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nāṣiya

corner, affairs, situation

ناصِيَة

Word

Noun · pattern فاعِلَة

Root

ن ص ي

Forms

Plurals
نَواصِي، نَواص

In the library

إِنِّي تَوَكَّلْتُ عَلَى اللَّهِ رَبِّي وَرَبِّكُمْ ۚ مَا مِنْ دَابَّةٍ إِلَّا هُوَ آخِذٌ بِنَاصِيَتِهَا ۚ إِنَّ رَبِّي عَلَىٰ صِرَاطٍ مُسْتَقِيمٍ

The Qurʾān, page 228 →

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 3 entries
  • تَنَصَّى بَنِى فُلاَنٍ Form V Open entry
    : see تَذَرَّى.
  • نَصِىٌّ A certain plant
    A certain plant: (S, TA:) Golius says, a species of thistle; but this seems to be inconsistent with the description of it: see رَيِّجَةٌ. ― -b2- خَصِىٌّ نَصِيٌّ Gelded, castrated. The second word is an imitative sequent.
  • نَاصِيَةٌ place where the hair grows in the fore part of the head
    properly, in the language of the [classical] Arabs, The place where the hair grows in the fore part of the head: and hence, the hair of that part; the hair over the forehead; (Az, TA;) [and this is the general meaning;) i. q. قُصَّةٌ and طُرَّةٌ. (Msb, art. قص.) The forelock of a horse. ― -b2- نَاصِيَةُ بَنِى فُلاَنٍ: see تَذَرَّى and ذِرْوَةٌ.

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