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نَشَزٌ

Root: نشز

Form: 1

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نَشَزٌI , Present.T ـُ and ـِ Verbal.Noun نَشْزٌ, or نُشُوزٌ, He rose, or raised himself, فِى المَكَانِ in the place, and فِى مَجْلِسِهِ in his sitting-place, and عَنْ مَكَانِهِ, or مِنْ مَكَانِهِ, from his place: or he rose a little in his sittingplace: or he stood up after sitting. Both forms of the Present.T occur, accord. to different readings, in the Kur, [lviii. 12,] وَإِذَا قِيلَ ٱنْشُِزُوا فَٱنْشُِزُوا, meaning, accord. to Aboo-Is-hák, And when it is said, Rise ye and stand up, then do ye rise and stand up. Accord. to IKtt, نَشَزَ القَوْمُ فِى مَجْلِسِهِمْ signifies The people drew themselves together [in their sitting-place to make room] for those sitting with them: and also they rose from their sitting-place, and stood up. You say also, نَشَزَ بِالقَوْمِ فِى الخُصُومَةِ, Verbal.Noun نُشُوزٌ, He rose with the people for the purpose of contention, altercation, or litigation.
2 He, or it, overtopped, or overlooked, an elevated piece of ground, and appeared.
3 [It rose; rose from its place; was, or became, high or elevated, protuberant or prominent; it protruded.]
4 نَشَزَتْ نَفْسُهُ His soul, or spirit, or stomach, heaved, by reason of fright.

def.2 Hence, from نَشَزَ in the first of the senses explained above, or from نَشْزٌ, signifying “ high, or elevated, ground, ” نَشَزَتِ المَرْأَةُ, or نَشَزَتْ عَلَى زَوْجِهَا, or مِنْ زَوْجِهَا, and بِزَوْجِهَا, Present.T - and ـِ Verbal.Noun نُشُوزٌ, The woman, or wife, was, or became, disobedient to her husband, and exalted herself against him, and resisted him, or withstood him, and hated him, and deserted him: or she disliked him, or hated him, and was an evil companion to him. And نَشَزَ بَعْلُهَا عَلَيْهَا, or مِنْهَا, Present.T ـُ and ـِ Verbal.Noun نُشُوزٌ, Her husband treated her injuriously, and was unkind to her, or estranged himself from her: or forsook her, and was unkind to her, or estranged himself from her: or disliked her, or hated her, and was an evil companion to her.
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