Quranic root
نوش
n · w · sh
A root principle of reaching out to take, obtain, or attain something.
The lexical family extends this orientation from reaching and taking to reciprocal reaching in combat, causing attainment, and drawing someone out of destruction in a derived form.
- Maqāyīs · row 4788
- Mufradāt · row 1498
- Lane · entry 44758
- Lane · entry 44759
- Lane · entry 44761
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- Quran-attested forms
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- Quran senses
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- Quran occurrences
Forms in the Quran
The forms this root actually takes in the Quran. Select one to jump to its senses and examples.
تَنَاوُشٌ
tanāwushun
- Part of speech
- Verbal noun
- Quran occurrences
- 1 occurrence
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
Reaching or attaining something; in the Quranic expression, attaining faith from a distant place.
The occurrence describes seeking or attaining faith only belatedly, after the opportunity for near and effective belief has passed.
- Lane · entry 44758
- Mufradāt · row 1498
Selected Quran examples
Quran 34:52word 6
“(will be) the receiving”
Returning to, or recovering, faith that has been lost or missed.
An explicitly reported alternative interpretation of the same Quranic expression at 34:52, understanding the belated attainment as a return or recovery rather than simply an act of reaching.
- Lane · entry 44758
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
- 34:52ٱلتَّنَاوُشُ(will be) the receiving
Broader Classical Arabic meanings
Recorded for this root in the Classical lexicons beyond its Quran usage. These are secondary to the Quran senses above.
Show 6 Classical meanings
نَاشَ بِهِ
To cling or cleave to someone or something.
A Form I construction with بِـ.
- Lane · entry 44758
نَاشَ
To cause someone to attain good or evil.
Used transitively in the construction نُشْتُهُ خَيْرًا or شَرًّا.
- Lane · entry 44758
نَاوَشَ / تَنَاوَشَ
To reach or thrust at one another with spears or other weapons.
A reciprocal combat construction for opposing parties who are near, but not close together.
- Lane · entry 44759
- Lane · entry 44760
نَاوَشَ
To mix with or engage in a thing.
A Form III construction; the evidence does not restrict the object class.
- Lane · entry 44759
اِنْتَاشَ
To bring, lead, or draw someone out of destruction and rescue him.
A Form VIII causative/rescuing use involving removal from a place or condition of destruction.
- Lane · entry 44761
نَوُوشٌ
A man characterized by might, strength, courage, valour, or prowess.
The noun also has the reported variant نَؤُوشٌ.
- Lane · entry 44762
Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
The Quran occurrence is independently located by QAC at 34:52:6; the historical citation notation in the lexical evidence is not treated as a modern verse location.
The reported hamzated reading belongs to a variant and etymological discussion and is not presented as a separate Quranic form here.