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ناس
people /ˈnaːs/
nounA1#148 most common
Also: folk, humans, the public
Example sentences
الناس هنا كثيرون.
There are many people here.
يحب الناس هذه المدينة.
People like this city.
بعض الناس لا يحبون الزحام.
Some people do not like crowds.
يقول الناس إن الأسعار سترتفع قريباً.
People say that prices will rise soon.
لا ينبغي أن نهتم كثيراً بما يقوله الناس عنا.
We should not care too much about what people say about us.
ما زال كثير من الناس يعتقدون أن الحظ وحده يصنع النجاح، متجاهلين دور العمل الدؤوب.
Many people still believe that luck alone makes success, ignoring the role of hard work.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | إنسانٌ (insānun, suppletive singular) | ناسٌ / الناسُ (nāsun / an-nāsu) |
| Genitive | إنسانٍ (insānin) | ناسٍ / الناسِ (nāsin / an-nāsi) |
| Accusative | إنساناً (insānan) | ناساً / الناسَ (nāsan / an-nāsa) |
| Vocative | يا إنسانُ (yā insānu) | يا ناسُ (yā nāsu) |
Word family
إنسان (insān)human being
إنسانية (insāniyya)humanity, humaneness
إنس (ins)humankind
أُناس (unās)people (literary)
ناسوت (nāsūt)human nature, humanity
Etymology
Nās means people or humankind. It comes from a Semitic root for man and human, the same root behind insān, the word for a single human being. Most accounts treat nās as a shortened form of unās, with the initial hamza dropped. Related words appear across the Semitic languages, from Hebrew enosh to Akkadian nišū.
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