(ن) نَاسَ يَنُوْسُ نَوْسًا وَنَوَسَانًاnāsa yanūsu nawsan wa-nawasānan (original form: نَوَسَ يَنْوُسُnawasa yanwusu): to dangle and swing, to be in constant motion. (This verb is not used in the Quran.)
نَوَّاسٌnawwās (intensive form, ṣīghat al-mubālaghah, on the pattern of فَعَّالٌfaʿʿāl): one that moves a great deal. (This word is not used in the Quran.) Note: it is reported from some of the Kufans that «النَّاسan-nās» is from this root, i.e. the creature that is in constant motion; but the preferred view (the position of Sībawayh and most of the lexicographers) is that «النَّاسan-nās» is from the root a-n-s (اُنَاسunās ← اَلنَّاس بحذفِan-nās bḥdhfi, with hamzah), and اُنَاسunās, اِنْسins and اِنْسَانinsān bear witness to this; so this root is entered here only for reference. ﴿قُلْ اَعُوْذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ﴾ (An-Nās 114:1); ﴿يٰٓاَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اعْبُدُوْا رَبَّكُمُ﴾ (Al-Baqarah 2:21)