ن ز ع

Apparently the most primitive senses are related to striving into a well to get water, which is confirmed by comparative evidence, regard Hebrew נָסַע‎ (nāsaʿ, “to pull out, to set out”), Aramaic נְסַע‎ (nsaʿ, “to remove”), Ugaritic 𐎐𐎒𐎓 (nsʿ, “to pull out”), Akkadian 𒍣 (/nasāḫu/, “to pull out”), Akkadian 𒁁 (/nēsu/, “to remove; to depart”), Tigre ነዝዓ (näzʿa, “to pull out”), Ge'ez ነዝዐ (näzʿä, “to pull out”), ነዝሐ (näzḥä, “to pull out”), Old South Arabian 𐩬𐩸𐩲‎ (“to withdraw”), and meeting the meaning of the third stem in Arabic Old South Arabian 𐩬𐩸𐩲‎ (“to come to grips; quarrel”).

ن ز ع • (n-z-ʿ)

1. related to striving

• Form I: نَزَعَ‎ (nazaʿa, “to pull out”)
  • Verbal noun: نَزْع‎ (nazʿ)
  • Active participle: نَازِع‎ (nāziʿ)
  • Passive participle: مَنْزُوع‎ (manzūʿ)
• Form I: نَزَعَ‎ (nazaʿa, “to yearn, to strive, to tend, to be inclined”)
  • Verbal noun: نُزُوع‎ (nuzūʿ), نَزَاعَة‎ (nazāʿa), مَنْزَع‎ (manzaʿ)
  • Active participle: نَازِع‎ (nāziʿ)
• Form II: نَزَّعَ‎ (nazzaʿa, “to pluck out”)
  • Verbal noun: تَنْزِيع‎ (tanzīʿ)
  • Active participle: مُنَزِّع‎ (munazziʿ)
  • Passive participle: مُنَزَّع‎ (munazzaʿ)
• Form III: نَازَعَ‎ (nāzaʿa, “to fight”)
  • Verbal noun: مُنَازَعَة‎ (munāzaʿa), نِزَاع‎ (nizāʿ)
  • Active participle: مُنَازِع‎ (munāziʿ)
  • Passive participle: مُنَازَع‎ (munāzaʿ)
• Form IV: أَنْزَعَ‎ (ʾanzaʿa, “to uproot”)
  • Verbal noun: إِنْزَاع‎ (ʾinzāʿ)
  • Active participle: مُنْزِع‎ (munziʿ)
  • Passive participle: مُنْزَع‎ (munzaʿ)
• Form VI: تَنَازَعَ‎ (tanāzaʿa, “to fight each other”)
  • Verbal noun: تَنَازُع‎ (tanāzuʿ)
  • Active participle: مُتَنَازِع‎ (mutanāziʿ)
• Form VIII: اِنْتَزَعَ‎ (intazaʿa, “to draw out, to wrest”)
  • Verbal noun: اِنْتِزَاع‎ (intizāʿ)
  • Active participle: مُنْتَزِع‎ (muntaziʿ)
  • Passive participle: مُنْتَزَع‎ (muntazaʿ)

• نَزْعَة‎ (nazʿa, “tendency, propensity, trend”)
• نَزِيع‎ (nazīʿ, “not deep, so that one can pull out from it with ease; intruder, foreigner”)
• نَزُوع‎ (nazūʿ, “deep; not deep”)
• مَنْزَع‎ (manzaʿ, “bottom of a well; intention; method”)
• نَزَّاع‎ (nazzāʿ, “tending; pulling”)
• نَازِعَة‎ (nāziʿa, “tendency”)
• مِنْزَع‎ (minzaʿ, “arrow for throwing at a target, dart”)

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