ن ش ق

Probably back-formed from نَشُوق (našūq, “snuff”) and relating to some traded item borrowing its name from Middle Persian (šnwšk' /⁠šnōšag⁠/) attested later only as “sneeze”, Persian شنوشه (šenuše).

ن ش ق • (n-š-q)

1. related to sniffing, apprehension by the nose

Verbs and verb forms

• Form I: نَشِقَ (našiqa)
  • Verbal noun: نَشْق (našq), نَشَق (našaq)
  • Active participle: ?
  • Passive participle: مَنْشُوق (manšūq)
• Form II: نَشَّقَ (naššaqa)
  • Verbal noun: تَنْشِيق (tanšīq)
  • Active participle: مُنَشِّق (munaššiq)
  • Passive participle: مُنَشَّق (munaššaq)
• Form IV: أَنْشَقَ (ʔanšaqa)
  • Verbal noun: إِنْشَاق (ʔinšāq)
  • Active participle: مُنْشِق (munšiq)
  • Passive participle: مُنْشَق (munšaq)
• Form V: تَنَشَّقَ (tanaššaqa)
  • Verbal noun: تَنَشُّق (tanaššuq)
  • Active participle: مُتَنَشِّق (mutanaššiq)
  • Passive participle: مُتَنَشَّق (mutanaššaq)
• Form VIII: اِنْتَشَقَ (intašaqa)
  • Verbal noun: اِنْتِشَاق (intišāq)
  • Active participle: مُنْتَشِق (muntašiq)
  • Passive participle: مُنْتَشَق (muntašaq)
• Form X: اِسْتَنْشَقَ (istanšaqa)
  • Verbal noun: اِسْتِنْشَاق (istinšāq)
  • Active participle: مُسْتَنْشِق (mustanšiq)
  • Passive participle: مُسْتَنْشَق (mustanšaq)

Nouns

• نَشْق m sg (našq, “inhaling, inhalation”)
• تَنَشُّق m sg (tanaššuq, “inhaling, inhalation”)
• اِسْتِنْشاق m sg (istinšāq, “inhaling, inhalation”)
• نَشُوق m sg (našūq, “snuff”)
• نُشُوق m sg (nušūq, “snuff”)
• تَنْشِيقة m sg (tanšīqa, “pinch of snuff”)
• نُشَاقَة f sg (nušāqa, “what is taken, while hot, from a cooking-pot”)
• نَشَّاقَة (naššāqa, “Cynodon dactylon”)

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