نَسَأَ
Root: نسأ
Form: 1
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نَسَأَI
, Present.T
ـَ Verbal.Noun نَسْءٌ; and
نسّأ , Verbal.Noun تَنْسِئَةٌ, He chid a camel &c. he urged, or drove, it.
2 نَسَأَ, Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun نَسْءٌ and مَنْسَأَةٌ [and نَسُوْءٌ, mentioned in the TA, art. وضأ;] and ; He postponed, or delayed, a thing. (S, K. Explained in the S, K by أَخَّرَ, and in the K by كَلَأَ, also, both of which words, accord. to the TA, are syn.) [See an ex. of the use of انسا, without a final ء, in art. عقب, voce عُقْبَة.]
3 نَسَأَ اللّٰهُ فى أَجَلِهِ, and اللّٰهُ أَجَلَهُ, God postponed the end of his life; i. e., prolonged his life: accord. to IKtt, نسأ اللّٰهُ اجله, and فى اجله. All of these four modes of expression are allowable: as also نسّأ اللّٰه اجله: and نَسَأَهُ اللّٰه فى اجله, and اللّٰه أَجَلَهُ.
4 أُنْسِئَ لَهُ فِى عُمُرِهِ, His life was prolonged.
5 نَسَأَ الإِبِلَ, Verbal.Noun نَسْءٌ, He delayed or deferred the watering of the camels; or kept them from water beyond the accustomed time.
6 نَسَأَ فِى ظِمْءِ الإِبِلِ, Verbal.Noun نَسْءٌ, He increased the time between the two drinkings, or waterings, of the camels, by a day: or by a day, or two days, or more.
7 نَسَأَ الإِبِلَ عَنِ الحَوْضِ He kept back, or put back, or drove back, the camels from the tank, or cistern.
8 مَالَهُ نَسَأَهُ اللّٰهُ What aileth him! May God render him ignominious! or put him backward! Whom he puts backward, He renders ignominious.
9 نَسَأَ, Verbal.Noun نَسْءٌ, He sold a thing with postponement of the payment; he sold it upon credit.
10 نَسَأَهُ البَيْعَ, and البيع, He made the sale to him to be on credit. المَبِيعَ He postponed for him the period of the payment of the price of the thing sold.
11 نَسَأَ عَنْهُ دَيْنَهُ, Verbal.Noun نَسَآءٌ; and دينه, and الدَّيْنَ; He postponed for him the period of the payment of his debt.
12 نُسِئَتْ, a verb like عُنِىَ, [i. e., pass. in form, but neut. in sense,] Present.T تُنْسَأُ, Verbal.Noun نَسْءٌ, Her menstrual discharge was later than its usual time, and it was therefore hoped that she was pregnant: or her menstrual discharge was later than its usual time, and her pregnancy commenced: or she began to be pregnant: or she conceived.
def.2 نَسَأَ اللَّبَنَ, Verbal.Noun نَسْءٌ, He mixed the milk with water.
2 نسأ لَهُ اللَّبَنَ, and نسأهُ اللّبن, He mixed the milk with water for him.
3 نَسَأَهُ He gave him to drink نَسْء, q. v.; i. e. wine, or milk.
4 نَسَأَتْ She licked her young one just after its birth.
def.3 نَسَأَ, Verbal.Noun نَسْءٌ, It became fat: or began to grow fat; when its soft hair (وَبَر), after falling off, began to grow again.
2 نَسَأَ, Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun نَسْءٌ and مَنْسَأَةٌ [and نَسُوْءٌ, mentioned in the TA, art. وضأ;] and ; He postponed, or delayed, a thing. (S, K. Explained in the S, K by أَخَّرَ, and in the K by كَلَأَ, also, both of which words, accord. to the TA, are syn.) [See an ex. of the use of انسا, without a final ء, in art. عقب, voce عُقْبَة.]
3 نَسَأَ اللّٰهُ فى أَجَلِهِ, and اللّٰهُ أَجَلَهُ, God postponed the end of his life; i. e., prolonged his life: accord. to IKtt, نسأ اللّٰهُ اجله, and فى اجله. All of these four modes of expression are allowable: as also نسّأ اللّٰه اجله: and نَسَأَهُ اللّٰه فى اجله, and اللّٰه أَجَلَهُ.
4 أُنْسِئَ لَهُ فِى عُمُرِهِ, His life was prolonged.
5 نَسَأَ الإِبِلَ, Verbal.Noun نَسْءٌ, He delayed or deferred the watering of the camels; or kept them from water beyond the accustomed time.
6 نَسَأَ فِى ظِمْءِ الإِبِلِ, Verbal.Noun نَسْءٌ, He increased the time between the two drinkings, or waterings, of the camels, by a day: or by a day, or two days, or more.
7 نَسَأَ الإِبِلَ عَنِ الحَوْضِ He kept back, or put back, or drove back, the camels from the tank, or cistern.
8 مَالَهُ نَسَأَهُ اللّٰهُ What aileth him! May God render him ignominious! or put him backward! Whom he puts backward, He renders ignominious.
9 نَسَأَ, Verbal.Noun نَسْءٌ, He sold a thing with postponement of the payment; he sold it upon credit.
10 نَسَأَهُ البَيْعَ, and البيع, He made the sale to him to be on credit. المَبِيعَ He postponed for him the period of the payment of the price of the thing sold.
11 نَسَأَ عَنْهُ دَيْنَهُ, Verbal.Noun نَسَآءٌ; and دينه, and الدَّيْنَ; He postponed for him the period of the payment of his debt.
12 نُسِئَتْ, a verb like عُنِىَ, [i. e., pass. in form, but neut. in sense,] Present.T تُنْسَأُ, Verbal.Noun نَسْءٌ, Her menstrual discharge was later than its usual time, and it was therefore hoped that she was pregnant: or her menstrual discharge was later than its usual time, and her pregnancy commenced: or she began to be pregnant: or she conceived.
def.2 نَسَأَ اللَّبَنَ, Verbal.Noun نَسْءٌ, He mixed the milk with water.
2 نسأ لَهُ اللَّبَنَ, and نسأهُ اللّبن, He mixed the milk with water for him.
3 نَسَأَهُ He gave him to drink نَسْء, q. v.; i. e. wine, or milk.
4 نَسَأَتْ She licked her young one just after its birth.
def.3 نَسَأَ, Verbal.Noun نَسْءٌ, It became fat: or began to grow fat; when its soft hair (وَبَر), after falling off, began to grow again.
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