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نَاس

people

NounRoot ن-و-س

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Also written ناس: نَاسَ (to dangle)

Highlights

Most common words from the same root

Verb · Form I
نَاسَ
to dangle

نَاس in English

Noun

  1. people, humans plural only
    كَثِيرٌ مِنْ النَّاسِ فِي السُّوقِ.There are many people in the market.

Word origin

Back-formation from النَّاس (an-nās), contraction of الْأُنَاس (al-ʔunās). Cognate with Aramaic אֲנָשָׁא (ʾănāšā), Classical Syriac ܐܲܢܵܫܵܐ, ܢܵܫܵܐ (ʾanāšā, nāšā), Biblical Hebrew אֱנוֹשׁ (ʾĕnōš) (whence English Enos).

Words from the root ن-و-س

Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb.

نَاسَ · present يَنُوسُ
Form I · The plain action

to dangle, to swing, to quiver

نَوْس
Verbal noun
نَوَسَان
Verbal noun
نَائِس
Active participle
مَنُوس
Passive participle
نَاس
Noun
people

نَاس in a sentence

Dictionary examples

people

كَثِيرٌ مِنْ النَّاسِ فِي السُّوقِ.There are many people in the market.

From a fully vowelled text

«مَجْدًا مِنَ النَّاسِ لَسْتُ أَقْبَلُ،I receive not honour from men.John 5:41, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
وَمِنْ نُفُوسِ النَّاسِ سِتَّةَ عَشَرَ أَلْفًا.And sixteen thousand persons;)Numbers 31:46, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
أَصْنَامُهُمْ فِضَّةٌ وَذَهَبٌ، عَمَلُ أَيْدِي النَّاسِ.Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.Psalms 115:4, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV

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