Note 602 — THE HUNCHBACK'S TALE. (continued 2)
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
Arab. "Nahs," a word of many meanings; a sinister aspect of the stars (as in Heb. and Aram.) or, adjectively, sinister, of ill-omen. Vulgarly it is used as the reverse of nice and corresponds, after a fashion with our "nasty."