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naḥḥasa

coat with copper

نَحَّسَ

Word

Verb · Form II

Root

ن ح س

Forms

Present
يُنَحِّسُ

In the library

فأردنا أن نحسن إليها فعلم بذلك فقال: لا تعطوها شيئاً، وأعطوا ذلك لي فأعطيناه إرضاء له، وأعطيناه إحساناً في خفية بحيث لم يعلم بذلك.

The Travels, page 152 →
Conjugation
Person PastPresentCommand
he هُوَ نَحَّسَيُنَحِّسُ—
she هِيَ نَحَّسَتتُنَحِّسُ—
they two (m.) هُما نَحَّسايُنَحِّسانِ—
they two (f.) هُما نَحَّسَتاتُنَحِّسانِ—
they (m.) هُمْ نَحَّسُوايُنَحِّسُونَ—
they (f.) هُنَّ نَحَّسْنَيُنَحِّسْنَ—
you (m.) أَنْتَ نَحَّسْتَتُنَحِّسُنَحِّسْ
you (f.) أَنْتِ نَحَّسْتِتُنَحِّسِينَنَحِّسِي
you two أَنْتُما نَحَّسْتُماتُنَحِّسانِنَحِّسَا
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ نَحَّسْتُمتُنَحِّسُونَنَحِّسُوا
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ نَحَّسْتُنَّتُنَحِّسْنَنَحِّسْنَ
I أَنا نَحَّسْتُأُنَحِّسُ—
we نَحْنُ نَحَّسْنانُنَحِّسُ—

From the same root

All words from ن ح س →

Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 12 entries
  • نَحِسَ Form I He, or it, was, or became, unprosperous, unfortunate, inauspicious, or unlucky
    , aor. ; (S, A, K;) and نَحُسَ, aor. ; (K;) and نَحِسُ, like [its contr.] سُعِدَ; (Bd, xvii. 30;) inf. n. [of the first] نَحَسٌ and [of the second نُحُوسَةٌ; (TA;) He, or it, was, or became, unprosperous, unfortunate, inauspicious, or unlucky: (S, A, K:) said of a man, (A, Bd,) and of a star, (TA,) or other thing. (S, TA.)
  • أَنْحَسَتِ النَّارُ Form IV The fire had much
    The fire had much نُحَاس, i. e., smoke. (IKtt.)
  • تَنَاْحَسَ Form VI Open entry
    see 8.
  • انتحس Form VIII He became overthrown, or subverted
    He became overthrown, or subverted; as also ↓ تناحس. And the former is also said of a man's جَدّ [or good fortune]. (A, TA.)
  • نَحْسٌ Unprosperousness, unfortunateness, inauspiciousness, or unluckiness
    Unprosperousness, unfortunateness, inauspiciousness, or unluckiness; contr. of سَعْدٌ; (S, A, K;) of stars, and of other things: pl. [of pauc.] أَنْحُسٌ and [of mult.] نُحُوسٌ; (TA;) and مَنَاحِسُ is an irreg. pl. of the same, (TA,) syn. with مَشَايأِمُ, (IDrd, K, TA,) which is in like manner an irreg. pl. of شُوأْمٌ. (TA.) [In Har, p. 375, a doubt is expressed respecting مَنَاحِسُ, as to its being a pl. of نَحْسٌ; but only from ignorance of their being any authority for its being so: it may, however, be pl. of مَنْحَسَةٌ, and not of نَحْسٌ.] In the Kur, [liv. 19,] some read, فى يَوْمِ نَحْسٍ [In a day of unprosperousness]: others read نحس as an epithet. (S.) See نَحِسٌ. ― -b2- Also, Difficulty, distress, trouble, or fatigue; harm, injury, or evil state or condition; syn. جَهْدٌ and ضُرٌّ: pl. أَنْحُسٌ. (TA.)
  • نَحِسٌ Unprosperous, unfortunate, inauspicious, or unlucky
    (S, A, K) and ↓ نَحْسٌ (S, A) and ↓ نَحِيسٌ (TA) and ↓ نَحُوسٌ and ↓ مُنْحُوسٌ (A, TA) Unprosperous, unfortunate, inauspicious, or unlucky. (S, A, K.) You say, رَجُلٌ نَحِسٌ and نَحْسٌ (A) and مَنْحُوسٌ (A, TA) [An unprosperous man]: pl. of the last, مَنَاحِيسُ. (TA.) And يَوْمٌ نَحْسٌ (S, A, TA) [and نَحِسٌ] and نَحُوسٌ (A, TA) and نَحِيسٌ and مَنْحُوسٌ (TA) [An unprosperous day]: and in the pl., أَيَّامٌ نَحْسٌ, [which seems to indicate that نَحْسٌ is originally an inf. n.,] (TA,) and نَحْسَةٌ, and نَحْسَاتٌ, which is pl. of نَحْسَةٌ, (Az, TA,) and نَحِسَةٌ, (K,) and [its pl.] نَحِسَاتٌ, (S, TA,) and نَحِيسَةٌ, (K.) [and app. ↓ نَاحِسَةٌ,] and [its pl.] نَوَاحِسُ. (TA.) In the Kur, [liv. 19,] some read, ↓ فِى يَوْمٍ نَحْسٍ [In an unprosperous day], as well as فِى يَوْمِ نَحْسٍ: (S, TA:) and AA reads [in the Kur, xli. 15,] فِى أَيَّامٍ نَحْسَاتٍ: and نَحِسَاتٍ is another reading. (TA.) You also say, ↓ عَامٌ نَاحِسٌ and ↓ نَحِيسٌ, meaning, (tropical:) A year of dearth or drought or sterility: (IDrd, K:) so they assert. (IDrd.) And ↓ النَّحْسَانِ is an appellation of The two planets Saturn and Mars: (Ibn-'Abbád, K:) like as [the contr.] السَّعْدَانِ is applied to Venus and Mercury. (Ibn-'Abbád.)
  • نَحَاسٌ Open entry
    : see نُحَاسٌ: -A2- and نِحَاسٌ.
  • نُحَاسٌ Copper: and brass
    (S, K, &c.) and ↓ نِحَاسٌ (Fr, K) and ↓ نَحَاسٌ, (K,) the last, (TA,) or all, (K,) on the authority of Abu-l-'Abbás El-Kawáshee, (K,) a word of well-known meaning; (S;) Copper: and brass; syn. قِطْرٌ: (K:) or صُفْرٌ: (Ibn-Buzurj:) or a species of صُفْر intensely red: (TA:) a chaste Arabic word. (TA.) -A2- Also, Fire: (IF, K:) and the sparks that fall from brass (صُفْر), or from iron, when it is beaten (AO, K) with the hammer: (TA:) or نُحَاسٌ signifies smoke: so in the Kur, lv. 35: (Fr, Az, Bd, and others; accord. to Az, all the interpreters of the Kur.; and it is wonderful that the author of the K has omitted this signification: TA:) but some say that it is ↓ نِحَاسٌ signifies the smoke of صُفْر; and نُحَاسٌ signifies صُفْر itself: (Ibn-Buzurj:) or the latter signifies smoke in which is no flame: (S, Jel:) or smoke that rises high, and of which the heat is weak, and which is free from flame: (AHn:) or molten صُفْر: (Bd:) and some read نُحُسٌ, which is the pl. (Bd.) -A3- See also نِحَاسٌ.
  • نِحَاسٌ Nature; natural, or native, disposition or temper or other quality or property
    (S, A, K) and ↓ نُحَاسٌ (S, K) and ↓ نَحَاسٌ (K, but excluded by the TA) Nature; natural, or native, disposition or temper or other quality or property: (S, A, K, TA:) and origin: (S, A, TA:) or that to which the origin of a thing reaches. (IAar, K.) You say, فُلَانٌ كَرِيمُ النِّحَاسِ, (S, A,) and ↓ النُّحَاسِ, (S,) Such a one is generous of nature, &c., and origin. (S, A.) -A2- See also نُحَاسٌ, in two places.
  • نَحُوسٌ Open entry
    : see نَحِسٌ, throughout.
  • نَحِيسٌ Open entry
    : see نَحِسٌ, throughout.
  • نَحَّاسٌ A worker of copper or brass
    [ A worker of copper or brass: a coppersmith.]

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