ن ص و

Arabic

Root

ن ص و • (n-ṣ-w)

1. related to forelocks

Derived terms

• Form I: نَصَا (naṣā, “to catch by the forelock”)
  • Verbal noun: نَصْو (naṣw)
  • Active participle: نَاصٍ (nāṣin)
  • Passive participle: مَنْصُوّ (manṣuww)
• Form III: نَاصَى (nāṣā, “to fight against by catching the forelock”)
  • Verbal noun: مُنَاصَاة (munāṣāh), نِصَاء (niṣāʔ)
  • Active participle: مُنَاصٍ (munāṣin)
  • Passive participle: مُنَاصًى (munāṣan)
• Form IV: أَنْصَى (ʔanṣā, “to catch by the forelock”)
  • Verbal noun: إِنْصَاء (ʔinṣāʔ)
  • Active participle: مُنْصٍ (munṣin)
  • Passive participle: مُنْصًى (munṣan)
• Form V: تَنَصَّى (tanaṣṣā, “to be conjoint with; to curl one’s forelocks”)
  • Verbal noun: تَنَصٍّ (tanaṣṣin)
  • Active participle: مُتَنَصٍّ (mutanaṣṣin)
• Form VI: تَنَاصَى (tanāṣā, “to catch other by the forelock”)
  • Verbal noun: تَنَاصٍ (tanāṣin)
  • Active participle: مُتَنَاصٍ (mutanāṣin)
• Form VIII: اِنْتَصَى (intaṣā, “to be sent forth; to be long and broad”)
  • Verbal noun: اِنْتِصَاء (intiṣāʔ)
  • Active participle: مُنْتَصٍ (muntaṣin)

• نَاصِيَة (nāṣiya, “forelock”)
• نَصِيَّة (naṣiyya, “best part, chosen ones, preferred part”)
• نَصِيّ (naṣiyy, “name of Stipagrostis spp. plants”)

References

• Freytag, Georg (1837) “ن ص و”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 290
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “ن ص و”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[2], London: W.H. Allen, page 1140
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “ن ص و”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1281