نَضْنَضَ

Root: نض

Form: R. Q. 1

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نَضْنَضَ

R. Q. 1 or , said of a man, His نَاضّ, i. e. what was apparent of his property, became much, or abundant.

def.2 He moved about his tongue; as also تَصْنَصَ; but the ض in the former is not a substitute for the ص in the latter, as some assert it to be: the verb is used in this sense in speaking of a man; and of a serpent; Verbal.Noun نَضْنَضَةٌ: (S, but in one copy نَضِيضَةٌ:) and accord. to Ibn-'Abbád, نَضْنَضَةٌ [the Verbal.Noun] signifies the making, or uttering, of a sound: or the sound itself; (صَوْت;) [app. by a motion of the tongue;] of the serpent; and hence, [accord. to some,] the epithet نَضْنَاضٌ, as applied to a serpent: or this epithet is from the phrase, نَصْنَضَ فُلَانًا, , He put such a one in motion, and he disquieted, disturbed, or unsettled, him; or removed him from his place. [In one place, in the TA, اسنضّ مِنْهُ شَيْئًا is made to signify the same; but this is doubtless a mistake, arising from an omission in transcription.] You say also, نَضْنَضَ البَعِيرُ ثَفنَاته The camel moved about his ثَفِنَات [q. v.], and made them to be in contact with the ground; or this is [نَصْنَصَ,] with ص.

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