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نَشِيطٌ

Root: نشط

Full Definition

نَشِيطٌ Brisk, lively, sprightly, active, agile, prompt, and quick; or pleased, cheerful, happy, or willing; to do work &c.; as also نَاشِطٌ ; [see نَشِطَ;] applied to a man; and to a beast of carriage; fem. with ة: pl. نِشَاطٌ [and نَشَاطَى].
2 A man whose family, or beasts, are in a state of نَشَاط [i. e. briskness, liveliness, sprightliness, &c.: see 1]; as also مُنْشِطٌ .
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