نمط
2 تَنْمِيطٌ signifies The directing, or guiding, to a thing. (
K.) You say, مَنْ نَمَّطَكَ عَلَى
هٰذَا الشَّىْءِ Who directed thee, or guided thee, to this thing?
syn. دَلَّكَ عَلَيْهِ. (Ibn-'Abbád.) نَمَطٌ The facing, or outer covering, (ظِهَارَة,) of a bed (
T,
Mgh,
K) upon which one sleeps, (
Mgh,) or of a thing that is spread upon the ground to sit or lie upon, (
T,
K,) whatever it be: (
K:) or a sort of carpet or other thing that is spread upon the ground: (
S,
K:) and a woollen cloth (
Mgh,
Msb,
K) which is thrown over the [kind of vehicle called] هَوْدَج, (
Mgh,
K,) having a fine nap, or pile, (
TA,) of some colour; what is white being seldom or never so called: (
Msb:) or a sort of dyed cloth, like زَوْجٌ, these names being seldom or never applied but to what is coloured red or green or yellow; what is white not being called نَمَطٌ: (
Az,
L:) and a cloth that is spread beneath a horse's saddle: (
Meyd, as cited by Golius:) some say, that it is a receptacle like the سَفَط: (
Har, p. 273 [but this I think doubtful:]
pl. أَنْمَاطٌ [properly a
pl. of pauc. but used also as one of mult.] (
S,
Mgh,
Msb,
K) and نِمَاطٌ. (
IB,
K.)
A2: A body of men (
S,
Mgh,
Msb,
K) whose case is one; i. e. a class of men. (
S,
K.) It is said in a
trad., (
S,
Mgh,) of 'Alee, (
Mgh,) خَيْرُ هٰذِهِ الأُمَّةِ النَّمَطُ الأَوْسَطُ The best of this people is the middle body thereof (
S,
Mgh) whose case is one; i. e. the middle class thereof: (
S, in which is added, يُلْحَقُ بِهِمُ التَّالِى وَيُرْجَعُ إِلَيْهِمُ الغَالِى [he who falls short shall be made to reach them, and he who exceeds the due bounds shall be brought back to them:]) A 'Obeyd says, (
Mgh,
TA,) the meaning of this saying of 'Alee is, (
TA,) that he disliked the exceeding of the due bounds and the falling short (
Mgh,
TA) in religion. (
TA.)
A3: A way: (
Msb,
TA:) a way, course, mode, or manner, of acting, conduct, or the like; (
Mgh,
K;) as also ↓ انمط: (
TA [so there written, without any syll. points:]) a tenet, or body of tenets, belief, creed, opinion, or persuasion, which one takes to, or holds: (
Mgh,
TA:) a kind, or way, of speech. (
TA.) You say, إِلْزَمْ هٰذَا النّمَطَ keep thou to this way. (
TA.) And تَكَلَّمُوا عَلَى نَمَطٍ وَاحِدٍ
They spoke according to one way, course, mode, or manner, &c. (
Mgh.)
b2: (
tropical:) A sort, or species, (
Mgh,
Msb,
K,) of a thing, (
K,) of goods or commodities, of learning or. science, &c. (
TA.) You say, عِنْدِى مَتَاعٌ مِنْ هٰذَا النَّمَطِ (
tropical:) I have goods of this sort, or species. (
Mgh.) and هٰذَا مِنْ نَمَطِ هٰذَا (
tropical:) This is of the sort, or species, of this. (
Msb.) نَمَطِىٌّ: see أَنْمَاطِىٌّ.
انمط: see نَمَطٌ.
أَنْمَاطِىٌّ [A maker, or seller, of أَنْمَاط,
pl. of نَمَطٌ:] a rel.
n. from نَمَطٌ; as also ↓ نَمَطِىٌّ: (
K,
TA:) the former [from the
pl.,] like
أَنْصَارِىٌّ: the latter from the
sing., agreeably with
analogy. (
TA.)
