نحس
1 نَحِسَ,
aor. ـَ (
S,
A,
K;) and نَحُسَ,
aor. ـُ (
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 The fire had much نُحَاس, i. e., smoke. (
IKtt.) 6 تَنَاْحَسَ see 8.
8 انتحس 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 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 (
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: see نُحَاسٌ:
A2: and نِحَاسٌ.
نُحَاسٌ (
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 (
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: see نَحِسٌ, throughout.
نَحِيسٌ: see نَحِسٌ, throughout.
نَحَّاسٌ A worker of copper or brass: a coppersmith.]
نَاحِسٌ: see نَحِسٌ, in two places.
مَنحَسٌ A place of unprosperousness, unfortunateness, inauspiciousness, or unluckiness:
pl. مَنَاحِسُ. (
Har, p. 374.) مَنْحَسَةٌ [A cause of unprosperousness, unfortunateness, inauspiciousness, or unluckiness:
pl.,
accord. to rule, مَنَاحِسُ]. (
A,
TA, art. تعس.) مَنْحَوسٌ: see نَحِسٌ, in three places.
مَنَاحِسُ: see نَحْسٌ, مَنْحَسٌ, and مَنْحَسَةٌ.
