مسح

1 مَسَحَ شَيْئًا, aor. ـَ inf. n. مَسْحٌ; and ↓ مسّحهُ, inf. n تَمْسِيحٌ; He wiped a thing that was wet or dirty, with his hand, or passed his hand over it to remove the wet or dirt that was upon it: (L:) مَسْحٌ and تَمْسِيحٌ and ↓ تَمَسُّحٌ signifying the passing the hand over a thing that is flowing [with water or the like], or dirtied, soiled, or polluted, to remove the fluid or dirt, or soil or pollution; (L, K;) as when one wipes his head with his hand to remove water; and his forehead, to remove sweat. (L.) [It often signifies He stroked a thing with his hand; as, for instance, the Black Stone of the Kaabeh; see below.] b2: مَسَحَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ المَآءِ; and جَبِينَهُ الرَّشَحِ; He wiped his head with his hand to remove the water that was upon it; and his forehead to remove the sweat. (L.) b3: مَسَحَ بِرَأْسِهِ (S) He wiped with his hand, or passed his hand closely over, his head, or a part thereof, without making any water to flow upon it: so in the Kur, v. 8; where it is said, فَاغْسِلُوا وُجُوهَكُمْ وَأَيْدِيَكُمْ إِلَى الْمَرَافِقِ وَامْسَحُوا بِرُؤُوسِكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُمْ

إِلَى الْكَعْبَيْنِ: here أَرْجُلَكُمْ is in the acc. case as an adjunct to ايديكم; [i.e., as a third objective complement to the verb اغسلوا; not as an adjunct to رؤوسكم;] but some read أَرْجُلِكُمْ, putting it in the gen. case because of its proximity to رؤوسكم; (Jel;) [in like manner as خَرِبٍ is put in the gen. case in the phrase هٰذَا جُحْرُ ضَبٍّ خَرِبٍ, an ex. given by many of the grammarians, showing that this is allowable in prose,] notwithstanding that it is said, by Aboo-Is-hák the grammarian, that the putting a noun in the gen. case because of its proximity to a preceding noun in that case is not allowable except in poetry, when necessity requires it: (L:) the head, which is wiped, is mentioned between the arms and the feet, which are washed, to show the order which is to be observed in the purification. (Jel.) But مَسَحَ signifies both he wiped with the hand, and also he washed: so says IAth: (L:) and Az and IKt say the like: (Msb:) you say مَسَحْتُ يَدَىَّ بالمَآءِ, meaning I washed my hands with water. (Az, Msb.) b4: مَسَحَ شَيْئًا بِالمَآءِ He wiped a thing with his hand wetted with water; passed his hand, wetted with water, over a thing. (Msb.) b5: مَسَحَ البَيْت He compassed the House [of God, i.e. the Kaabeh: because he who does so passes his hand over the corner in which is the Black Stone]. (L.) b6: مَسَحَ اللّٰهُ عَنْكَ مَا بِكَ May God remove that which is in thee! (L;) or, wash and cleanse thee from thy sins! (TA, art. مصح.) A prayer for a sick person. (L, from a trad.) b7: مَسَحَهُ He anointed him or it with oil. (A.) b8: مُسِحَ بِالكَرَمِ, inf. n. مَسْحٌ, (tropical:) He was characterized by somewhat, or by some sign or mark, of nobility. (L.) [See مَسْحَةٌ.] b9: مَسَحَ, inf. n. مَسْحٌ, He combed and dressed hair; syn. مَشَطَ. (K.) b10: مَسْحُ اللُّحِىَ [The stroking of the beards] was a sign of reconciliation. (S, O, in art. عق: see عَقُ بِالسَّهْمِ.) b11: مَسَحَهُ, or مَسَحَهُ بِالمَعْرُوفِ, i. e. بالمعروف مِنَ القَوْلِ, (L,) inf. n. مَسْحٌ; (L, K;) and ↓ مسّحهُ, (L,) inf. n. تَمْسِيحٌ; (L, K;) He spoke to him good words, deceiving, or beguiling, him therein, (L, K,) and giving him nothing. (L.) b12: فُلَانٌ يَمْسَحُ رَأْسَ زَيْدٍ (tropical:) Such a one beguiles, or deceives, Zeyd. (A.) [See also 3.] b13: مَسَحَ, inf. n. مَسْحٌ and تَمْسَاحٌ He lied; uttered what was false. (K.) b14: مَسَحَ فِى الأَرْضِ, inf. n. مُسُوحٌ, He set forth journeying through the land, or earth: (A'Obeyd, K: *) as also مَصَحَ. (TA.) b15: مَسَحَهُمْ (tropical:) He passed lightly by them, or brushed by them, without remaining by them. (L.) b16: مَسِحَ, [aor. ـَ inf. n. مَسَحٌ, The inner sides of his (a man's, S) thighs rubbed together, (S, L, K,) so as to become sore and chapped: (L:) or he had the inner side of his knee inflamed by the roughness of his garment. (L, K.) b17: مَسَحَ الإِبِلَ, inf. n. مَسْحٌ (tropical:) He made the camels to journey all the day long: and he made the backs of the camels to be wounded by the saddles, and emaciated them; as also ↓ مَسَّحَهَا, inf. n. تَمْسِيحٌ: (K:) and in the latter sense you say مَسَحَ النَّاقَةَ, and ↓ مسّحها. (TA.) b18: مَسَحَتِ الإِبِلُ يَوْمَهَا (tropical:) The camels journeyed all the day. (S.) مَسَحَتِ الإِبِلُ الأَرْضَ يَوْمَهَا دَأْبًا (tropical:) The camels journeyed all the day laboriously. (TA.) A2: مَسَحَ, (S,) inf. n. مَسْحٌ (K) and مِسَاحَةٌ, (S, K,) or the latter is a simple subst., (Msb,) (tropical:) He measured land. (S, K.) A3: مَسَحَ, inf. n. مَسْحٌ, (tropical:) He cut, or severed: and he struck, or smote: (K:) he severed the neck, and the arm. (TA.) مَسَحَ عُنُقَهُ and بِعُنُقِهِن, aor. ـَ inf. n. مَسْحٌ, He smote his neck: or, as some say, severed it, or cut it through. Agreeably with both these significations مَسْحًا is rendered in the Kur, xxxviii. 32: some say that what is here meant is the wiping with the hand wetted with water: accord. to IAth, Solomon is here said to have smitten the necks and hock-tendons of the horses. (L.) [See art. طفق.] مَسَحَهُ بِالسَّيْفِ He smote him with the sword: (L:) and he cut him with the sword: (S, L:) or مَسَحَهُ signifies he struck him gently with a staff, or stick, and with a sword. (TA in art. دهن.) b2: See 8. b3: Also مَسَحَهُمْ He slew them. (L.) A4: مَسَحَهُ, (inf. n. مَسْحٌ, K,) He (God) created him blessed, (AHeyth, K,) and goodly: (AHeyth:) b2: and, contr., created him accursed, (AHeyth, K,) and foul, or ugly. (AHeyth.) A5: مَسَحَ, (S,) inf. n. مَسْحٌ, (K,) (tropical:) Inivit feminam. (S, K.) 2 مَسَّحَ see 1, in four places.3 ماسحهُ (tropical:) He took him by the hand; applied the palm of his hand to the palm of the other's hand. (TA.) b2: (tropical:) He made a compact, or covenant, with him. (TA.) b3: مَاسَحَا (tropical:) They used blandishing, soothing, or wheedling, words, one to the other, deceiving thereby; (K;) their hearts not being sincere. (TA.) You say غَضِبَ فَمَاسَحْتُهُ حَتَّى لَانَ (tropical:) He was angry, and I coaxed, or wheedled, him until he became gentle, or mild. (TA.) [See also 1.]5 تمسّح بِالمَآءِ He washed himself with water. (A, Z.) b2: تمسّح (tropical:) He performed the ablution called الوُضُوْء. (IAth.) b3: تمسّح بِالأَرْضِ (S, L) (tropical:) He performed the action termed التَّيَمُّم: or he made his forehead to touch the ground in prostration, without anything intervening. (L.) b4: فُلَانٌ يُتَمَسَّحُ بِثَوْبِهِ (tropical:) Such a one has his garment passed over men's persons as a means of their advancing themselves in the favour of God: (L:) [i.e., he is a holy man, from the touch of whose garment a blessing is derived: see St. Matthew's Gospel, ix., 20 and 21]. فُلَانٌ يُتَمَسَّحُ بِهِ (tropical:) Such a one is a person by means of whom one looks for a blessing (بُتَبَرَّكُ بِهِ,) by reason of his excellence, (K,) and his devotion; (TA;) as though one advanced himself in the favour of God by approaching him. (L.) [See also an ex. voce رُكْنٌ.] b5: فُلَانٌ يَتَمَسَّحُ (tropical:) Such a one has nothing with him, or in his possession; as though he wiped his arms with his hands: (K:) [for it is a custom of the Arabs to do thus as an indication of having nothing.] b6: تمسّح He wiped himself, مِنْ شَىْءٍ to remove a thing, and بِشَىْءٍ, with a thing. (L.) [See also 1.]6 تَمَاسَحَا (tropical:) They acted in a friendly or sincere manner, one to the other; syn. تَصَادَقَا: or they made a contract, or bargain, one with the other, and each struck the palm of the other's hand with the palm of his own hand [to confirm it], (K,) and swore to the other. (TA.) b2: تَمَاسَحُوا (tropical:) They took one another by the hand. (TA.) 8 امتسح He drew a sword (K) from its scabbard; as also ↓ مَسَحَ. (TA.) مَسْحٌ i. q. بَلَاسٌ; (S, K;) i.e., A garment of thick, or coarse, hair-cloth: so in the T: and a piece of such stuff as is spread in a house or tent: (TA:) a بلاس such as is worn by monks: (Mgh:) a كِسَآء of hair-cloth: (L:) an old and worn-out garment: (Kull:) pl. أَمْسَاحٌ and مُسُوحٌ; (S;) the former a pl. of pauc., and the latter a pl. of mult. (L.) b2: مِسْحٌ The main part, and middle, of a road; syn. جَادَّةٌ: (K:) pl. أَمْسَاحٌ (TA) and مُسُوحٌ. (K.) مَسَحٌ, a subst., Paucity of flesh in the posteriors and thighs; or smallness of the buttocks, and their sticking together; or paucity of flesh in the thighs; syn. رَسَحٌ. (L.) عَلَى فُلَانٍ مَسْحَةٌ مِنْ جَمَالٍ, (S, K,) or ↓ مِسْحَةٌ, (L,) (tropical:) Upon such a one there appears somewhat of beauty; (L, K;) or, some sign, or mark, or trait, of beauty: (L:) and مسحةُ كَرَمٍ, some sign, or mark, trait, or indication, of nobility; and the like: a mode of expression said, by Sh, to be used only in praise; so that you do not say عَلَيْهِ مسحةُ قُبْحٍ: (L:) but you say also بِهِ مسحةٌ مِنْ هُزَالٍ in him is somewhat, or some sign, or mark, of leanness; (L, K;) which is a phrase of the Arabs mentioned by Az. (L.) b2: مَسْحَةٌ in the cheek of a horse: see صِفَاحٌ.

مِسْحَةٌ: see مَسْحَةٌ.

مَسِيحٌ Anointed: wiped over with some such thing as oil. (K.) b2: A king. (El-'Eynee.) b3: المَسِيحُ [The Messiah, the Christ, the Anointed,] Jesus, on whom be peace ! (S, Msb, K,) [correctly] an arabicized word, [from the Hebrew,] originally مَشِيحَا, with ش: (T, Msb:) but the learned differ as to this word, whether it be Arabic or arabicized: F relates, in the K, his having mentioned, in his Expos. of the Meshárik el-Anwár, fifty opinions respecting the derivation of it; and in another work he has made the number fifty-six. (TA.) b4: Also, (K,) or المَسِيحُ الكَذَّابُ, (S,) or ↓ المِسِّيحُ, (K,) [The Messiah, or Christ, surnamed the Great Liar; the False Christ; Antichrist; also called] EdDejjál, الدَّجَّالُ: (S, K:) it is not allowable, however, to apply to him the appellation المَسِيحُ without restriction; wherefore one says المَسِيحُ الدَّجَّالُ [or الكَذَّابُ]; (TA;) [unless in a case like the following, in which] a poet says إِذَا المَسِيحُ يَقْتُلُ المَسِيحَ [When the true Messiah shall slay the false Messiah] (Msb.) [Many opinions respecting the derivation of the appellation thus applied are also mentioned by various authors.] b5: مَسِيحٌ Sweat: (T, S, K:) so called because it is wiped off (يُمْسَحُ) when it pours forth. (T.) b6: مَسِيحٌ (tropical:) A dirhem [or silver coin] of which the impression is obliterated; syn. أَطْلَسُ; (S, Msb, K;) having no impression. (Msb.) b7: مَسِيحٌ (S, K) and ↓ مَسِيحَةٌ (TA) A piece of silver. (As, S, K.) b8: مَسِيحٌ. (tropical:) i. q. مَمْسُوحُ الوَجْهِ, (K,) i.e., A man having one side of his face plain, without eye or eyebrow: said to apply in this sense to EdDejjál, among others. (IF, L.) b9: One-eyed. (Az.) [See also أَمْسَحُ.] b10: مَسِيحٌ A rough napkin, or kerchief, with which one wipes himself: (L, K:) so called because the face is wiped with it, or because it retains the dirt. (TA.) [A dusting-cloth, or dish-clout, or the like, is now called ↓ مِمْسَحَةٌ.] b11: مَسِيحٌ Beautiful in the face. (TA.) b12: مَسِيحٌ One who journeys or goes about much for the sake of devotion, or as a devotee; as also ↓ مِسِّيحٌ (K,) and ↓ أَمْسَحُ, (TA,) the fem. of which is مَسْحَآءُ. (K, TA.) See مَسَّاحٌ.

A2: مَسِيحٌ (tropical:) Multum coiens; as also ↓ مَاسِحٌ. (K.) b2: مَسِيحٌ Erring greatly. (TA.) b3: مَسِيحٌ A great liar; one who lies much; as also ↓ مَاسِحٌ and ↓ مِمْسَحٌ (K) and ↓ تِمْسَحٌ (Lh, K) and ↓ أَمْسَحُ, (TA,) the fem. of which last is مَسْحَآءُ. (K, TA.) See مَاسِحٌ.

A3: مَسِيحٌ Very veracious; syn. صِدِّيقٌ: (K, L, TA: in the CK صَدِيقٌ:) a meaning unknown to many of the lexicologists, and probably obsolete in their time. (L.) A4: مَسِيحٌ Created blessed, and goodly; (L;) created (مَمْسُوحٌ) with blessing, or prosperity: (K:) b2: and, contr., created accursed, and foul, or ugly; (L;) created with unfortunateness. (K.) مِسَاحَةٌ (tropical:) Mensuration of land. (Msb.) [See also 1.] b2: See also تَكْسِيرٌ.

مَسِيحَةٌ i. q. ذُؤَابَةٌ, [a portion, or lock, of hair hanging down loosely from the middle of the head to the back; or the hair of the fore part of the head; the hair over the forehead; or the part whence that hair grows; or a plait of hair hanging down; &c.]: (S, L, K:) or hair that is left without its being dressed with oil or anything else: or that part of a man's head that is between the ear and the eyebrow, rising to the part below that where the sutures of the scull unite: or that part of the side of the hair upon which a man puts his hand, next to his ear: or the hair of each side of the head: pl. مَسَائِحُ: or مسائح signifies the place which a man wipes with his hand: or, accord. to As, the hair: or, accord. to Sh, the hair which one wipes with his hand, upon his cheek and his head. (L.) b2: See مَسِيحٌ.

A2: مَسِيحَةٌ A bow: (S, K:) or an excellent bow: (L.) pl. مَسَائحُ. (S, K.) مَسَّاحٌ (tropical:) A measurer of land; (TA;) as also ↓ مَسِيحٌ. (L.) مِسِّيحٌ and المِسِّيحُ: see مَسِيحٌ.

بِهِ مَاسِحٌ He (a camel) has a fretting of the edge of the callosity upon his breast, produced by his elbow, without making it bleed: if he make it bleed, you say بِهِ حَازٌّ: (S, L:) and he has a chafing of his arm-pit produced by his elbow, but not violent, by reason of the disease called ضَاغِط. (L.) b2: See مَسِيحٌ. b3: مَاسِحٌ and ↓ مَسِيحٌ A great slayer; one who slays much, or many. (Az, L.) مَاسِحَةٌ A woman who combs and dresses hair; syn. مَاشِطَةٌ. (S.) أَمْسَحُ A flat place, with small pebbles, and without plants, or herbage. (S.) b2: مَسْحَآءُ A plain tract of land, with small pebbles, (S, K,) and without plants, or herbage: (S:) [ex.] مَرَرْتُ بِخَرِيقٍ مِنَ الأَرْضِ بِيْنَ مَسْحَاوَيْنِ [I passed by a depressed tract of land containing herbage between two plain tracts containing small pebbles and without herbage]: (Fr, S:) or a piece of flat ground, bare, abounding with pebbles, containing no trees nor herbage, rugged, somewhat hard, like a flat place in which camels &c. are confined, or in which dates are dried, not what is termed قُفّ, nor what is termed سَهْلَة: (ISh:) pl. مَسَاحٍ and مَسَاحى [i. e. مَسَاحَى or مَسَاحِىُّ]; pl. forms proper to substs.; as it is an epithet in which the quality of a subst. predominates. (L.) b3: Also مَسْحآءُ Red land. (K.) b4: مَسْحَآءُ A woman having little flesh in her posteriors and thighs; or foul, ugly, or unseemly; syn. رَسْحَآءُ. (S.) [In the K., الأَرْضُ الرَّسْحَآءُ, given as an explanation of المَسْحَآءُ, is an evident mistake for المَرْأَةُ الرَّسْحَآءُ, as observed by Freytag.] b5: أَمْسَحُ, or أَمْسَحُ القَدَمِ, A man having a flat sole to his foot, without any hollow: (L:) fem. مَسْحَآءُ: (L, K:) and ↓ مَسِيحٌ, or القَدَمَيْنِ ↓ مَسِيحُ, signifies the same: and also having smooth and soft feet, without fissures or chaps, so that they repel water when it falls upon them. (L.) b6: Also مَسْحَآءُ, (K,) or مسحآءُ الثَّدْىِ, (L,) A woman whose breast has no bulk. (L, K.) b7: Also مَسْحَآءُ A one-eyed woman: [see also مَسِيحٌ:] and such as is termed بِخْقَآءُ, whose eye is not مُلَوَّزَة: so in [most of] the copies of the K., but in some, بِلَّوْرَة: (TA:) [the meaning seems to be whose eye has no crystalline humour]. b8: أَمْسَحُ A man having little flesh in his posteriors and thighs; or having small buttocks sticking together; syn. ارسح: fem. مَسْحَآءُ: pl. مُسْحٌ. (L.) b9: أَمْسَحَ A man (S) having the inner sides of his thighs rubbing together (S, L, K) so as to become sore and chapped: (L:) or having the inner side of his knee inflamed by the roughness of his garment: (L, K:) fem. مَسْحَآءُ, and pl. مُسْحٌ. (L.) b10: غَارَةٌ مَسْحَآءُ (tropical:) A hostile attack, or incursion, by a troop of horse, in which the attacking party passes lightly by the party attacked, or brushes by them, without remaining by them. (L, from a trad.) b11: See مَسِيحٌ.

أَمْسَح [app. used as a subst., and therefore with, or without, tenween,] A flat tract of land: pl. أَمَاسِحُ. (TA.) b2: A smooth desert; or smooth waterless desert. (Lth.) أُمْسُوحٌ Any long piece of wood in a ship: (K:) pl. أَمَاسِيحٌ. (TA.) مِمْسَحٌ and مِمْسَحَةٌ: see مَسِيحٌ.

مَمْسُوحُ الأَلْيَتَيْنِ Having the buttocks cleaving to the bone, and small. (L.) b2: مَمْسُوحٌ A eunuch whose testicles have been extirpated. (TA.) b3: عَضُدٌ مَمْسُوحَةٌ An arm, from the shoulder to the elbow, having little flesh. (TA.) b4: مَمْسُوحُ A thing foul, or ugly, and unfortunate, and changed from its proper form, or make. (TA.) [See art. مسخ.]

تِمْسَحٌ A dissembler; a deceiver; (K;) one who blandishes, soothes, or wheedles, one with his words, and deceives him. (TA.) b2: تِمْسَحٌ An audacious, or insolent, and wicked, or corrupt, man: (L, K:) or a great liar, who, if asked, will not tell thee truly whence he comes; who lies to thee even as to the place whence he comes. (L.) [See also مَسِيحٌ.] b3: See تِمْسَاحٌ.

تِمْسَاحٌ, (S, Msb, K,) and ↓ تِمْسَحٌ, (Msb, K,) the latter app. a contraction of the former, (Msb,) [The crocodile]; a well-known aquatic animal, (S,) a creature like the tortoise, of great size, found in the Nile of Egypt and in the river Mihrán, (K,) which is the river of Es-Sind; (TA;) or [rather] resembling the وَرَل about five cubits long, and less; that seizes men and oxen, and dives into the water with them and devours them: pl. of the former تَمَاسِيحٌ, and of the latter تَمَاسِحُ. (Msb.)

ملد

1 مَلِدَ, [aor. ـَ (TA,) inf. n. مَلَدٌ (K, TA) and مَلَدَانٌ, (M,) It (a branch, M, TA) was, or became, soft, tender, or delicate; (M, K;) and quivered, shook, or played loosely. (M, K, TA.) b2: Also, inf. n. مَلَدٌ, (tropical:) He (a youth) was, or became, soft, tender, or delicate. (T, S, L.) b3: See also مَلَدٌ, below. b4: مَلَدَهُ He drew or pulled it; strained it; or extended or stretched it; syn. مَدَّهُ. (K.) 2 ملّدهُ, inf. n. تَمْلِيدٌ, It (the imbibing of moisture) rendered it (a branch) soft, tender, or delicate. (T, L.) b2: He softened it, namely a tanned skin or hide. (S, L, K.) مَلْدٌ: see أُمْلُودٌ. b2: Also, The [creature called]

غُول; (K;) i. e., i. q. سِعْلَاةٌ; or an enchantress of the jinn. (TA.) مَلَدٌ: see مَلِدَ. b2: مَلَدٌ, (M, L, K,) and ↓ مَلَدَانٌ (K) (tropical:) Youth, or youthfulness; and its softness, tenderness, or delicateness. (M, L, K. * [In the CK, for نَعْمَة, is erroneously put نِعْمَةٌ.]) مَلَدَانُ: see مَلَدٌ.

أَمْلَدُ, أُمْلُدٌ, &c.: see أُمْلُودٌ.

أُمْلُودٌ (S, M, A, L, K) and ↓ إِمْلِيدٌ (M, L, K) and ↓ أَمْلَدٌ (S, M, L, K) and ↓ أُمْلُدٌ and ↓ أُمْلُدَانٌ and ↓ أُمْلُدَانِىٌّ and ↓ مَلْدٌ (M, L, K) Soft, tender, or delicate; (S, M, L, K;) and lithe or limber: (M, K:) the first (S, M, L, K) and second, (M, L, K,) or all, (K,) applied to a branch: (S, M, L, K:) and the first and third, (S, M, L, K,) or all, (M, L, K,) applied in the same sense to (tropical:) a man, or young man: (S, M, L, K:) or أُمْلودٌ, applied to a young man, (tropical:) beardless: (A:) or perfect in make, or full-grown, pubescent, and well-formed: (T, L:) and أُمْلُودٌ (S, M, L, K) and أُمْلُودَةٌ (M, L, K) and أُمْلُدَانِيَّةٌ (M, L) or أُمْلُودَانِيَّةٌ (K) and مَلْدَآءُ (S, M, L, K) and مَلْدَانِيَّةٌ (M, L, K) [in the CK مُلْدَ انِيَّةٌ] applied to a woman, or a damsel, (tropical:) soft, tender, or delicate; (S, M, L, K;) and of just stature: (L:) pl. of أُمْلُودٌ (A, TA) and of إِمْلِيدٌ (TA) أَمَالِيدُ; (A, TA;) and of مَلْدٌ, أَمْلَادٌ. (M, L.) The أ in املود and امليد is to render them quasi-coordinate to words of the classes of عُسْلُوجٌ and قِطْمِيرٌ; as is shown by their having the augmentative letters و and ى. (IJ, M, L.) إِمْلِيدٌ: see أُمْلُودٌ. b2: Also, applied to a desert (صَحْرَآء) i. q. إِمْلِيسٌ (S, L, K) i. e., Bare, in which is nothing. (L.)

معز

1 مَعِزَ الشَّىْءُ, [and مَعِزَتِ الأَرْضُ, accord. to the explanation of the inf. n. in the S,] aor. ـَ (TK,) inf. n. مَعَزٌ, (S, K, TK,) The thing [and the ground] was, or became, hard. (S, * K, * TK.) A2: مَعِزَ said of a man: see 4.

A3: مَعَزْتُ المِعْزَى, وَضَأَنْتُ الضَّأْنَ, aor. ـَ I set apart the goats from the sheep. (K.) 4 امعز He, (a man, A,) or it, (a people, S,) became abundant in goats; his or its, goats became abundant, or numerous; (S, A, K;) as also, ↓ مَعِزَ, aor. ـَ (K,) inf. n. مَعَزٌ. (TK.) مَعْزٌ, and ↓ مَعَزٌ, (S, A, Msb, K,) gen. ns., (S, Msb,) [or rather quasi-pl. ns., signifying Goats;] the kind of غَنَم opposed to ضَأْنٌ; (S, A, K;) the kind of عَنَم that have hair; (Msb, TA;) the ضأْن being those that have wool; (TA;) as also ↓ مِعْزًى, (S, Msb, K,) accord. to Sb, (S,) with tenween, (S, Msb,) when indeterminate, (Msb,) and perfectly decl., (S,) the ا [which is written ى] being a letter of quasicoördination, not a characteristic of the fem. gender, (S, Msb,) for the word is quasi-coördinate to دِرْهَمٌ, of the measure فِعْلَلٌ; for the ا of quasi-coördination follows the same rules as a letter belonging to the word itself, as is shown by their saying ↓ مُعَيْزٍ and أُرَيْطٍ [originally مُعَيْزِىٌ and أُرَيْطِىٌ] as the dim. forms of مِعْزًى and أَرْطًى with tenween, the letter next after the ى of diminution being with kesr, like as they say دُرَيْهِمٌ; for if the ا were to denote the fem. gender they would not change it into ى [in مُعَيْزِىٌ, the original form of مُعَيْزٍ,] like as they do not change it in the dims. of حُبْلَى and أَخْرَى

[which are حُبَيْلَى and أُخَيْزَى]: (S:) it is sometimes made fem., [by being written or pronounced مِعْزَاةٌ,] and sometimes it is made imperfectly decl. [and therefore without tenween]: (K:) Fr says, that it is [itself] fem., but that some make it masc. [and therefore with tenween]: but A 'Obeyd says, that most of the Arabs pronounce ذِفْرَى without tenween, while some of them pronounce it with tenween, whereas all of them pronounce مِعْزًى with tenween: (S:) IAar says, that it is perfectly decl. when likened to the measure مِفْعَلٌ, and imperfectly decl. when held to accord. with the measure فِعْلَى: (TA:) accord. to Aboo-'Amr, Ibn-El-'Alà, it is from مَعَزٌ, [inf. n. of مَعِزَ,] and in like manner ذِفْرَى is from ذَفَرٌ: (As, S:) ↓ مَعِيزٌ also signifies the same as مَعْزٌ, (S, A, K,) or is pl. of مَعْزٌ, [or rather a quasi-pl. n.] like as عَبِيدٌ is of عَبْدٌ; (Msb;) and ↓ أُمْعُوزٌ also is syn. with مَعْزٌ, (S, K,) and so are ↓ مِعَازٌ (K) and ↓ مِعْزَآءٌ: (Sgh, K:) [respecting أُمْعُوزٌ, see also below:] مَعْزٌ [as well as its syns. mentioned above, like all quasi-pl. ns., is sometimes masc., but generally] is fem.: (Msb:) a male is called ↓ مَاعِزٌ, (S, A, Msb, K,) and so a female; (Msb, K;) or a female is called ↓ مَاعِزَةٌ (S, A, TA) [and ↓ مَعْزَةٌ (M, voce شَرْقَآءُ)] and ↓ مِعْزَاة; (TA;) and شَاةٌ [or rather شَاةٌ مِنَ المَعْزِ] is also used as a sing., (Msb,) and is applied to a male and to a female: (Msb, art. شوه:) [see also ظَبْىٌ:] أَمْعُزٌ is a pl. [of pauc.] of مَعْزٌ, like as أَعْبُدٌ is of عَبْدٌ: (Msb:) the pl. of ↓ مَاعِزٌ, (K,) or of مَاعِزَةٌ, (S,) is مَوَاعِزُ; (S, K;) and ↓ مِعَازٌ and ↓ أُمْعُوزٌ are said to be quasi-pl. ns. (TA.) The goats of the Arabs of the desert have short hair, not long enough to be spun; but the goats of the cold countries, and of the people of the fertile regions, have abundant hair, and of this the Akrád [or Kurds] fabricate their tents. (T in art. بنى.) See also تَدْمُرِىٌّ in art. دمر; and see ضَائِنٌ in art. ضأن.

مَعْزَةٌ: see their syn. مَعْزٌ.

مِعْزًى: see their syn. مَعْزٌ.

مِعْزَآءٌ: see their syn. مَعْزٌ.

مِعْزَاةٌ a fem. sing. of مَعْزٌ, q. v. (TA.) مِعَازٌ: see their syn. مَعْزٌ.

مَعِيزٌ: see their syn. مَعْزٌ.

مُعَيْزٍ dim. of مِعْزْى, syn. of مَعْزٌ, q. v. (Sb, S.) مَعَّازٌ A possessor, or master, of مِعْزًى [or goats]. (S, K.) مَاعِزٌ and مَاعِزَةٌ sings. of مَعْزٌ, q. v. (S, K. *) b2: The former also signifies Goats' skin. (S, K.) أَمْعَزُ, and its fem. مَعْزَآءُ, applied respectively to a place (مَكَانٌ) and to land or ground (أَرْضٌ), (tropical:) Hard, (S, K,) and abounding with pebbles: (S:) or both, [used as substs.,] rugged and stony ground: (A:) or a place abounding with pebbles, and hard: or the latter, small pebbles: (A 'Obeyd, TA:) thus A 'Obeyd explains a sing. as having a pl. signification: (TA:) or the latter, a desert, (صَحْرَآء) in which is elevation and ruggedness, consisting of soil, or clay, and pebbles, mixed together, but hard ground, rough to the tread: (ISh, TA:) pl. مُعْزٌ, (K,) [a pl. of each as an epithet, or of each used as a subst.,] because imagined to have the character of an epithet; (TA;) and أَمَاعِزُ, [a pl. of the former,] because the character of a subst. predominates in it; and مَعْزَاوَاتٌ, a pl. of the latter. (TA.) أُمْعُوزٌ: see its syn. مَعْزٌ. b2: It also signifies, (K,) or is said to signify, (S,) A herd of gazelles, (S, K,) in number from thirty to forty; (S, TA;) or from thirty upwards: or a number of buckgazelles collected together: (TA:) or a number of أَوْعَال [or mountain-goats] collected together: (A, K:) or of اوعال such as are termed ثَيَاتِل: (Az, TA:) pl. أَمَاعِيزُ and أَمَاعِزُ. (K.)

موس

1 مَاسَ, aor. ـُ (Msb,) inf. n. مَوْسٌ, (Sgh, Msb, K,) He shaved (Sgh, Msb, K) the head, (Sgh, Msb,) or the hair: (K:) but Sgh says, that its correctness requires consideration, and it was doubted by IF. (TA.) See مُوسَى, below.

المَاسُ, not أَلْمَاسٌ, (K,) i. e., with the disjunctive hemzeh, (TA,) for this is an incorrect pronunciation, (K,) of the vulgar, as Sgh and others have plainly asserted; but IAth says, I think that the hemzeh and lám in it are radical letters, as they are in الياس, [i. e., إِلْيَاس or أَلْيَاس,] and it is not Arabic; and if so, its place is under the letter hemzeh, because they say أَلْمَاسٌ; but if they be [prefixed] for the purpose of rendering the word determinate, the present is its [proper] place; (TA;) [The diamond;] a certain precious stone, (K, * TA,) reckoned among jewels, like the يَاقُوت and the زُمُرُّرذ, (TA,) the largest of which is like the walnut, (K, TA,) or the egg of the pigeon, (TA,) and this is rare, or very rare, (K, TA,) the only instance being said to be the one called الكَوْكَبُ الدُّرِّىُّ, which is suspended at the tomb of the Prophet: (TA:) it breaks all stony bodies, and the holding it in the mouth breaks the teeth, and fire has no effect upon it, nor iron, but only lead breaks it and powders it, [a strange mistake, for it is well known that it is powdered by being pounded in a steel mortar,] after which it is taken [in the state of powder] upon drills, and pearls &c. are drilled with it. (K.) مُوسَى [A razor;] a certain instrument of iron, (M, Msb, TA,) with which one shaves: (Lth, L, K, TA:) of the measure فُعْلَى, (Ks, M, Msb, K,) from المَوْسُ, [inf. n. of مَاسَ,] so that the م is a radical letter, (K,) accord. to Lth, (TA,) [for] Lth says, (L, TA,) المَوْسُ is the root (تَأْسِيس [lit. foundation]) of المُوسَى, (L, K, TA,) the thing with which one shaves; (L, TA;) therefore, (Az, Msb, K,) it is imperfectly decl., because of the short fem. ا [written ى], (Msb,) without tenween; (Az, K;) and Fr cites a verse [of obscene meaning] in which it is made fem.: (TA:) or it is from أَوْسَيْتُ رَأْسَهُ, meaning “ I shaved his head,” (ISk, M, * Msb, K,) of the measure مُفْعَلٌ, (ISk, Msb, TA,) so that the ى is a radical letter, as El-Umawee and Yz say, and Aboo-'Amr Ibn-el-Alà inclined to think it so, (TA,) and therefore it is perfectly decl., (Msb,) with tenween, (Msb, K,) when indeterminate; (Msb;) or it is of the measure مُفْعَلٌ because this measure is more common than فُعْلَى, and because it is perfectly decl. when indeterminate, whereas فُعْلَى is not so when indeterminate and when determinate: (Ibn-EsSarráj, TA:) but IAmb says, that it is masc. and fem., and perfectly decl. and imperfectly decl.: ISk says, that the approved way is to make it perfectly decl.: (Msb:) [but] he says that it is fem. [also, and if so it is imperfectly decl.]: (TA:) and it is related of A'Obeyd, in the Bári', that he said he had not heard it made masc. except by El-Umawee; (Msb;) who asserted it to be masc. only: (TA:) the pl., accord. to him who makes it imperfectly decl., is مُوسَيَاتٌ; and accord. to him who makes it perfectly decl., مَوَاسٍ. (Msb.) The dim. of موسى, in the sense above explained, [not as a proper name, in which case it is مُوسَى only, without tenween, and has no relation to the same word signifying a razor,] is مُوَيْسِيَةٌ, [but by rule it should be مُوَيْسَى, like حُبَيْلَى,] accord. to him who says هٰذِهِ مُوسَى; and مُوَيْسٍ accord. to him who says هٰذَا مُوسًى. (ISk, TA.)

محص

1 مَحْصٌ [an inf. n. of which the verb is app. مَحَصَ, aor. ـَ A thing's becoming, or being, clear, pure, or free from admixture. (TA.) See also 5, throughout.

A2: مَحَصَهُ: see 2, in three places.

A3: مَحَصَ, aor. ـَ (S, K,) inf. n. مَحْصٌ, (TA,) He (an antelope) ran: (S, K:) or ran vehemently: (TA:) or vigorously: (AA, TA:) or was quick, or swift, in his running; as also فِى عَدْوِهِ ↓ امتحص. (TA.) And hence, (TA,) مَحَصَ السَّيْرَ, [app. for فِى السَّيْرِ,] said of a man, He exerted himself, or was vigorous, in journeying. (K, TA.) 2 محّصهُ, inf. n. تَمْحِيصٌ, He rendered it clear, pure, free from every admixture or imperfection or the like; as also ↓ مَحَصَهُ, aor. ـَ inf. n. مَحْصٌ. (Az, A, TA.) You say, مَحَّصَ الذَّهَبَ, (A, TA,) or ↓ مَحَصَهُ, (S, K,) He cleared, or purified, the gold from what was mixed with it, (S, A, K,) i. e. from the earth, or dust, and dirt, (TA,) بِالنَّارِ by fire. (S, A, K.) b2: [Hence,] (tropical:) He (God) purged, or purified it; namely a man's heart: and him; namely a man repenting. (A.) It is said in the Kur, [iii. 135,] وَلِيُمَحِّصَ اللّٰهُ الَّذِينَ امَنُوا (tropical:) And that God may purify those who believe: (TA:) or purge away the sins of those who believe: (Fr, TA:) or these words have another meaning, which see below. (TA.) It is also said in a trad., mentioning a sedition, or conflict and faction, or the like, يُمَحَّصُ النَّاسُ فِيهَا كَمَا يُمَحَّصُ ذَهَبُ المَعْدِنِ, i.e. (tropical:) Men shall be cleared therein, one from another, like as the gold from the mine is cleared from the earth, or dust. (TA.) تَمْحِيصُ الذُّنُوبِ signifies (tropical:) The purging of sins. (TA.) And you say, مَحِّصْ عَنَّا ذُنُوبَنَا, meaning (tropical:) Remove thou, or put thou away, from us our sins. (TA.) [But this phrase may be rendered somewhat differently; as will be seen below.] And اللّٰهُ مَا بِكَ ↓ مَحَصَ, and مَحَّصَهُ; i.e. (tropical:) May God remove, or put away, what is in thee. (TA.) b3: [Hence, also,] (assumed tropical:) He tried, proved, or tested, him: (S, IAth, K:) and accord. to Ibn-'Arafeh, the verb has this meaning in the phrase quoted above from the Kur: [but he adds,] because the trial of the Muslims diminishes their sins: for (TA) تَمْحيصٌ also signifies The diminishing [a thing]. (Ibn-'Arafeh, K.) You say, مَحَّصَ اللّٰهُ عَنْكَ ذُنُوبَكَ May God diminish thy sins. (TA.) b4: and the clearing, or cleansing, flesh from sinews, (K, TA,) for the purpose of twisting them into a bow-string. (TA.) 4 أَمْحَصَ see 5, throughout.5 تمحّص [It became clear, pure, free from every admixture or imperfection or the like; as also ↓ انمحص; and ↓ إِمَّحَصَ; and ↓ أَمْحَصَ; and ↓ مَحَصَ, q. v.] b2: [Hence,] تمحّصت ذُنُوبُهُ (tropical:) [His sins became purged away]. (A, TA.) And تمحّصت الظَّلْمَآءُ (tropical:) The darkness became cleared away, or removed. (A, TA.) and الشَّمْسُ ↓ أَمْحَصَتِ, and ↓ انمحصت, (K,) and ↓ إِمَّحَصَت, (TA,) (assumed tropical:) The sun appeared, and became clear, after an eclipse. (K, TA.) and الرَّجُلُ ↓ أَمْحَصَ, (inf. n. إِمْحَاصٌ, TA) (assumed tropical:) The man recovered from his disease. (Ibn-'Abbád, K. *) 7 انمحص and إِمَّحَصَ: see 5, in two places.8 إِمْتَحَصَ see 1.

مُمَحَّصٌ One whose sins are put away from him: mentioned by Kr.: but he says, I know not how this is; for that which is مُمَحَّص is the sin [itself]. (TA.)

نجب

1 نَجَبَ الشَّجَرَةَ, aor. ـِ and نَجُبَ, inf. n. نَجْبٌ, He took off the bark of the stem, or trunk, of the tree: (S:) or نَجَبَهُ, aor. and inf. n. as above; and ↓ نجّبه, inf. n. تَنْجِيبٌ; and ↓ انتجبه; He took off its bark; barked it. (ISd, K.) See نَجَبٌ.

A2: نَجُبَ, aor. ـُ inf. n. نَجَابَةٌ, He was generous, noble, or liberal, &c.: [see نَجِيبٌ]. (Msb, K.) He, or it, was excellent, or choice. (MA.) [Said of a horse and the like, He was generous, excellent, strong, light, or swift.] b2: نَاجَبَهُ فَنَجَبَهُ: see 3.2 نَجَّبَ see 1.3 نَاْجَبَ ↓ نَاجَبَهُ فَنَجَبَهُ [He vied with him, or strove to surpass him, in generosity, nobleness, or liberality; and he surpassed him therein.] (TA, art. خير.) 4 انجب He begot a generous, noble, or liberal, child; such as is termed نَجِيبٌ. (S.) [This verb, being coupled in the K with نَجُبَ, might be imagined syn. therewith; but this, accord. to the TA, is not the case.] El-Aashà says, أَنْجَبَ أَزْمَانَ وَالِدَاهُ بِهِ

إِذْ نَجَلَاهُ فَنِعْمَ مَا نَجَلَا (S) He begot a generous son in the times when his parents (rejoiced) in him, when they produced him; and excellent was that which they produced. Accord. to one reading, the second word is أَيَّامَ: and أَيَّامُ وَالِدَيْهِ is also read in place of ازمان والداه; in which case, ايَّام is fig. the agent of انجب. (TA.) b2: انجبت is said of a woman, in the same sense. (TA.) See also انخب. b3: انجب [as also انخب] He begot a cowardly child: (from نَجَبٌ, the “ bark ” of a tree: TA:) thus the verb bears two contr. significations: (K:) or the two significations are not necessarily contr.; for a courageous man may be not generous, or liberal; and a generous, or liberal, man may be not courageous. (MF.) 8 انتجبهُ He selected him; chose him; (S;) preferred him above others. (TA.) See also انتخب. b2: See 1. b3: ذَهَبَ يَنْتَجِبُ He went to collect [the kind of bark called] نَجَبٌ. (TA.) b4: A poet says, يَا أَيُّهَا الزَّاعِمُ أَنِّى أَجْتَلِبْ وَأَنَّنِى غَيْرَ عِضَاهِى أَنْتَجِبْ meaning, O thou who assertest that I take the verses of other poets and appropriate them to myself, and, and as it were, take the bark of other trees than my own 'idáh, to tan therewith... (TA.) [See عِضَاهُ.]

نَجْبٌ: see نَجِيبٌ.

نَجَبٌ The bark (لِحَآء) of trees: (S, K:) or the rind of the roots thereof: or of what is hard thereof. (K.) The soft peel of branches is not thus called; nor is the rind of roots called قِشْر, but نجب: n. un. نَجَبَةٌ. (TA.) نَجْبَةُ نَمْلَةٍ A bite of an ant. So in a trad., accord. to one reading: accord. to another reading, it is نَخْبَة. Both these words are given by IAth on the authority of Z. (TA.) نُجَبَةٌ and نَجَبَةٌ: see نَجِيبٌ.

نَجِيبٌ A generous, noble, liberal, man; (S, K;) one distinguished by rank or quality, nobility or eminence, reputation or note or consideration; (K;) excellent; of great worth in his kind; one who is like his father in generosity and actions: (TA:) as also ↓ نَجْبٌ (K) [explained as signifying “ liberal, generous ”] and ↓ نُجَبَةٌ: (S, K:) or you call a man نجيب when he is generous, noble, or liberal; but when he is unequalled among his people in generosity, &c., you say قَوْمِهِ ↓ هُوَ نَجَبَةُ, in measure like حَلَمَة: (El-'Alam Es-Sakháwee:) [but MF doubts the correctness of this measure; and seems to think that the correct word is ↓ نُجَبَة:] القَوْمِ ↓ هو نُجَبَةُ is said of a man when he is the man, among them, who is distinguished by generosity, &c.: (S:) pl. نُجَبَآءُ and أَنْجَابٌ and نُجُبٌ. (K.) b2: نَجِيبٌ Excellent, as an epithet applied to any animal; (IAth;) a generous, excellent, camel or horse; one of high breed; (ISd;) a strong, light, swift, camel: (TA:) you say نَاقَةٌ نَجِيبَةٌ as well as ناقة نَجِيبٌ: (K:) pl. نَجَائِبُ (S, K) and نُجُبٌ. (S.) b3: نَجَائِبُ القُرْآنِ The most excellent, and the purest, parts of the Kur-án. Of such is the سُورَةُ الأَنْعَام. (TA.) In like manner, ↓ نَوَاجِبُهُ The heart thereof that has [as it were] no نَجَب [or bark] upon it: or the best, or most excellent, thereof. (K.) نَوَاجِبُ: see what next precedes.

مُنْجِبٌ A man who begets generous, noble, or liberal, children; such as are termed نُجَبَاءُ. (K.) In like manner, اِمْرَأَةٌ مُنْجِبَةٌ, and ↓ مِنْجَابٌ: (S, K:) pl. of the latter مَنَاجِيبُ. (S.) b2: ↓ منجاب also signifies A woman who has generous, noble, or liberal, children; such as are termed نجبآء. (TA.) مِنْجَابٌ A weak man: (S, K:) pl. مَنَاجِيبُ. (TA.) See مُنْجِبٌ, and also مِنْخَابٌ. b2: مِنْجَابٌ An arrow that has neither feathers nor head; (A'Obeyd, S;) that is trimmed, shaped, or pared, but has neither feathers nor head. (As, A'Obeyd, K.) b3: مِنْجَابٌ An iron with which a fire is stirred. (K.) مَنْجُوبٌ A vessel that is capacious within: (K:) a capacious vessel of the kind called قَدَحٌ: (S:) or wide, or capacious, in the bottom: i. q. مَنْجُوفٌ, which, accord. to ISd, is the correct word; but others say that the ب and ف may be interchangeable. (TA.) b2: جِلْدٌ مَنْجُوبٌ A hide tanned with the bark of the trunk of the طَلْح. (S.) b3: سِقَاءٌ منجوبٌ A skin tanned with the same: (S, K:) or with [the kind of bark called] نَجَبٌ: (K:) as also نَجَبِىٌّ (S, K) and مِنْجَبٌ: (Aboo-Mis-hal, K:) but the last is disapproved by ISd, because it is of the measure مِفْعَلٌ, which is not used in the sense of the measure مَفْعُولٌ. (TA.) مُنْتَجَبٌ Select; chosen; choice: (K:) an epithet applied to anything. (TA.)

نقب

1 نَقَبَ, aor. ـُ inf. n. نَقْبٌ, He perforated, pierced, bored, or made a hole through, or in, or into, anything: like ثَقَبَ. (TA.) He made a hole through a wall. (S.) b2: نَقَبَ سُرَّةَ الدَّابَّةِ, aor. ـُ He (a farrier) perforated the navel of the beast in order that a yellow fluid might issue forth. (S.) See مَنْقَبٌ. b3: نَقَبَ العَيْنَ, aor. ـُ inf. n. نَقْبٌ, He performed, upon the eye, what is called القَدْحُ in the language of the physicians; i. e., a remedial operation for the black fluid that arises in the eye: from the phrase next following: (IAth:) [but this is not a good explanation: the meaning is he performed upon the eye the operation of couching, for the cataract: so in many Arabic works, ancient and modern: (IbrD:) the couching-needle is called مِقْدَحٌ, and إِبْرَةُ القَدْحِ, in the present day]. b4: نَقَبَ حَافِرَ الدَّابَّةِ He (a farrier) pierced a hole in the hoof of the beast, in order to extract what had entered into it. (IAth.) b5: نَقَبَتْهُ نَكْبَةٌ, (aor.

نَقُبَ, inf. n. نَقْبٌ, TA,) A misfortune, an evil accident, or a calamity befell him, (K,) and overcame him, or afflicted him; like نَكَبَتْهُ. (TA.) [In the CK, for أَصَابَتْهُ, is put اثابته.] b6: نَقَبَ فِى الأَرْضِ, aor. ـُ and ↓ انقب and ↓ نَقّب, He went, or went away, through the land, or country: (K:) [in the CK and some MS. copies of the K, we afterwards find نَقِبَ فِى البِلَادِ with kesr to the ق, explained as signifying he proceeded, or journeyed, through the lands:] ↓ انقب he proceeded, or journeyed, through the country: (IAar:) نقّبوا فِى البِلَادِ [Kur, l. 35,] they proceeded, or journeyed, through the lands, seeking for a place of refuge: (S:) or they traversed the lands, and journeyed through them, much, &c.: (Fr.:) or they went about and about, and searched, &c. (Zj.) فِى الآفَاقِ ↓ نَقَّبْتُ, in a verse of Imra-el-Keys, I journeyed through the tracts of the earth, and came and went. (TA.) b7: نَقِبَ البَعِيرُ, aor. ـَ or نَقِبَ حُفُّ البعيرِ, (L, TA,) and ↓ انقب, (L,) The camel walked barefooted, syn. حَفِىَ, (L, K,) until his feet became worn in holes: (TA:) or نَقِبَ البعير, (S, K,) and ↓ انقب, (K,) the camel's feet became thin, [or were worn thin; which is also a signification of حَفِىَ]. (S, K.) b8: نَقِبَتْ أَقْدَامُنَا Our feet became thin in the skin, and blistered, by reason of walking. (L.) b9: نَقَبَ الخُفَّ, aor. ـُ He patched the boot; repaired it by patching. (K.) Also, He made the boot thin: he made [or wore] holes in it. (Msb.) b10: نَقِبَ الخُفُّ, aor. ـَ (inf. n. نَقَبٌ, TA,) The boot became lacerated, or worn through, in holes. (S, K, TA.) [And in like manner The sole of the foot of a camel or of a man: see below: and see an ex. voce أَظَلُّ.] b11: نَقَبَ, aor. ـُ inf. n. نَقْبٌ, He (a horse) put his feet together in his running (فِى حُضْرِهِ, [ for which Golius and Freytag appear to have read فى خَصْرِهِ,] K,) not spreading his fore feet, his running being [a kind of] leaping. (TA.) A2: نَقَبَ عَنِ الأَخْبْارِ, aor. ـُ He scrutinized, investigated, searched into, examined into, or inquired into, the news; (K;) and, in like manner, anything else: (MF:) [as also ↓ نقّب: see the phrase نقّبوا فى البلاد, explained above:] or he told, announced, or related, the news. (K.) b2: إِنِّى لَمْ أُؤْمَرْ أَنْ أَنْقُبَ عَنْ قُلُوبِ النَّاسِ Verily I have not been commanded to scrutinize and reveal what is in the hearts of men. (TA, from a trad.) b3: نَقَبَ عَلَى قَوْمِهِ, aor. ـُ inf. n. نِقَابَةٌ, He acted as the نَقِيب over his people; was their نقيب: (S, K:) but of a man who was not نقيب, and has become so, you say نَقُبَ, with damm, aor. ـُ inf. n. نَقَابَةٌ, with fet-h, He became نقيب; (Fr., S, K;) as also نَقِبَ, aor. ـَ (IKtt, K:) or ـب with kesr is a subst.; and with fet-h, an inf. n.; (S, K;) like وِلَايَةٌ and وَلَايَةٌ: so says Sb. (S.) A3: نَقَبَ الثَّوْبَ, aor. ـُ inf. n. نَقْبٌ, He made the piece of cloth into a نُقْبَة. (S.) 2 نَقَّبَ see 1.3 نَاقَبْتُهُ, inf. n. نِقَابٌ; as also لَقِيتُهُ; I met him face to face: or without appointment, (K,) and unintentionally: (TA:) or unexpectedly. (S.) نقابًا is in the accus. case as an inf. n.; or as a word descriptive of state. (TA.) b2: وَرَدْتُ المَاءَ نِقَابًا, (S,) or لَقِيتُ الماء

نقابا, (K,) I came upon the water unexpectedly, without seeking for it. (S, K.) 4 أَنْقَبَ see 1. b2: انقب His camel's feet became thin; [or were worn thin;] (S, K;) or were worn in holes by walking. (TA.) A2: He became a door-keeper, or chamberlain; Arab.

حَاجِب: (K:) or he became a نَقِيب. (L, K, &c.) 5 تَنَقَّبَ see 8.8 انتقبت (S, K, Msb) and ↓ تنقّبت (Msb) She (a woman) veiled her face with a نِقَاب (S, K, Msb.) b2: بعمَامَته ↓ تنقب: see تختّم.

نَقْبٌ (S, K) and ↓ نُقْبَةٌ (S) A hole, perforation, or bore, (K,) in, or through, a wall, (S,) or anything whatever: (TA:) or a large hole, perforation, or bore, passing through a thing; such as is small being termed ثَقْبٌ, with ث: (Mgh, in art. ثقب:) pl. of the former نُقُوبٌ (Msb) and أَنْقَابٌ and نِقَابٌ. (TA, and some copies of the K.) b2: نَقْبٌ (K) and ↓ نَاقِبَةٌ (S) An ulcer that arises in the side, (S, ISd, K,) attacking the inside of the body, (S, ISd,) and having its head inwards; (ISd;) [as also ↓ نَقَّابَةٌ, for] نَقَّابَاتٌ signifies ulcers that come forth in the side and penetrate into the inside. (TA voce ذُبَالٌ.) See نُقْبٌ. b3: نَقْبٌ (S, K) and ↓ نُقْبٌ (K) and ↓ مَنْقَبٌ and ↓ مَنْقَبَةٌ (S, K) A road (or narrow road, TA,) in a mountain: (ISk, S, K:) a road between two mountains: (IAth:) pl. (of the first and second, TA,) أَنْقَابٌ (a pl. of pauc., TA,) and نِقَابٌ; (K;) and of the third and fourth, مَنَاقِبُ. (TA.) See also مَنْقَبَةٌ.

نُقْبٌ (S, K,) and ↓ نَقْبٌ (K: but the former is the more common: TA) and ↓ نُقَبٌ (K) [the first is a coll. gen. n., of which the n. un. is نُقْبَةٌ [q. v.], of which it is called in the S the pl.: but نُقَبٌ is the pl. of نُقْبَةٌ:] Scab, [or scabs,] (K,) absolutely: (TA:) or scattered scabs (S, K,) when they first appear: (S:) النُّقْبَةُ is the first that appears of the scab; and is so called because the scabs perforate the skin: you say, of a camel, بِهِ نُقْبَةٌ: (As:) the first that appears of the scab, in a patch like the palm of the hand, in the side of a camel, or on his haunch, or his lip: then it spreads over him until it covers him entirely. (ISh.) Mohammad, denying that any disease was transmitted from one thing to another, and being asked how it was that a نُقْبَة spread in camels, asked what transmitted the disease to the first camel. (TA.) b2: فُلَانٌ يَضَعُ الهِنَآءَ مَوَاضِعَ النُّقْبِ (tropical:) [Such a one puts the tar upon the places of the scabs]: said of one who is clever, or skilful, and who does or says what is right. (A.) [See also قَالَبٌ]

نَقِبٌ, and, as a fem. epithet, ↓ نَقْبَاءُ, A camel whose feet have become worn in holes, [or worn thin,] by walking. (TA.) See the verb. b2: The former may also signify Having the scab, or what first appears thereof. (TA.) See نُقْبٌ.

نُقَبٌ: see نُقْبٌ.

نُقْبَةٌ A mark, trace, or vestige: ex. عَلَيْه نُقْبَةٌ Upon him, or it, is a mark, &c. (T.) b2: See نَقْبٌ. b3: نُقْبَةٌ (assumed tropical:) Rust, (K.) upon a sword or the head of an arrow or a spear: (M:) or نَقب [i. e.

↓ نُقْبٌ, q. v., a coll. gen. n., of which نُقْبَةٌ is the n. un.; or نُقَبٌ, pl. of نُقْبَةٌ;] signifies (tropical:) traces of rust upon a sword or an arrow head or a spear-head, likened to the first appearances of the scab. (A.) A2: نُقْبَةٌ The face: (S, K:) or the parts surrounding the face. (L:) pl. نُقَبٌ. (TA.) b2: نُقْبَةٌ A garment resembling an إِزار, having a sewed waistband or string, (حُجْزَةٌ مَخِيطَةٌ: so in the S, M, L: whence it appears that the reading in the K, حجزة مُطيفَةٌ, is erroneous: TA: [F having, it seems, found مُحِيطَةٌ written in the place of مُحِيطَةٌ:]) without a نَيْفَق which is the part turned down at the top, and sewed, through which the waistband passes], (S, K,) tied as trousers, or drawers, are tied: (S:) or a pair of trousers, or drawers, having a waistband, but without a part turned down at the top, and sewed, for the waistband to pass through: if it have this, (i. e, a. نيفق,) it is called سَراوِيلُ: (TA;) or a piece of rag of which the upper part is made like drawers, or trousers: (L;) or a pair of drawers, or trousers, without legs. (M, voce إِنْبٌ, TA,) A3: نُقْبَةٌ The state, or condition; quality, mode, or manner; state with regard to apparel &c.; external form, figure, feature, or appearance; of any thing: syn. هَيْئَةٌ. (T.) A4: نُقْبَةٌ Colour. (S, K.) b2: فَرَسٌ حَسَنُ النَّقْبَةِ A horse of beautiful colour. (TA.) b3: See also نَقِيبَةٌ.

نِقْبَةٌ A mode of veiling the face with the نِقَاب: (K:) pl. نِقَبٌ. (TA.) b2: إِنَّهَا لَحَسَنَةُ النِّقْبَةِ (S) Verily she has a comely mode of veiling her face with the نقاب. (TA.) نِقَابٌ [A woman's face-veil;] (S, K;) a veil that is upon [or covers] the soft, or pliable, part of the nose; (Az;) [not extending higher:] a woman's veil that extends as high as the circuit of the eye: (Msb:) it is of different modes: Fr says, When a woman lowers her نقاب to her eye, it [the action] is termed وَصْوَصَةٌ; and when she lowers it further, to [the lower part of] the circuit of the eye, it [the veil] is called نقاب; and if it is on the extremity of the nose, it is [properly] called لِفَامٌ: (T:) the نقاب, with the Arabs, is that [kind of veil] from out of which appears the circuit of the eye: and the meaning of the saying in a trad. النِّقَابُ مُحْدَثٌ is, that women's shewing the circuits of the eyes is an innovation; not that they used not to veil their faces: the [kind of]

نقاب which they used reached close to the eye, and they showed one eye while the other was concealed; whereas the [kind of] نقاب, which only shows both the eyes [without their circuits] was called by them وَصْوَصَةٌ [a mistake for وَصْوَاصٌ] and تُرْقُعٌ: [in the original, والنقاب لا يبدومنه الّا العينان وكان اسمه الخ: but the و before كان is erroneously introduced, and perverts the sense, which is otherwise plain, and agreeable with what is said before:] then they innovated the [veil] properly called] نقاب: (A'Obeyd:) pl. نَقُبٌ. (Msb.) A2: نِقَابٌ and ↓ مِنَقَبٌ A road through a rugged tract of ground: (K:) the former word used both as a sing and a pl. (TA.) A3: نِقَابٌ (a strange form of epithet, MF,) (tropical:) A man of great knowledge; very knowing: (S, K:) or possessing a knowledge of things, or affairs: or, as also ↓ مِنعقَبٌ, mentioned by I Ath and Z, a man possessing a knowledge of things, who scrutinizes or investigates them much; who is intelligent, and enters deeply into things. (TA.) A4: نقَابٌ The bello, Hence the proverb, فَرْخَانِ فِى نِقَابٍ [Two young birds in one belly]: applied to two things that resemble one another, (K.) In like manner one says كَانَا فِى نقاب وَاحد [They were in one belly]; meaning they were like each other, (A.) نَقِيبٌ i. q. مَنْقُوبٌ, A thing perforated, pierced, bored. or having a hole made through, or in. or into it. (TA.) b2: نَقِيبٌ A musical reed, or pipe. (K.) b3: The tongue of a pair of scales, or balance (K.) b4: A dog having the upper part of his mindpipe (غَلْصَمَتُهُ: so in the S, K or having his windpipe, حَنْجَرَتُهُ: so in the A) perforated, (S, K,) in order that his cry may be weak: a base man performs this operation on his dog, in order that guests may not hear its cry. (S: and the like is said in the L.) A2: نَقِيبُ قُوْمٍ The intendant, superintendent, overseer, or inspector, of a people; he who takes notice, or cognisance, of their actions, and is responsible for them; i. q. عَرِيفُهُمْ and شَاهِدُهُمْ and ضَمِيُهُمْ: (S, K:) like أَمِينٌ and كَفِيلٌ: (Zj:) their head, or chief: (TA:) like عَرِيفٌ [q. v.]; i. e., one who is set over a people, and investigates their affairs: (L:) or, as some say, the greatest, or supreme, chief of a people: so called [from نَقَبَ “ he scrutinized, or investigated,”] because he is acquainted with the secret affairs of the people, and knows their virtues, or generous actions, and is the way by which one obtains knowledge of their affairs: (TA:) pl. نُقَبَاءُ. (S.) نِقَابَةٌ The office of نَقِيب. (Sb: see 1.) نَقِيبَةٌ Mind: syn. نَفْسٌ. (S, K,) You say فُلَانٌ مَيْمُونُ النقيبةِ Such a one is of a fortunate mind, (A'Obeyd, S,) when the person referred to is fortunate in his affairs, succeeding in what he seeks after, or strives to accomplish: (ISk, S:) or when he is fortunate in his counsel, or advice: (Th, S:) or the phrase signifies such a one is fortunate in his actions, and in gaining what he seeks. (TA.) See also what follows. نَقِيبَةٌ is also said, in the K, to signify the same as عَقْلٌ (understanding, intellect, or intelligence); but, says SM, I have not found this in any other lexicon: only I have found the word explained in the L as signifying يُمْنُ الفِعْلِ (good fortune attending, or resulting from, an action): so probably عَقْلٌ is a mistake for فِعْلٌ. (TA.) b2: Also, Counsel, or advice. (K.) See above. b3: Also, Penetration of judgment; acuteness; sagacity. (Ibn-Buzurj, K.) b4: Also, Nature; or natural, or native, disposition, temper, or other quality: (K:) i. q. نَقِيمَةٌ and عَرِيكَةٌ and طَبِيعَةٌ. (T, art. عرك.) Agreeably with this explanation, the phrase above mentioned is rendered in the T, in art. عرك, Such a one is of a fortunate nature, or natural disposition: (TA:) or it signifies, in this phrase, as also نقيمة, i. q. لَوْنٌ, Colour, complexion, species, &c. (IAar.) Also هُوَ حَسَنُ النَّقِيبَةِ He is of a good nature, or natural disposition: and in like manner, جَمِيلَةٍ ↓ فُلَانٌ فِى مَنَاقِبَ Such a one is a person of good dispositions, or natural qualities. (L.) A2: نَقِيبَةٌ A she-camel having a large udder: (ISd, K:) having her udder bound up with a cloth or the like, on account of its greatness and excellence: but AM says this is a corruption, and that the correct word is ثقيبة, with ث, meaning a she-camel “ abounding with milk. ” (TA.) نَقَّابَةٌ: see نَقْبٌ.

نَاقِب and نَاقِبَةٌ [the former omitted in some copies of the K] A disease that befalls a man in consequence of long sluggishness, or indolence: (K:) or, as some say, the ulcer that arises in the side. (TA.) See نَقْبٌ.

أَنْقَابٌ, a pl. without a sing., The ears: (M, K,) or, accord. to some, its sing. is نُقْبٌ. (TA.) El-Katámee says, كَانَتْ خُدُودُ هِجَانِهِنَّ مُمَالَةً

أَنْقَابُهُنَّ إِلَى حُدَآءِ السُّوَّقِ [The cheeks of their white camels were with their ears inclined to the singing of the drivers]. But

أَنَقًا بِهِنَّ, “by reason of their pleasure,” is also read, for أَنْقَابُهُنَّ: (TA:) [so that the meaning is The cheeks of their white camels were inclined, by reason of their pleasure. to the singing of the drivers].

مَنْقَبٌ The navel: or [a place] before it: (K:) where the farrier makes a perforation in order that a yellow fluid may issue forth: (S:) so in a horse. (TA.) b2: See نَقْبٌ.

مِنْقَبٌ An iron instrument with which a farrier perforates the navel of a beast of carriage (S, K) in order that a yellow fluid may issue forth. (S.) See مَنْقَبٌ, and نِقَابٌ.

مَنْقَبَةٌ: see نَقْبٌ. b2: A narrow way between two houses, (L, K,) along which one cannot pass. (L.) It is said in a trad., that one does not possess the right of pre-emption (الشُّفْعَة) with respect to a منقبة; and this word is explained as signifying a wall: syn. حَائِطٌ: [and so in the K:] or a way between two houses, as though it were perforated from one to the other: or a road, or way, over an elevated piece of ground. (L.) A2: مَنْقَبَةٌ A virtue; an excellence; contr. of مَثْلَبَةٌ: (S:) a cause of glorying: (K:) generosity of action, or conduct: (L:) a [good disposition, or natural quality: [see نَقِيبَةٌ:] (TA:) a memorable, or generous action, and [good] internal quality: (A:) pl. مَنَاقِبُ: (TA:) رجُلٌ ذُو مَنَاقِبَ A man of memorable, or generous, actions, and [good] internal qualities. (A.)