نوص1 نَاصَ, (M, K,) aor. ـُ (M,) inf. n. نَوْصٌ and مَنَاصٌ (M, K) and مَنِيصٌ (M) and نَوِيصٌ (K) and نِيَاصٌ, (K, accord. to the TA,) or نِيَاصَةٌ, (accord. to a MS. copy of the K, and accord. to to the CK,) and نَوَصَانٌ, (K,) He put himself in motion: (K:) or he put himself in motion and went away. (M, TA.) You say, مَا يَنُوصُ فُلَانٌ لِحَاجَتِى Such a one does not put himself in motion for [the accomplishment of] my want. (TA.) And مَا بِهِ نَوِيصٌ There is not in him strength (S, M) and motion (or activity], (S, TA.) b2:  نَاصَ لِلْحَرَكَةِ, inf. n. نَوْصٌ and مَنَاصٌ, He prepared himself for motion. (M, TA.) b3: نَاصَ الفَرَسُ, (Lth, M,) inf. n. نَوْصٌ, (Lth, TA,) The horse, having his bridle pulled in, and being put in motion, raised his head; as also ↓ استناص: (Lth, M:) or ↓ إِسْتِنَاصَةٌ signifies a horse's putting himself in motion to run. (K.) b4:  نَاصَ إِلَيْهِ, (K,) inf. n. نَوْصٌ, (TA,) He rose to him. (K.) b5:  نَاصَ, aor. ـُ inf. n. نَوْصٌ, He turned aside, or away: (M, TA:) he drew back, receded, retreated, or retired; (S, K *;) as also ↓ استناص: (S:) he fled; or turned away and fled: (TA:) he escaped, and outwent: (Msb:) and, inf. n. مَنِيصٌ and مَنَاصٌ, he escaped; or became safe, or secure: (M:) and accord. to IB, نُوصٌ, with, damm, [app. as an inf. n.,] also signifies the act of fleeing. (TA.) You say, نَاصَ عَنِ الأَمْرِ He turned aside, or away, from the thing, or affair; he declined from it; he avoided it; as also لَاصَ. (Aboo-Turáb, TA.) And نَاصَ عَنْهُ, inf. n. نَوْصٌ, He removed, withdrew, or retired to a distance, and separated himself, from him, or it. (Ibn-'Abbád, K.) And نَاصَ عَنْ قِرْنِهِ, (S, A,) aor. ـُ inf. n. نَوْصٌ and مَنَاصٌ, (S,) He fled, or turned away and fled, from his opponent, or adversary, (S, A,) and eluded him, (S,) or removed, withdrew, or retired to a distance, from him. (A)
 
And it is said in the Kur, [xxxviii. 2,] وَلَاتَ حِينَ مَنَاصٍ, meaning, When it was not a time of fleeing: (Az, TA:) or when it was not a time of drawing back and fleeing: (S, TA:) or when it was not a time of seeking, or petitioning, and of being aided, or succoured. (M, TA.) 3 نَاْوَصَ see جُرَّةٌ.10 إِسْتَنْوَصَ see 1, in three places.نَوْصٌ A wild ass; (S, M, K;) because he ceases not to raise his head, going to and fro, like one running away at random. (Lth, K. *) نَائِصٌ Raising his head, and running away at random: (M:) or a wild ass raising his head, and going to and fro, like one running away at random: (Lth, K *:) and ↓ مَنِيصٌ a horse raising his head. (TA.) مَنَاصٌ A place to which one has recourse for refuge, protection, preservation, or concealment: a place of refuge: (S, Msb, K:) a place to which one flees; (S;) a place of safety or security. (A.) A2:  See also 1, throughout.مَنِيصٌ: see نَائِصٌ.