Arabic

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Root
ن و ص (n w ṣ)
2 terms

Verb

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نَاصَ (nāṣa) I (non-past يَنُوصُ (yanūṣu), verbal noun مَنَاص (manāṣ) or نَوْص (nawṣ))

  1. To escape, to evade, to avoid [with عَن (ʕan)]
  2. (of horses) To prance; to rear.
    نَاصَ ٱلْفَرَسُ فِي نُفُورٍ
    nāṣa l-farasu fī nufūrin
    The horse pranced in protest
  3. (figurative) To strut or swagger; to rear one's head in pride.

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