نَحِسٌ
Root: نحس
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نَحِسٌ
and
نَحْسٌ and
نَحِيسٌ and
نَحُوسٌ and
Unprosperous, unfortunate, inauspicious, or unlucky. You say, رَجُلٌ نَحِسٌ and نَحْسٌ and مَنْحُوسٌ [An unprosperous man]: pl. of the last, مَنَاحِيسُ. And يَوْمٌ نَحْسٌ [and نَحِسٌ] and نَحُوسٌ and نَحِيسٌ and مَنْحُوسٌ [An unprosperous day]: and in the pl., أَيَّامٌ نَحْسٌ, [which seems to indicate that نَحْسٌ is originally an Verbal.Noun,] and نَحْسَةٌ, and نَحْسَاتٌ, which is pl. of نَحْسَةٌ, and نَحِسَةٌ, and [its pl.] نَحِسَاتٌ, and نَحِيسَةٌ, [and app.
,] and [its pl.] نَوَاحِسُ. In the Kur, [liv. 19,] some read, فِى يَوْمٍ [In an unprosperous day], as well as فِى يَوْمِ نَحْسٍ: and AA reads [in the Kur, xli. 15,] فِى أَيَّامٍ نَحْسَاتٍ: and نَحِسَاتٍ is another reading. You also say, عَامٌ نَاحِسٌ and
نَحِيسٌ , meaning,
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