ناس

العربية

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ناس^¹

/naːs/

Rhymes with -aːs

Where it comes from

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).

noun نَاس · nās · النَّاس · نَاسٌ

plural, plural only people, humans كَثِيرٌ مِنْ النَّاسِ فِي السُّوقِ.

ناس^²

verb نَاسَ · nāsa · يَنُوسُ · نَوْس · نَوَسَان

plural, plural only to dangle, to swing, to quiver مَا ٱلَّذِي سَيَقُولُهُ ٱلْآنَ لِهٰذَا ٱلصَّحَفِيِّ ٱلشَّابِّ ٱلَّذِي يَنُوسُ بِرَأْسِهِ مِنْ ثِقَلِ ٱلسُّكْرِ

In English

man a human being
men human people
human human being
people a body of human beings; a group of two or more persons
human being person — see also man/translations, person

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {ناس},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B3},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

ناس