ن ص وn-ṣ-w
(ن) نَصَا يَنْصُوْ نَصْوًاnaṣā yanṣū naṣwan (original form: نَصَوَ يَنْصُوُnaṣawa yanṣuwu): to seize the hair of the forehead. (This verb is not used in the Quran.)
نَاصِيَةٌnāṣiyah pl. نَوَاصٍnawāṣ (noun, ism dhāt): the forelock; among the Arabs, seizing someone's forelock was an idiom for gaining complete control over him, and the forelock was let go to set him free. ﴿مَا مِنْ دَآبَّةٍ اِلَّا هُوَ اٰخِذٌۢ بِنَاصِيَتِهَا﴾ (Hūd 11:56); ﴿لَنَسْفَعًۢا بِالنَّاصِيَةِ نَاصِيَةٍ كَاذِبَةٍ خَاطِئَةٍ﴾ (Al-ʿAlaq 96:15–16); ﴿فَيُؤْخَذُ بِالنَّوَاصِيْ وَالْاَقْدَامِ﴾ (Ar-Raḥmān 55:41)