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نحس

1 نَحِسَ ذ , aor. نَحَسَ ; (S, A, K;) and نَحُسَ, aor. نَحُسَ ; (K;) and نَحِسُ, like [its contr.] سُعِدَ; (Bd, xvii. 30;) inf. n. [of the first] نَحَسٌ and [of the second نُحُوسَةٌ; (TA;) He, or it, was, or became, unprosperous, unfortunate, inauspicious, or unlucky: (S, A, K:) said of a man, (A, Bd,) and of a star, (TA,) or other thing. (S, TA.) 4 أَنْحَسَتِ النَّارُ ذ The fire had much نُحَاس, i. e., smoke. (IKtt.) 6 تَنَاْحَسَ see 8. 8 انتحس ذ He became overthrown, or subverted; as also ↓ تناحس . And the former is also said of a man's جَدّ [or good fortune]. (A, TA.) نَحْسٌ ذ Unprosperousness, unfortunateness, inauspiciousness, or unluckiness; contr. of سَعْدٌ; (S, A, K;) of stars, and of other things: pl. [of pauc.] أَنْحُسٌ and [of mult.] نُحُوسٌ; (TA;) and مَنَاحِسُ is an irreg. pl. of the same, (TA,) syn. with مَشَائِمُ, (IDrd, K, TA,) which is in like manner an irreg. pl. of شُؤْمٌ. (TA.) [In Har, p. 375, a doubt is expressed respecting مَنَاحِسُ, as to its being a pl. of نَحْسٌ; but only from ignorance of their being any authority for its being so: it may, however, be pl. of مَنْحَسَةٌ, and not of نَحْسٌ.] In the Kur, [liv. 19,] some read, فى يَوْمِ نَحْسٍ [In a day of unprosperousness]: others read نحس as an epithet. (S.) See نَحِسٌ. ― -b2- Also, Difficulty, distress, trouble, or fatigue; harm, injury, or evil state or condition; syn. جَهْدٌ and ضُرٌّ: pl. أَنْحُسٌ. (TA.) نَحِسٌ ذ (S, A, K) and ↓ نَحْسٌ (S, A) and ↓ نَحِيسٌ (TA) and ↓ نَحُوسٌ and ↓ مُنْحُوسٌ (A, TA) Unprosperous, unfortunate, inauspicious, or unlucky. (S, A, K.) You say, رَجُلٌ نَحِسٌ and نَحْسٌ (A) and مَنْحُوسٌ (A, TA) [An unprosperous man]: pl. of the last, مَنَاحِيسُ. (TA.) And يَوْمٌ نَحْسٌ (S, A, TA) [and نَحِسٌ] and نَحُوسٌ (A, TA) and نَحِيسٌ and مَنْحُوسٌ (TA) [An unprosperous day]: and in the pl., أَيَّامٌ نَحْسٌ, [which seems to indicate that نَحْسٌ is originally an inf. n.,] (TA,) and نَحْسَةٌ, and نَحْسَاتٌ, which is pl. of نَحْسَةٌ, (Az, TA,) and نَحِسَةٌ, (K,) and [its pl.] نَحِسَاتٌ, (S, TA,) and نَحِيسَةٌ, (K.) [and app. ↓ نَاحِسَةٌ ,] and [its pl.] نَوَاحِسُ. (TA.) In the Kur, [liv. 19,] some read, ↓ فِى يَوْمٍ نَحْسٍ [In an unprosperous day], as well as فِى يَوْمِ نَحْسٍ: (S, TA:) and AA reads [in the Kur, xli. 15,] فِى أَيَّامٍ نَحْسَاتٍ: and نَحِسَاتٍ is another reading. (TA.) You also say, ↓ عَامٌ نَاحِسٌ and ↓ نَحِيسٌ , meaning, (tropical:) A year of dearth or drought or sterility: (IDrd, K:) so they assert. (IDrd.) And ↓ النَّحْسَانِ is an appellation of The two planets Saturn and Mars: (Ibn-'Abbád, K:) like as [the contr.] السَّعْدَانِ is applied to Venus and Mercury. (Ibn-'Abbád.) نَحَاسٌ ذ : see نُحَاسٌ: -A2- and نِحَاسٌ. نُحَاسٌ ذ (S, K, &c.) and ↓ نِحَاسٌ (Fr, K) and ↓ نَحَاسٌ , (K,) the last, (TA,) or all, (K,) on the authority of Abu-l-'Abbás El-Kawáshee, (K,) a word of well-known meaning; (S;) Copper: and brass; syn. قِطْرٌ: (K:) or صُفْرٌ: (Ibn-Buzurj:) or a species of صُفْر intensely red: (TA:) a chaste Arabic word. (TA.) -A2- Also, Fire: (IF, K:) and the sparks that fall from brass (صُفْر), or from iron, when it is beaten (AO, K) with the hammer: (TA:) or نُحَاسٌ signifies smoke: so in the Kur, lv. 35: (Fr, Az, Bd, and others; accord. to Az, all the interpreters of the Kur.; and it is wonderful that the author of the K has omitted this signification: TA:) but some say that it is ↓ نِحَاسٌ signifies the smoke of صُفْر; and نُحَاسٌ signifies صُفْر itself: (Ibn-Buzurj:) or the latter signifies smoke in which is no flame: (S, Jel:) or smoke that rises high, and of which the heat is weak, and which is free from flame: (AHn:) or molten صُفْر: (Bd:) and some read نُحُسٌ, which is the pl. (Bd.) -A3- See also نِحَاسٌ. نِحَاسٌ ذ (S, A, K) and ↓ نُحَاسٌ (S, K) and ↓ نَحَاسٌ (K, but excluded by the TA) Nature; natural, or native, disposition or temper or other quality or property: (S, A, K, TA:) and origin: (S, A, TA:) or that to which the origin of a thing reaches. (IAar, K.) You say, فُلَانٌ كَرِيمُ النِّحَاسِ, (S, A,) and ↓ النُّحَاسِ , (S,) Such a one is generous of nature, &c., and origin. (S, A.) -A2- See also نُحَاسٌ, in two places. نَحُوسٌ ذ : see نَحِسٌ, throughout. نَحِيسٌ ذ : see نَحِسٌ, throughout. [ نَحَّاسٌ ذ A worker of copper or brass: a coppersmith.] نَاحِسٌ ذ : see نَحِسٌ, in two places. مَنحَسٌ ذ A place of unprosperousness, unfortunateness, inauspiciousness, or unluckiness: pl. مَنَاحِسُ. (Har, p. 374.) مَنْحَسَةٌ ذ [A cause of unprosperousness, unfortunateness, inauspiciousness, or unluckiness: pl., accord. to rule, مَنَاحِسُ]. (A, TA, art. تعس.) مَنْحَوسٌ ذ : see نَحِسٌ, in three places. مَنَاحِسُ ذ : see نَحْسٌ, مَنْحَسٌ, and مَنْحَسَةٌ.

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