نَاصِر

naASirN * act. part. n. of naSara , An aider or assister, especially against an enemy; &c.; as also ↓ naSiyrN , (S, * M, A, Msb, K,) and ↓ naSarN : (Sgh, K:) pl. (of naSiyrN , (S, M, Msb, and of naASirN , M,) A^anoSaArN (S, M, A, Msb, K) and (of naASirN , M) nuS~aArN , (M, K,) and nuSuwrN may also be a pl. of the same, as occurring in the verse of Khidásh, cited above: (M:) and A^anaASiyru is a pl. pl., being pl. of A^anoSaArN : (TA:) and ↓ naSorN is used as sing. and pl., (M, K,) being an inf. n. employed as an epithet, like EadolN . (M.) ― -b2- AlA^anoSaAru also signifies The Assistants of the Prophet; (M, K;) of [the tribes of] El-Ows and El-Khazraj; (TA;) being an epithet applied to them especially, (M, K,) and used as a subst., as though it were the name of a tribe, wherefore the rel. n. A^anoSaAriY~N [which is used as sing.] is formed from it. (M.)