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ن و ص

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Morphology · Lane's Lexicon · CC BY-SA 3.0

From Edward William Lane, An Arabic-English Lexicon (1863–1893), under the root نوص. Digitised by the Perseus Project (Tufts); Arabic decoded from Perseus's transliteration.

نَاصَ , (M, K,) aor. يَنُوصُ , (M,) inf. n. نَوْصٌ and مَنَاصٌ (M, K) and مَنِيصٌ (M) and نَوِيصٌ (K) and نِيَاصٌ , (K, accord. to the TA,) or نِيَاصَةٌ , (accord. to a MS. copy of the K, and accord. to to the CK,) and نَوَصَانٌ , (K,) He put himself in motion: (K:) or he put himself in motion and went away. (M, TA.) You say, مَا يَنُوصُ فُلَانٌ لِحَاجَتِى Such a one does not put himself in motion for [the accomplishment of] my want. (TA.) And مَا بِهِ نَوِيصٌ There is not in him strength (S, M) and motion (or activity], (S, TA.) ― -b2- نَاصَ لِلْحَرَكَةِ , inf. n. نَوْصٌ and مَنَاصٌ , He prepared himself for motion. (M, TA.) ― -b3- نَاصَ الفَرَسُ , (Lth, M,) inf. n. نَوْصٌ , (Lth, TA,) The horse, having his bridle pulled in, and being put in motion, raised his head; as also ↓ استناص : (Lth, M:) or ↓ اـِسْتِنَاصَةٌ signifies a horse's putting himself in motion to run. (K.) ― -b4- نَاصَ اـِلَيْهِ , (K,) inf. n. نَوْصٌ , (TA,) He rose to him. (K.) ― -b5- نَاصَ , aor. يَنُوصُ , inf. n. نَوْصٌ , He turned aside, or away: (M, TA:) he drew back, receded, retreated, or retired; (S, K *;) as also ↓ استناص : (S:) he fled; or turned away and fled: (TA:) he escaped, and outwent: (Msb:) and, inf. n. مَنِيصٌ and مَنَاصٌ , he escaped; or became safe, or secure: (M:) and accord. to IB, نُوصٌ , with, damm, [app. as an inf. n.,] also signifies the act of fleeing. (TA.) You say, نَاصَ عَنِ الأَمْرِ He turned aside, or away, from the thing, or affair; he declined from it; he avoided it; as also لَاصَ . (Aboo-Turáb, TA.) And نَاصَ عَنْهُ , inf. n. نَوْصٌ , He removed, withdrew, or retired to a distance, and separated himself, from him, or it. (Ibn-'Abbád, K.) And نَاصَ عَنْ قِرْنِهِ , (S, A,) aor. يَنُوصُ , inf. n. نَوْصٌ and مَنَاصٌ , (S,) He fled, or turned away and fled, from his opponent, or adversary, (S, A,) and eluded him, (S,) or removed, withdrew, or retired to a distance, from him. (A) And it is said in the Kur, [xxxviii. 2,] وَلَاتَ حِينَ مَنَاصٍ , meaning, When it was not a time of fleeing: (Az, TA:) or when it was not a time of drawing back and fleeing: (S, TA:) or when it was not a time of seeking, or petitioning, and of being aided, or succoured. (M, TA.)

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نَاْوَصَ see جُرَّةٌ .

اـِسْتَنْوَصَ see 1, in three places.

نَوْصٌ A wild ass; (S, M, K;) because he ceases not to raise his head, going to and fro, like one running away at random. (Lth, K. *)

نَايءِصٌ Raising his head, and running away at random: (M:) or a wild ass raising his head, and going to and fro, like one running away at random: (Lth, K *:) and ↓ مَنِيصٌ a horse raising his head. (TA.)

مَنَاصٌ A place to which one has recourse for refuge, protection, preservation, or concealment: a place of refuge: (S, Msb, K:) a place to which one flees; (S;) a place of safety or security. (A.) -A2- See also 1, throughout.

مَنِيصٌ : see نَايءِصٌ .

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