نَسَخَ
Root: نسخ
Form: 1
Full Definition
نَسَخَI
, Present.T
ـَ Verbal.Noun نَسْخٌ; and
; He, or it, annulled, superseded, obliterated, effaced, or cancelled, a thing, بِشَىْءٍ آخَرَ
by another thing. It annulled, or superseded, a thing, and took the place of it. Ex. نَسَخَتِ الشَّمْسُ الظِّلَ, and
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2 Also, نَسَخَ He, or it, changed, or altered, a thing. Ex. نَسَخَتِ الرِّيحُ آثَارَ الدَّارِ The wind changed, or altered, [or, it may also be rendered, obliterated, or effaced,] the traces of the dwelling.
3 نَسَخَهُ He transformed him, or metamorphosed him, into a worse, or more foul, or more ugly, shape; i. q. مَسَخَهُ: ex. نَسَخَهُ ٱللّٰهُ قِرْدًا God transformed him into an ape.
4 [Also, as used in post-classical, and perhaps in classical, times, He caused his soul to pass into the body of another man.] The connexion of the soul of a human being, after its departure from the body, with the body of another human being, is termed نَسْخٌ; with the body of
5 نَسَخَ He transferred a thing from one place to another, it remaining the same: he transferred what was in a bee-hive to another [hive or place].
6 نَسَخَ الكِتَابَ, Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun نَسْخٌ; and , and استنسخهُ; are syn., signifying He copied, or transcribed, the writing, or book, letter for letter.
7 مَا نَسَخَهُ وَإِنَّمَا مَسَخَهُ [He has not copied it, but only corrupted it by changing the diacritical points and altering the meanings].
8 , in the Kur, xlv. 28, signifies We set down, or register, and preserve: or We command to be transcribed and to be set down, or registered.
2 Also, نَسَخَ He, or it, changed, or altered, a thing. Ex. نَسَخَتِ الرِّيحُ آثَارَ الدَّارِ The wind changed, or altered, [or, it may also be rendered, obliterated, or effaced,] the traces of the dwelling.
3 نَسَخَهُ He transformed him, or metamorphosed him, into a worse, or more foul, or more ugly, shape; i. q. مَسَخَهُ: ex. نَسَخَهُ ٱللّٰهُ قِرْدًا God transformed him into an ape.
4 [Also, as used in post-classical, and perhaps in classical, times, He caused his soul to pass into the body of another man.] The connexion of the soul of a human being, after its departure from the body, with the body of another human being, is termed نَسْخٌ; with the body of
5 نَسَخَ He transferred a thing from one place to another, it remaining the same: he transferred what was in a bee-hive to another [hive or place].
6 نَسَخَ الكِتَابَ, Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun نَسْخٌ; and , and استنسخهُ; are syn., signifying He copied, or transcribed, the writing, or book, letter for letter.
7 مَا نَسَخَهُ وَإِنَّمَا مَسَخَهُ [He has not copied it, but only corrupted it by changing the diacritical points and altering the meanings].
8 , in the Kur, xlv. 28, signifies We set down, or register, and preserve: or We command to be transcribed and to be set down, or registered.
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