نَصْنَصَ

Root: نص

Form: R. Q. 1

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نَصْنَصَ

R. Q. 1 Verbal.Noun نَصْنَصَةٌ, He, or it, became in motion, or in a state of commotion; became agitated, stirred, or shaken; moved, or moved about,; bestirred himself or itself; shook. He shook in his walk, being erect. He shook, or became in a state of commotion, in rising from the ground.
2 [Also,] said of a camel, it is like حَصْحَصَ; i. e., it signifies He fixed, or made firm or steady, his knees upon the ground, and put himself in motion, or in a state of commotion, previously to rising. [See also نَضْنَضَ.]
3 And He made a hollow place in the ground with his breast, in order to lie down.

def.2 نَصْنَصَ used transitively, see 1, latter portion, in three places.

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