قبس
1 قَبَسَ نَارًا,
aor. ـِ (
Msb,
K,)
inf. n. قَبْسٌ, (
T,
K,) He took fire, مِنْهُ [from him;] (
K;) as also ↓ اقتبسها: (
S,
K:) or he took fire from the main mass thereof; (
Msb;) as also ↓ اقتبس [alone]. (
Msb,
K.)
b2: [Hence,] قَبَسَ عِلْمًا, (and مِنَ العِلْمِ,
TA,) (assumed
tropical:) He acquired knowledge, مِنْهُ [from him;] (
Ks,
K,
TA;) as also ↓ اقتبسهُ: (
Ks,
S,
K,
TA:) or he learned knowledge; as also ↓ اقتبس. (
Msb.)
b3: [Hence also, قَبَسَ حُمَّى (assumed
tropical:) He caught a fever from another; as also ↓ اقتبسها.] You say, هٰذِهِ حُمَّى قَبْسٍ (assumed
tropical:) This is a fever caught from another; not accidentally inbred: (
A,
TA:) but
Sgh explains it differently, as signifying an accidental fever. (
TA.) And الحُمَّى مِنْ غَيْرِهِ وَلَمْ ↓ اقتبس تَعْرِضْ لَهُ مِنْ نَفْسِهِ (assumed
tropical:) [He caught the fever from another; and it did not accidentally come to him from himself]. (
A,
TA.)
A2: قَبَسَ مِنْهُ نَارًا,
aor. ـِ
inf. n. قَبْسٌ, [He sought from him fire; (see its part.
n., below;)] (
S;) [and so ↓ اقتبسه, for اقتبس مِنْهُ نَارًا; for you say,] اِقْتَبَسْنَا فُلَانًا فَأَبَى ان يُقْبِسَنَا, meaning, [We sought fire from such a one, and he refused] to give us fire. (
TA.)
b2: [And hence, قَبَسَ عِلْمًا (assumed
tropical:) He sought knowledge; (see, again, its part.
n., below;) and so ↓ اقتبسهُ; as appears from an explanation of the part.
n. of this latter also; and from the saying,] أَتَانَا فُلَانٌ يَقْتَبِسُ العِلْمَ فَأَقْبَسْنَاهُ, meaning, (assumed
tropical:) [Such a one came to us seeking knowledge, and] we taught him. (
TA.)
A3: Also, قَبَسَ النَّارَ He lighted, or kindled, the fire. (
IKtt.)
A4: See also 4, passim.
4 اقبسهُ He gave him a قَبَس [a brand, or burning stick, or burning piece of fire-wood]: (
S,
K:) or he gave him fire: and ↓ قَبَسَهُ he brought him fire: (
TA:) and اقبسهُ نَارًا (
Ks,
S,
Msb) he gave him fire; (
S, *
Msb,
TA;) as also نَارًا ↓ قَبَسَهُ. (
Yz,
Ks,
IAar,
S.)
b2: [Hence,] اقبسهُ (assumed
tropical:) He taught him: (
K:) and اقبسهُ عِلْمًا, (
Yz,
Ks,
IAar,
S,
A,
Msb,) and خَيْرًا, (
A,
TA,) (assumed
tropical:) he taught him knowledge, (
S, *
Msb,
TA,) and (assumed
tropical:) good; (
TA;) as also عِلْمًا ↓ قَبَسَهُ, (
Ks,
IAar,
S,
A,
Msb,
TA,) and خَيْرًا: (
A:) the latter verb is sometimes thus used; (
IAar,
TA;) or is allowable: (
Ks,
TA:) or only the former: (
A:) [but it seems to be indicated in the
TA, that you say. خَيْرًا ↓ قَبَسَهُ as meaning (assumed
tropical:) he brought him good:] and you say also مَالًا ↓ قَبَسَهُ [
app. meaning (assumed
tropical:) he gave him property]. (
IAar,
TA.)
A2: اقبس فُلَانًا نَارًا He sought fire for such a one. (
Yz, *
S, *
K.) 8 إِقْتَبَسَ see 1, passim.
قَبَسٌ Fire: (
TA:) or a live coal: (
Bd, xx.
10:) or [more commonly, and more properly, like نَفَضٌ in the sense of مَنْفُوضٌ;] a firebrand (شُعْلَةٌ مِنْ نَارٍ,
T,
S,
A,
Msb,
K, * and
Bd ubi supra,) taken from the main mass of fire; (
T,
A,
Msb, *
K;) as also ↓ مُقْتَبَسٌ and ↓ مِقْبَسٌ (A) and ↓ مِقْبَاسٌ: (
S,
A,
Msb,
K:) the last two [properly] signify a thing [such as a stick, or piece of fire-wood,] with which one has taken fire: (
TA:) and قَبَسٌ is also explained as signifying a live coal, or piece of fire, (جِذْوَةٌ مِنْ نَارٍ,) which one takes upon the end of a stick: (
TA:) [and ↓ قَبْسَةٌ also signifies the same; as appears from an application thereof in the
K, art. جذو, where الجِذْوَةُ is explained by القَبْسَةُ مِنَ النَّارِ; and from the saying,] مَا أَنَا إِلَّا قَبْسَةٌ مِنْ نَارِكَ [
lit., I am nought but a piece from thy fire;
app. meaning, my subsistence, or the like, is derived from thee]. (
A,
TA.) It is said in a
trad. of 'Alee, حَتَّى أَوْرَى قَبَسَ القَابِسِ (assumed
tropical:) So that he manifested a light of truth to the seeker thereof. (
TA.) قَبْسَةٌ [
inf. n. of un. of 1; A single act of taking fire; &c. Hence the saying,] مَا زُرْتُكَ إِلَّا كَقَبْسَةِ العَجْلَانِ [I did not visit thee save like the hasty person's single act of taking fire]. (
TA.)
A2: See also قَبَسٌ.
قَابِسٌ [
act. part. n. of 1; Taking fire; a taker of fire; &c. Hence the saying,] مَا أَنْتَ إِلَّا كالقَابِسِ العَجْلَانِ [Thou art none other than like the hasty taker of fire]. (
A.)
b2: [(assumed
tropical:) Acquiring, or learning, knowledge; an acquirer, or a learner, of knowledge.]
A2: Seeking, or a seeker of, fire:
pl. أَقْبَاسٌ; its only
broken pl. (
TA.)
b2: (assumed
tropical:) Seeking, or a seeker of, knowledge; as also ↓ مُقْتَبِسٌ. (
TA.)
b3: القَوَابِسُ [
pl. of القَابِسُ, like as الفَوَارِسُ is
pl. of الفَارِسُ,] (assumed
tropical:) Those who teach men what is good. (
TA.) مَقْبِسٌ The place of the fire-brand: i. e., firewood that has been lighted: or charcoal that has become hard; opposed to حُمَمَةٌ, which is [a piece of] charcoal that does not hold together:
pl. مَقَابِسُ. (
Msb.) مِقْبَسٌ: see قَبَسٌ.
مِقْبَاسٌ: see قَبَسٌ.
مُقْتَبَسٌ: see قَبَسٌ.
مُقْتَبِسٌ: see قَابِسٌ.
