)

1. related to evitation, escape, avoidance

Derived terms

• Form I: نَاصَ‎ (nāṣa, “to escape, to evite, to avoid”)
  • Verbal noun: مَنَاص‎ (manāṣ), نَوْص‎ (nawṣ)
  • Active participle: نَائِص‎ (nāʾiṣ)
• Form III: نَاوَصَ‎ (nāwaṣa, “to treat, to undertake”)
  • Verbal noun: مُنَاوَصَة‎ (munāwaṣa), نِوَاص‎ (niwāṣ)
  • Active participle: مُنَاوِص‎ (munāwiṣ)
  • Passive participle: مُنَاوَص‎ (munāwaṣ)
• Form IV: أَنَاصَ‎ (ʾanāṣa, “to move”)
  • Verbal noun: إِنَاصَة‎ (ʾināṣa)
  • Active participle: مُنِيص‎ (munīṣ)
  • Passive participle: مُنَاص‎ (munāṣ)
• Form VIII: اِنْتَاصَ‎ (intāṣa, “to glim, to fade”)
  • Verbal noun: اِنْتِيَاص‎ (intiyāṣ)
  • Active participle: مُنْتَاص‎ (muntāṣ)
• Form X: اِسْتَنَاصَ‎ (istanāṣa, “to recede, to remain behind; to move onto the desired track”)
  • Verbal noun: اِسْتِنَاصَة‎ (istināṣa)
  • Active participle: مُسْتَنِيص‎ (mustanīṣ)
  • Passive participle: مُسْتَنَاص‎ (mustanāṣ)

• نَوْص‎ (nawṣ, “wild-ass”)

References

• Freytag, Georg (1837), “ن و ص”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 352
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “ن و ص”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen, page 1155
• Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “ن و ص”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, pages 1328–1329