ن • ق • س
نَقَسَ
It (a نَاقُوس) sounded. (TA.) -A2- نَقَسَ, (S, A, Msb,) or نَقَسَ النَّاقُوسَ, (Mgh, K,) aor.
نَقُسَ
, inf. n. نَقْسٌ, (S, Mgh, Msb,) He struck, or beat, the
ناقوس, (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) بِالْوَيِيلِ
with the
وبيل. (Mgh, K.) You say, نَقَسَتِ
النَّصَارَى and ↓
انتقست
The Christians struck, or beat the
ناقوس. (A.) It is said in a trad., that the Muslims were near to doing so, (كَادُوا
يَنْقُسُونَ, S, TA,) or used to do so, (كَانُوا
يَنْقُسُونَ, Mgh,) until 'Abd-Allah Ibn-Zeyd dreamed of the [mode of calling to prayer termed] أَذَان. (S, Mgh, TA.)
نقّس دَوَاتَهُ
, inf. n. تَنْقِيسٌ, He put ink (نِقْس) into his receptacle for ink. (S, * K.)
نَاقوُسٌ
The thing which the Christians strike, or beat, (S, A, Mgh, Msb, K,) to notify the times of prayer, (S, A, Mgh, K,) as a sign for commencing their prayer; (Msb;) being a piece of wood, long, (A, Mgh, K,) and large (K,) [suspended to two cords, (Golius,)] with another which is short, [with which the former is struck, or beaten,] and which is called
وَبِيلٌ: (A, K:) pl. نَوَاقِيسُ (S, TA) and نُقُسٌ, as though the ا in the sing. were imagined to be suppressed in forming the latter pl. (TA.) [Hence, in the present day, applied to A bell: and particularly to the bell of a church or convent.]