ناس

Arabic

Etymology 1

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).

Alternative forms

• أُنَاس (ʔunās)

Noun

نَاس • (nās) pl (plural only)

1. mankind, people, humans

Declension

Declension of noun نَاس (nās)

Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَاس nās	النَّاس an-nās	نَاس nās
Nominative	نَاسٌ nāsun	النَّاسُ an-nāsu	نَاسُ nāsu
Accusative	نَاسًا nāsan	النَّاسَ an-nāsa	نَاسَ nāsa
Genitive	نَاسٍ nāsin	النَّاسِ an-nāsi	نَاسِ nāsi

Descendants

• Maltese: nies

Etymology 2

From the root ن و س (n-w-s).

Verb

1. to dangle, to swing, to quiver
   • 2013, أحمد سعداوي, chapter VII, in فرانكشتاين في بغداد, →ISBN:

     مَا ٱلَّذِي سَيَقُولُهُ ٱلْآنَ لِهٰذَا ٱلصَّحَفِيِّ ٱلشَّابِّ ٱلَّذِي يَنُوسُ بِرَأْسِهِ مِنْ ثِقَلِ ٱلسُّكْرِ

     mā llaḏī sayaqūluhu l-ʔāna lihāḏā ṣ-ṣaḥafiyyi š-šābbi llaḏī yanūsu biraʔsihi min ṯiqali s-sukri

     Now, what would he tell this young journalist, whose head was lolling drunkenly.

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Kashmiri

Noun

ناس • (nās) m (Devanagari नास)

1. snuff

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South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic نَاس (nās).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naːs/, [næːs]

• Audio (Ramallah):

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Noun

ناس • (nās) m pl or f sg

1. people
2. plural of إنسان (ʾinsān)