خط

1 خَطَّ, aor. ـُ inf. n. خَطٌّ, He made [a line, or lines, or] a mark, عَلَى الأَرْضِ, upon the ground. (Msb.) You say, خَطَّ الزَّاجِرُ فِى الأَرْضِ, aor. and inf. n. as above, The diviner made a line, or a mark, or lines, or marks, upon the ground, and then divined. (TA.) And الزَّاجِرُ يَخُطُّ بِإِصْبَعِهِ فِى

الرَّمْلِ وَيَزْجُرُ [The diviner makes lines, or marks, with his finger upon the sand, and divines]. (S.) Th says, on the authority of IAar, that عِلْمُ الخَطِّ is عِلْمُ الرَّمْلِ [or geomancy]: I 'Ab says that it is an ancient science, which men have relinquished: but Lth says that it is practised to the present time; [to which I may add, that it has not even now ceased; being still practised on sand and the like, and also on paper;] and they have conventional terms which they employ in it, and they elicit thereby the secret thoughts &c., and often hit upon the right therein: the diviner comes to a piece of soft ground, and he has a boy, with whom is a style; and the master makes many lines, or marks, in haste, that they may not be counted; then he returns, and obliterates leisurely lines, or marks, two by two; and if there remain two lines, or marks, they are a sign of success, and of the attainment of the thing wanted: while he obliterates, his boy says, for the sake of auguring well, اِبْنَىْ عِيَانْ أَسْرِعَا البَيَانْ [O two sons of 'Iyán (meaning two lines or marks), hasten ye the manifestation]: I 'Ab says that when he has obliterated the lines, or marks, and one remains, it is the sign of disappointment: and Az and Lth relate the like of this. (TA.) It is said in a trad. of Mo'áwiyeh Ibn-El-Hakam Es-Sulamee, traced up by him to its author, كَانَ نَبِىٌّ مِنَ الأَنْبِيَآءِ يَخُطُّ فَمَنْ خَطَّهُ عَلِمَ مِثْلَ عِلْمِهِ [A prophet of the prophets used to practise geomancy; and he who matches his geomancy knows the like of his knowledge]. (TA.) You say also, when a man is meditating upon his affair, and considering what may be its issue, or result, فُلَانٌ يَخُطُّ فِى الأَرْضِ (tropical:) [Such a one makes lines, or marks, upon the ground]. (TA.) [See also نَكَتَ: and see St. John's Gospel, ch. viii. verses 6 and 8.] And خَطَّ بِرِجْلِهِ الأَرْضَ means (tropical:) He walked, or went along. (TA.) b2: Also, (S, Msb,) aor. as above, (Msb,) and so the inf. n., (Msb, K,) He wrote (S, Msb, K) a writing, or book, (Msb,) or a thing, (TA,) with the reed prepared for that purpose, (S, K,) or with some other thing; (K, TA;) [and so ↓ خطّط, for] تَخْطِيطٌ is syn. with تَسْطِيرٌ, or, as in the T, like تسطير; whence the saying, خُطِّطَتْ عَلَيْهِ ذُنُوبُهُ His sins were written [or registered] against him. (TA.) b3: خَطَّ الخِطَّةَ, and خَطَّهَا لِنَفْسِهِ: see 8; for the latter, in two places. b4: [Hence,] خَطَّ عَلَيْهِ (assumed tropical:) He prohibited it; or took it for himself; relating to anything. (K, TA.) b5: خُطُّ وَحْهُهُ: or خَطَّ: see 8. b6: خَطَّ الغُلَامُ: see 8. b7: خَطَطْتُ بِالسَّيْفِ وَجْهَهُ وَوَسَطَهُ (tropical:) [I cut, or clave, with the sword his face and his waist]. (TA.) And خَطَّهُ بِالسَّيْفِ نِصْفَيْنِ (tropical:) [He clave him, or it, in halves with the sword]. (TA.) And جَارَاهُ فَمَا خَطَّ غُبَارَهُ (tropical:) He contended with him in running, and did not cleave his dust. (JK, S, * A, L.) b8: خَطَّ اللّٰهُ نَوْءَهَا [God made its (a land's) rain-giving star or asterism (see نَوْءٌ) to pass it over: or may God make &c.]: from خَطِيطَةٌ signifying “ a land not rained upon between two lands that have been rained upon: ” (S, TA: *) it was said by I' Ab [in a tropical sense, by way of imprecation, with reference to a woman], when he was asked respecting a man who had put the affair of his wife in her own hand and she had in consequence divorced him by a triple sentence: (S:) accord. to one relation, it is خَطَّأَ; the meaning being “ may he make its rain to miss it: ” (S, TA:) and accord. to another, ↓ خَطَّى, originally خَطَّطَ, like تَقَضَّى البَازِى: the former, or first, is the weaker, or weakest, in authority, of these relations. (TA. [See also 2 in art. خطأ.]) 2 خطّط, inf. n. تَخْطِيطٌ, [He marked with lines, streaks, or stripes. Also] He wove a piece of cloth with lines, streaks, or stripes. (KL.) And He drew lines well and elegantly. (KL.) b2: See also 1, in two places, in the latter half of the paragraph.4 أَخْطَ3َ see 8, in three places.8 اختطّ الخِطَّةَ, (Msb, K,) or اختطّها لِنَفْسِهِ, (S,) He took the خِطَّة [q. v.] to himself, and (K) made a mark upon it, (S, K,) in order to its being known that he had chosen it to build there a house; (S, TA;) as also ↓ خَطَّهَا; (as in some copies of the K;) or ↓ اخطّها; (as in other copies of the K, and as in the TA;) and لِنَفْسِهِ ↓ خَطَّهَا: (TA:) and he alighted and took up his abode in the خِطَّة, none having done so before him; as also لِنَفْسِهِ ↓ خَطَّهَا. (K.) [And hence, اختطّ signifies also He founded a town or the like.] b2: اختطّ وَجْهُهُ (tropical:) His face became marked with lines [app. by the growth of his beard]; (K, TA;) as also ↓ خَطَّ; (K, L, TA;) or ↓ خُطَّ; (JK;) or ↓ اخطّ: (CK:) or (tropical:) the hair of his beard extended [so as to form lines] upon the two sides of his face. (A, TA.) b3: اختطّ الغُلَامُ (tropical:) The two sides of the boy's, or young man's, beard grew forth; (S, L, K, TA;) as also ↓ خَطَّ; or ↓ اخطّ. (K, accord. to different copies.) خَطٌّ A line, streak, or stripe; in, or upon, a thing: (K:) pl. خُطُوطٌ (S, K) and أَخْطَاطٌ; (K;) the latter, [a pl. of pauc.,] used by El-'Ajjáj: (TA:) and ↓ خُطَّةٌ is [syn. with خَطٌّ as explained above, being] a subst. form [the inf. n.] الخَطُّ, like as نُقْطَةٌ is from النَّقْطُ: (S, K: *) you say, ↓ عَلَى ظَهْرِ الحِمَارِ خُطَّتَانِ Upon the back of the ass are two lines, or streaks, differing in colour from the rest of the body. (TA.) b2: [In mathematics, A line. And hence, خَطُّ الاِسْتِوَآءِ The equinoctial line.] b3: A slight track, or path, or road, in plain, or smooth, or soft, ground: pl. as above. (K.) And A road, or path: (Th, K:) as in the saying, اِلْزَمْ ذٰلِكَ الخَطَّ وَلَا تَظْلِمْ مِنْهُ شَيْئًا [Keep thou to that road, or path, and do not deviate from it at all]: or in this sense the word is ↓ خُطٌّ. (TA.) Also A road, or way, or street, that is a common thoroughfare; and so ↓ خُطٌّ. (IDrd, K.) b4: (tropical:) [A streak, or stripe, of herbage.] Yousay, الكَلَأُ خُطُوطٌ فِى الأَرْضِ (tropical:) The herbage consists of streaks, or stripes, upon the ground; the rain not having watered the country in common. (L, TA.) b5: Writing, and the like. (TA.) [Handwriting. Character; or particular form of letters. b6: See also 1.]

خُطٌّ: see خَطٌّ, in two places. b2: The place of the tribe. (AA, K.) خِطٌّ: see خِطَّةٌ: b2: and see also خَطِيطٌ, in two places.

خُطَّةٌ: see خَطٌّ, in two places. b2: Also An affair: a matter: a case: an event: a state, or condition: syn. أَمْرٌ: (S, K:) and قِصَّةٌ: (S:) or the like of قِصَّةٌ: (JK, K:) and خَطْبٌ: and حَالٌ: (TA:) or حَالَةٌ: (Msb:) or, as some say, a dubious affair, of great magnitude or moment, to accomplish which, or to perform which, one finds not the way: (Har p. 436:) and a quality, or property. (Msb.) You say, سُمْتُهُ خُطَّةَ خَسْفٍ

[I required, or constrained, him to do an affair of difficulty; or to become in a state of abasement, or ignominy]: and خُطَّةَ سُوْءٍ [an evil affair]. (L.) And هُوَيُكَلِّفُنِى خُطَّةً مِنَ الخَسْفِ [He requires, or constrains, me to do an affair of difficulty; &c.]. (JK. [See also خَسْفٌ.]) And it is said in a trad., of Keyleh, أَيُلَامُ ابْنُ هٰذِهِ أَنْ يَفْصِلَ الخُطَّةَ وَيَنْتَصِرَ مِنْ وَرَآءِ الحَجَزَةِ [Is the son of this woman to be blamed for deciding the affair, or matter, or case, &c., and defending himself in the absence of the wrongdoers who would prevent his obtaining his right; or, of those who defend men, one from another, and decide between them justly?]: i. e., when a dubious event, to the encountering of which he does not find the right way, befalls him, that he should not care for it, but decide it so as to settle it and extricate himself from it. (S, TA.) [See also حَاجِزٌ.] Also, in a trad. respecting El-Hodeybiyeh, لَايَسْألُونِى خُطَّةً

يُعَظِّمُونَ فِيهَا حُرُمَاتِ اللّٰهِ تَعَالَى إِلَّا أَعْطِيْتُهُمْ إِيَّاهَا [They shall not ask of me a matter wherein they honour the sacred things of God, (exalted be He,) but I will grant it to them]. (TA.) And in the same, قَدْ عَرَضَ عَلَيْكُمْ خُطَّةَ رُشْدٍ فَاقْبَلُوهَا He hath proposed to you a case of evident rectitude; therefore do ye accept it. (TA.) And Taäbbatasharrà says, هُمَا خَطَّتَا إِمَّا إِسَارٌ وَمِنَّةٌ وَإِمَّا دَمٌ وَالقَتْلُ بِالحُرِّ أَجْدَرُ [They are two case; either bondage and reproach, or else blood; and slaughter is more befitting to the free, or ingenuous]: he means خُطَّتَانِ. (S. [See Ham p. 34.]) b3: Also A course: as in the phrase خُطَّةٌ نَائِيَةٌ A distant, or far-extending, course. (S, TA.) You say also, خُذْ خُطَّةً, i. e. خُذْ خُطَّةَ الاِنْتِصَافِ [Take thou the course of exacting thy right, or due, with equity]; meaning اِنْتَصِفْ [exact thou thy right, or due, with equity]. (S.) b4: A proof; an evidence; a testimony; an argument; a plea; or an allegation; syn. حُجَّةٌ. (O, TA.) So in the phrase, أَقِمْ عَلَى هٰذَا الأَمْرِ بِخُطَّةٍ [app. Establish thou a proof, &c., against this thing, or case]; as is said in the “ Nawádir. ” (TA.) b5: An object of want which one has determined to accomplish: as in the saying, جَآءَ وَفِى رَأْسِهِ خُطَّةٌ He came having in his mind [lit. his head] an object of want &c. : [but see the last sentence in this paragraph:] the vulgar say خُطْبَةٌ: (S, L:) the former is the word used by the Arabs: (L:) the latter, however, occurs in the “ Nawádir ” of Az; therefore the attribution of it to the vulgar demands consideration. (TA.) b6: Boldness to undertake affairs. (K.) b7: Ignorance. (K.) You say, فِى رَأْسِهِ خُطَّةٌ In his head is ignorance: or, as some say, some affair: and it has another meaning explained above. (TA.) خِطَّةٌ A piece of ground, or land, which a man takes to himself, and upon which he makes a mark, in order to its being known that he has chosen it to build there a house; whence the خِطَط of El-Koofeh and of El-Basrah: (S:) or a piece of ground, and a house, which a man takes to himself, and upon which he makes a mark, in land not possessed, that he may have it for himself exclusively, and build there; this being done when the Sultán gives permission to a number of the Muslims to found houses in a particular place, and to make their abodes there, as they did in El-Koofeh and El-Basrah: (L:) or a place which is taken and marked for building houses, or for habitation, or the like: (Mgh, Msb:) or, as is said in the Bári', a piece of ground, or land, which a man takes to himself, and upon which he makes a mark, it not having belonged to any one before him; as also ↓ خِطٌّ; (Msb;) which latter is explained by IDrd as signifying a place which one takes to himself, and marks, from other places: (IB, L:) or both signify a piece of land in which one alights and takes up his abode, none having done so before him: (K:) the pl. of the former is حِطَزٌ. (S, Msb.) b2: [Hence,] فُلَانٌ بَيِّنٌ خِطَطِ المَكَارِمِ (tropical:) [Such a one exhibits in himself the marks of generous, or honourable, qualities]. (TA.) خَطُوطٌ A wild bull, (S, L,) and any beast, (L,) that marks the ground with the extremities of his hoofs. (S, L.) وَادٌ خَطِيطٌ [A valley not rained upon]. (AO, TA voce خَطْوَةٌ, q. v.) And خَطِيطَةٌ [or أَرْضٌ خَطِيطَةٌ] Land not rained upon; (TA;) as also ↓ خِطٌّ: (K:) or land not rained upon between two lands that have been rained upon: (S, K:) or land of which part has been rained upon, (K, TA,) and part has not: (TA:) or land not rained upon surrounded by land that has been rained upon; (ISh;) as also ↓ the latter word: (AHn:) pl. of the former, خَطَائِطُ. (S.) b2: Hence the saying of a certain Arab, to his son, اِلْزَمْ خَطِيطَةَ الذُّلِّ مَخَافَةَ مَا هُوَ أَشَدُّ مِنْهُ (tropical:) [Keep thou to the condition of abasement in fear of what is more grievous than it]. (IAar, M.) b3: خَطِيطَةٌ also signifies A strip of ground differing in roughness and smoothness from what is on either side of it: pl. as above. (L.) خَطَّاطٌ A practiser of what is termed عِلْمُ الخَطِّ [or geomancy]. (Lth.) b2: [Also A practiser of the art of writing:] a caligraphist. (KL.) رِمَاحٌ خَطِّيَّةٌ Spears of El-Khatt; so called from الخَطُّ, a place in El-Yemámeh, (S, Msb,) also called خَطُّ هَجَرٍ, (S,) because they are brought thither (S, Msb) from India, (S,) and straightened in that place, (S, Msb, *) which is a coast for ships; not that the canes grow there: (Msb:) or they are so called from الخَطُّ which is the station for ships in El-Bahreyn, because they are sold there; not that it is the place of their growth: this place is also called الخِطُّ: (K:) but this demands consideration; for it is said [in the 'Eyn, i. e.] by Lth, (TA,) or by Kh, (Msb,) that when you convert the rel. n. into a subst., you say ↓ خِطِيَّةٌ, (Msb, TA,) with kesr to the خ, (Msb,) without رماح, like as you say, ثِيَابٌ قِبْطِيَّةٌ, (Msb, TA,) with kesr, (Msb,) but when you convert the rel. n. into a subst., you say, قُبْطِيَّةٌ, (Msb, TA,) with damm, to distinguish the subst. from the rel. n., without ثياب: (Msb:) a single spear of this kind is called رُمْحٌ خَطِّىٌّ: (TA:) AHn says that الخَطِّىُّ signifies the spears; and that it is a rel. n. used in the manner of a proper name; being a rel. n. from الخَطُّ, which is خَطُّ البَحْرَيْنِ, where ships moor when they come from India. (TA.) خِطِّيَّةٌ: see the next preceding paragraph.

أَخَطُّ (assumed tropical:) Delicate in beauties. (IAar.) [See also مُخَطَّطٌ.]

مَخَطٌّ [A place marked with a line or lines, with a streak or streaks, or with a stripe or stripes]. (TA in art. طر.) مِخَطٌّ A wooden instrument with which one makes lines or marks or the like: (S:) or the wooden instrument with which the weaver makes lines or marks or the like, in, or upon, a piece of cloth. (L, K.) مُخَطَّطٌ A [garment of the kind called] كِسَآء, (S, TA,) and a date, and a wild animal, (TA,) or anything, (K, TA,) marked with lines, streaks, or stripes. (S, K, TA.) b2: (tropical:) Beautiful; (K, TA;) applied to a boy [whose hair of his beard has appeared upon the sides of his face, forming lines]; as also ↓ مُخْتَطٌّ [originally مُخْتَطِطٌ: see 8]. (TA.) مِخْطَاطٌ [A wooden ruler;] an instrument of wood by means of which lines are made even. (S, O.) مَخْطُوطٌ A book or the like written in, or upon. (TA.) مُخْتَطٌّ: see مُخَطَّطٌ.

غب

1 غَبَّتِ الإِبِلُ, (S,) or المَاشِيَةُ, (Msb, K,) aor. ـِ inf. n. غَبٌّ (S, Msb, K) and غُبُوبٌ, (Msb, K,) The camels, (S,) or cattle, (Msb, K,) came to water, (S,) or drank, (Msb, K,) on alternate days; one day and not the next day. (S, Msb, K.) b2: Hence, (IAth, TA,) غَبَّ said of a man means He came visiting at intervals of some days, or after some days. (AA, IAth, TA.) [See also غِبٌّ: and see غُبَيْسٌ.] b3: And غَبَّ عَنِ القَوْمِ, (Ks, S, Msb, K,) aor. ـُ the verb in this case being of the class of قَتَلَ, [but this is contr. to analogy, as well as to the derivation,] inf. n. غِبٌّ, with kesr, He came to the people, or party, day after day: (Msb:) or, as also القَوْمَ ↓ اغبّ, he came to the people, or party, on alternate days, coming one day and not the next: (Ks, S, K:) or he came to them once in two days or more. (TA.) It is said in a trad., فِى عِيَادَةِ المَرِيضِ ↓ أَغِبُّوا وَأَرْبِعُوا Visit ye the sick on alternate days and after intervals of two days: (S, TA:) not every day, lest he find your visits to be troublesome. (TA. [See also art. ربع.]) And you say, ↓ أَغْبَبْتُهُ, inf. n. إِغْبَابٌ, meaning I visited him [once] in every week. (A.) b4: And hence غَبَّتْ said of a fever. (Msb.) غَبَّتِ الحُمَّى and ↓ أَغَبَّت signify the same: (S:) you say, غَبَّتْ عَلَيْهِ الحُمَّى, The fever came upon him, (Msb,) or attacked him, (K,) one day and intermitted one day; (Msb, K;) as also ↓ أَغَبَّتْهُ and ↓ أَغَبَّتْ عَلَيْهِ. (K.) [See also غِبٌّ.] b5: You say also, غَبَّ عِنْدَنَا, (S, L, K,) and ↓ اغبّ, (L, K,) He passed the night, or a night, at our abode. (S, L, K.) Hence the saying, رُوَيْدَ الشِّعْرَ يَغِبَّ [so accord. to the TA, حَتَّى being understood, accord. to the explanation of Meyd, but in the CK, and in one of my copies of the S, and in Freytag's Arab. Prov. i. 522, يَغِبُّ,] (S, K,) i. e. Leave thou the poetry until some days shall have passed, that thou mayest see what will be its result, whether it will be praised or dispraised: (Meyd, TA:) or it may be from غَبَّت said of a fever, and may thus mean, leave thou the poetry to be kept back from people, [or to be intermitted,] i. e. do not repeat it to people in an uninterrupted manner, lest they become weary. (Meyd. [See also art. رود.]) b6: And [hence] غَبَّ, (T, S, L, Msb, K,) aor. ـِ (L, Msb,) inf. n. غَبٌّ and غِبٌّ and غُبُوبٌ and غُبُوبَةٌ, (L,) said of food, (L, Msb,) and of dates, or especially of flesh-meat as some say, (L,) It remained throughout a night, whether it became corrupt or not: (L, Msb:) and, said of food, it became altered [for the worse] in its odour: (L:) or, said of flesh-meat, it became stinking: (T, S, K;) as also ↓ اغبّ: (T, K:) and it (a thing) became corrupt. (TA. [See also 2.]) b7: غَبَّتِ الأُمُورُ means The affairs, or events, came to, or arrived at, their ends, conclusions, latter or last parts or states, issues, or results. (S, TA.) b8: And غَبَّ الشَّئْ فِى نَفْسِهِ, aor. ـِ inf. n. غَبٌّ, [app. meaning The thing came into his mind,] is a phrase mentioned by Th. (TA.) 2 غبّب فِى الحَاجَةِ, (S, O,) inf. n. تَغْبِيبٌ, (K,) He was remiss; or did not exert himself, or act vigorously or strenuously; (S, O, K;) in the needful affair: (S, O:) [and] so فِيهَا ↓ تغبّب [if not a mistranscription]. (Thus in a copy of the A.) [Hence,] كَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ يُغَبِّبُ مِنْ هُلْكِ المُسْلِمِينَ, (TA,) or عَنْ هَلَاكِ المسلمين, (thus in the O,) (tropical:) He wrote to him not acquainting him with the great number that had perished of the Muslims: (O, TA:) a metaphorical mode of expression; as though he were remiss, or fell short, in making known the essential state of the case. (TA, from a trad.) b2: And غبّب signifies also It (a thing) became very corrupt. (TA. [See also 1, last sentence but two.]) A2: غبّب الشَّاةَ, (O, L, *) inf. n. as above, (L, K,) He (a wolf) seized the sheep, or goat, by its throat, (O, K,) and fixed his canine teeth in it: (O:) or attacked the sheep, or goat, and broke its neck: and also left it with some remains of life in it. (L.) And غبّب الذِّئْبُ فِى الغَنَمِ The wolf made, or did, mischief among the sheep, or goats. (TA.) b2: And [hence, app.,] غبّب عَنِ القَوْمِ, (S, O,) inf. n. as above, (K,) He repelled from, or defended, the people, or party: (S, O, K:) so say Ks and Th. (TA.) 4 أَغْبَ3َ see 1, in seven places. b2: You say also, لَا يُغِبُّنَا عَطَاؤُهُ His gift will not come to us on alternate days, but will come every day. (S, O, K. *) b3: And اغبّت الحَلُوبَةُ The milch camel yielded milk on alternate days. (A.) And اغبّت الإِبِلُ The camels did not yield milk every day. (TA.) b4: See again 1, last sentence but two.

A2: اغبّ الإِبِلَ He watered the camels on alternate days: (S, O, Msb: *) from غِبٌّ [q. v.]. (S, O.) A3: And أَغَبَّنِى is said by Th to signify وَقَعَ بِى

[app. meaning He fell upon me in fight]. (TA.) 5 تَغبّب is app. from الغِبُّ in the sense of العَاقِبَةُ, and thus syn. with تَعَقَّبَ signifying He looked to the consequence, end, issue, or result, of an affair: see its part. n. مُتَغَبِّبْ, below.] b2: See [also] 2, first sentence.8 اغتبّت الخَيْلُ see اغتثّت.

R. Q. 1 غَبْغَبَ He acted dishonestly in buying and selling. (AA, TA.) غُبٌّ A sea dashing so that it goes far, or runs, upon the land: (JK, K, TA:) pl. غُبَّانٌ. (TA.) b2: And Depressed land: pl. [of pauc.] أَغْبَابٌ and [of mult.] غُبُوبٌ (K, TA) and غُبَّانٌ. (TA.) غِبٌّ [a subst., like ظِمْءٌ,] A coming (of camels, S, O) to water on alternate days; coming to the water one day and not the next day: (S, O, K:) or after [being kept from it] a day and two nights: or pasturing one day and coming to the water the next day; and this is the غِبّ of the ass. (TA.) [And وِرْدُ الغِبِّ signifies The coming of camels to the water in the second of two nights (as is shown by the context of a passage in which it occurs in the S and O and K voce طَلَقٌ), or in the second of two days.] But the saying of a rájiz, وَحُمَّرَاتٌ شُرْبُهُنَّ غِبُّ means And hummarahs [a species of birds] whose drinking is every hour or every little while (كُلَّ سَاعَةٍ). (S, O.) b2: Also [for سَيْرُ غِبٍّ] A journey of two days [whereof one is without any watering of the camels; i. e. in the case of which they are watered only on the first and third of three days]. (TA in art. نبج.) b3: And A visiting once in every week: (S, O, K:) so says El-Hasan: (S, O:) or at intervals of some days: after some days: (AA, IAth: [see also its verb:]) from the same word used in relation to camels. (IAth.) One says, زُرْ غِبًّا تَزْدَدْ حُبًّا [or, accord. to common usage, حِبًّا, to assimilate it to غِبًّا, Visit once a week, or at intervals of some days; not frequently, or not every day: so thou shalt have more love: a prov., respecting which see Freytag's Arab. Prov. i. 587; where غُبًّا is put for غِبًّا]. (S, O.) [See another ex. voce تَرَجَّلَ, last sentence.] The saying of Zeyd-el-Fawáris يَرَانِى العَدُوُّ بَعْدَ غِبِّ لِقَائِهِ means [The enemy will see me] after the day of meeting with him by a day. (Ham p. 732.) b4: And The coming, or attacking, of a fever one day and intermitting one day: from the same word used in relation to camels. (S, O, Msb.) b5: and A tertian fever; that attacks one day and intermits one day: (K, TA:) you say حُمَّى غِبٌّ [a tertian fever]; using it as an epithet: (TA:) and حُمَّى الغِبِّ. (Msb in art. ثلث.) b6: And The end; conclusion; latter, or last, part or state; issue; or result; syn. عَاقِبَةٌ, (S, A, MA, O, Msb, K,) and آخِرٌ; (S, * O, * TA;) of an affair, (S, A, O, Msb,) of any kind, (S, O,) or of a thing; (K;) as also ↓ مَغَبَّةٌ, (MA, O, Msb, K,) and ↓ مِغَبٌّ. (MA.) And [hence] غِبَّ means After; syn. بَعْدَ: thus in the phrases غِبَّ الأَذَانِ [After the call to prayer] and غِبَّ السَّلَامِ [After salutation or the salutation]: and one says, غِبَّ الصَّبَاحِ يَحْمَدُ القَوْمُ السُّرَى

[After daybreak, the party commend nightjourneying: but more commonly, عِنْدَ الصَّبَاحِ: see art. سرى]. (TA.) b7: مَآءٌ غِبٌّ means Distant water: (A, TA:) and مِيَاهٌ أَغْبَابٌ distant waters. (A, K, TA.) غُبَّةٌ A sufficiency of the means of subsistence: (O, K, TA:) and so غُضَّةٌ. (TA.) A2: And غُبَّةُ, (S, O,) without ال, (K,) [and imperfectly decl.,] is the name of An eaglet that belonged to the Benoo-Yeshkur, (S, O, K,) and to which a certain story, or tradition, relates. (S, O,) غَبَبٌ and ↓ غَبْغَبٌ The flesh that hangs down under the part beneath the chin and lower jaw: (K;) or what hangs down beneath that part of an ox or cow [i. e. the dewlap], and beneath the beak of the cock: (S, O:) and the wrinkled skin of the part where the lower hairs of the chin grow: and the former word, what hangs down under the part beneath the lower jaw of the ox or cow and of the sheep or goat: and the غبغب is [what hangs down under the part beneath the lower mandible] of the cock and of the bull [i. e. the wattle of the cock and the dewlap of the bull]: (Lth, TA:) and this is also used in relation to an old woman: (Ks, TA:) and, metaphorically, in relation to the chameleon: and in like manner in relation to the stallion-camel, [as meaning the part below the under jaw,] as the camel has really no غبغب: (TA:) [the pl. of غَبَبٌ is أَغْبَابٌ: see طِمْطِمٌ.]

غَبِيبٌ: see غَابٌّ.

A2: Also A small and narrow water-course, from the hard and elevated part of a mountain, or of a tract of land: or in plain. or level, land: (TA:) and a watercourse that is not deep, and in which are [trees of the species called] طَلْح: pl. [of pauc.] أَغِبَّةٌ and [of mult.]

غُبَّانٌ. (JK.) A3: [And An affair or a business (“ res, negotium ”). (Freytag, from the Deewán of Jereer.)]

غَبِيبَةٌ Milk (S, O, K) of sheep or goats (S, O) drawn in the early morning, upon which other is milked at night, and which is then churned (S, O, K) on the morrow: (S, O:) [and] accord. to IAar, camel's milk such as is termed مُرَوَّب [q. v.]: and the milk that is termed رَائِب [q. v.]: (TA:) A'Obeyd is related on the authority of Sh to have assigned this last meaning to غبيبة (TA, voce غَبِيبَةٌ.) غُبِّيَّةٌ and غِبِّيَّةٌ: see غُبِّيَّةٌ, in art. غب.

غَابٌّ [part. n. of غَبَّ]. You say إِبِلٌ غَابَّةٌ and غَوَابُّ Camels coming to water, or drinking, on alternate days. (As, S, O, K.) b2: And Flesh-meat that has remained throughout a night: (S, O:) or stinking flesh-meat: (TA:) or food, and dates, and, as also ↓ غَبِيبٌ, flesh-meat, that has remained throughout a night, whether it have become corrupt or not: (L:) and applied also to bread. (S and K in art. بيت.) b3: And نَجْمٌ غَابٌّ means A fixed star [app. because of its twinkling, or shining with intermitted light]. (A.) غَبْغَبٌ: see غَبَبٌ.

A2: Also A place where victims are sacrificed: (O, TA:) or الغَبْغَبُ, (S, O, K, TA,) particularly, (TA,) a small mountain, (S, O, K, TA,) which is the place of sacrifice, (S, O,) in Minè: (S, K:) or the place in which was ElLát, at Et-Táïf: or the place where they used there to sacrifice to El-Lát: or غَبْغَبٌ is an appellation of any place of sacrifice in Minè. (TA.) b2: And الغَبْغَبُ is the name of An idol (صَنَمٌ), (O, K, TA,) which they used to worship in the Time of Ignorance, and upon which (عَلَيْهِ) they used to sacrifice; (O, TA; *) and IDrd says that some called it الغَبْغَبُ [q. v.], with the unpointed ع: (O:) or a stone which was set up before the idol, for, or [dedicated] to, Menáf, opposite the corner of the Black Stone [of the Kaabeh]; and there were two [whereof each was] thus called. (TA.) تَغِبَّةٌ False testimony: (K, TA:) of the measure تَفْعِلَةٌ, [being originally تَغْبِبَةٌ,] from غَبَّبَ الذِّئْبُ فِى الغَنَمِ, or from غَبَّبَ signifying “ it became very corrupt. ” (IAth, TA.) رَجُلٌ مَغِبٌّ [A man having a tertian fever, as is indicated in the TA,] is mentioned on the authority of Az, in the form of an act. part. n. (TA.) A2: And المُغِبُّ means The lion. (O, K.) مِغَبٌّ: see غِبٌّ, last sentence but two.

مَغَبَّهٌ: see غِبٌّ, last sentence but two.

مُغَبَّبَةٌ A ewe, or goat, that is milked on alternate days. (IAar, S, K.) A2: And مُغَبَّبٌ A bull having a غَبَب [or dewlap]. (Ham p. 293.) مُتَغَبِّبٌ app. A man looking to the consequence, end, issue, or result, of an affair; like مُتَعَقِّبٌ: see a verse in the Ham p. 154, and the verse next preceding it: and see its verb, above.]

فت

1 فَتَّ, (S, M, O, Msb,) aor. ـُ (M, Msb,) inf. n. فَتٌّ, (Lth, T, M, Msb, K,) He crumbled a thing, or broke it into small pieces, with his fingers: (Lth, T, TA:) or he broke (a thing, M) with his fingers: (M, K:) or [simply] he broke a thing: (S, O:) or (M) he bruised, or brayed, (M, K,) a thing: (M:) and ↓ فتّت, (M, TA,) inf. n. تَفْتِيتٌ, (O,) signifies the same; (M, TA;) or [rather] he broke [a thing, or crumbled it with his fingers,] much. (O.) You say of a man, فَتَّ الخُبْزَ, (A, Msb,) aor. and inf. n. as above; (Msb;) and ↓ فتّتهُ; He crumbled the bread with his fingers. (A.) b2: [Hence,] one says, ذَا مِمَّا يَفُتُّ كَبِدِى (assumed tropical:) [lit. This is of what crumbles, or crushes, my liver; like as we say, “of what breaks my heart ”]. (A, TA.) b3: And كَلَّمَهُ بِشَىْءٍ فَفَتَّ فِى سَاعِدِهِ (assumed tropical:) He told him, or spoke to him, of a thing, and it [crushed, or] weakened, or enervated, him. (M, K, * TA.) And فَتَّ فِى

عَضُدِى وَهَدَّ رُكْنِى (O, TA) (assumed tropical:) He broke my strength, and dispersed, or separated, my assistants. (TA.) And فَتَّ فِى عَضُدِ فُلَانٍ i. e. فِى أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ (assumed tropical:) He sought to injure such a one by diminishing, or impairing, [in number or power,] the people of his house. (T, O. [See also art. عضد.]) The verb in this phrase is also used in the pass. form. (O.) 2 فَتَّّ see the preceding paragraph, in two places.5 تَفَتَّّ see the paragraph here following.7 انفتّ It became crumbled, or broken into small pieces, with the fingers: (TA:) or it became broken with the fingers: (M, TA:) or [simply] it became broken: (S, O:) or it became bruised, or brayed: and ↓ تفتّت signifies the same; (M, TA;) or [rather] it became broken [or crumbled with the fingers] much. (S, O.) R. Q. 1 فَتْفَتَةٌ [inf. n. of فَتْفَتَ] The drinking, of camels, less than satisfies thirst. (O, K.) b2: [And it is also trans.:] one says of a pastor, فَتْفَتَ إِبِلَهُ He drove back his camels from the water when they had not satisfied their thirst. (IAar, T, O.) A2: And فَتْفَتَ إِلَيْهِ, inf. n. فَتْفَتَةٌ, He spoke secretly to him: one says, مَا هٰذِهِ الدَّنْدَنَةُ وَالفَتْفَتَةُ [What is this whispering, and secret speaking?]. (A, TA.) فَتٌّ A fissure in a rock: (IAar, T, O, K:) as also ثَتٌّ: (IAar, T:) pl. فُتُوتٌ. (IAar, T, O.) A2: مَا فِى يَدِى مِنْكَ حَتٌّ وَلَا فَتٌّ There is not in my hand, from thee, aught. (O.) A3: أُولٰئِكَ أَهْلُ بَيْتٍ فَتٍّ and ↓ فُتٍّ (Fr, T, O, K *) and ↓ فِتٍّ (Fr, T, K) Those are the people of a house dispersed, or scattered, (Fr, T, O, K. *) فُتٌّ and فِتٌّ: see what next precedes.

فَتَّةٌ, (M, A, and so in some copies of the S,) or ↓ فُتَّةٌ, (so in other copies of the S,) or both, (K,) or the latter and ↓ فِتَّةٌ, (T, O,) The thing, (S, O,) or piece of dung, (T, M, A, K.) [i. e.] of dry dung, (CK,) of the camel, (T, M, A, K,) or of the horse or any solid-hoofed animal, (T,) that is broken, or crumbled, (S, M, A, O, K,) and put beneath the زَنْدَة, (T, S, O,) or put beneath the زَنْد, on the occasion of striking fire, (M,) [i. e.] in which one strikes fire. (K.) [Hence,] one says, فُلَانٌ لَا يُسَاوِى فَتَّةً, meaning [Such a one is not worth] a crumbled piece of dung of the camel. (A.) b2: Also, i. e. فَتَّةٌ and ↓ فُتَّةٌ, (K,) or the latter [only], (AA, T, O,) A كُتْلَة [i. e. lump, or compact portion,] of dates. (AA, T, O, K.) فُتَّةٌ and فِتَّةٌ: see the next preceding paragraph; the former in two places.

فُتَاتٌ Broken bits or particles, (T, S, M, A, O, Msb, K,) and (A) such as have fallen off, (T, A,) of a thing, (S, O, Msb,) [as] of coloured wool, (T, A,) and of wool in general, (T,) and of musk, and [crumbs] of bread. (A.) فَتُوتٌ: see the next paragraph, in two places.

فَتِيتٌ i. q. ↓ مَفْتُوتٌ [i. e. Crumbled, or broken into small pieces, with the fingers: or broken with the fingers: or simply broken: or bruised, or brayed]; (T, S, M, O, Msb, K;) as also ↓ فَتُوتٌ. (M, K.) b2: And particularly, (Lth, T, S, M, A, Mgh, O, Msb,) and so ↓ فَتُوتٌ, (S, M, A, Mgh, O,) Crumbled bread, (Lth, T, S, &c.,) like سَوِيق. (A, Mgh.) ↓ فَتِيتَةٌ has a more special signification than فَتِيتٌ, [being a n. un., meaning A mess of crumbled bread,] (Mgh, Msb,) and is said to be eaten by a woman in order that she may become fat. (Mgh.) b3: And فَتِيتٌ signifies also A thing that falls, (Lth, T, M,) and becomes crumbled, (Lth, T,) or breaks off. (M.) فَتِيتَةٌ: see the next preceding paragraph.

بَيْنَهُمْ فَتَافِتُ Between them is secret speaking, [or between them are secret speakings, for فَتَافِتُ is app. pl. of the inf. n. فَتْفَتَةٌ used as a simple subst., (see R. Q. 1,)] not heard nor understood [by others]. (O, K.) مَفْتُوت: see فَتِيتٌ.

رك

1 رَكَّ, (S, K,) aor. ـِ (K, JM, TA, in the CK يَرَكُّ,) inf. n. رَكَاكَةٌ (K, JM) [and app. رُكُوكَةٌ, q. v. infrà,] and رَكٌّ, (CK, [but not in the TA nor in my MS. copy of the K,]) or ركّة [i. e. رِكَّةٌ, like رِقَّةٌ and دِقَّةٌ, with both of which it is syn.], (JM,) It (a thing, S) was, or became, weak, or feeble; syn. ضَعُفَ: and thin, or of little thickness or depth; syn. رَقَّ: (S, K:) [and little, or small, in quantity; and slender: and (assumed tropical:) feeble, or weak, and incorrect; said of a word or an expression: (see the part. n. رَكِيكٌ:) and (assumed tropical:) unsound, invalid, or incorrect; said of information, an announcement, &c.; as is shown by what follows.] Hence the saying, اِقْطَعْهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ رَكَّ [Cut thou it off from where it is weak, or thin]: for which the vulgar say, من حيث رَقَّ. (S.) [And hence also the saying,] فِى هٰذَا الخَبَرِ رَكَاكَةٌ (assumed tropical:) In this information, announcement, piece of news, or narration, is unsoundness, invalidity, or incorrectness; and so, فِيهِ رَثَاثَةٌ. (A and TA in art. رث.) A2: رَكَّ الشَّىْءَ بَعْضَهُ عَلَى بَعْضٍ, (S,) or simply رَكَّهُ, aor. ـُ (K,) inf. n. رَكٌّ, (TA,) He threw one part of the thing upon another. (S, K.) b2: رَكَكْتُ الغُلَّ فِى عُنُقِهِ, aor. ـُ inf. n. رَكٌّ, [I put the غُلّ (or iron collar) upon his neck, and inserted his hand in it; or] I confined his hand to his neck by means of the غُلّ. (S.) b3: [Hence,] رَكَكْتُ الذَّنْبَ فِى عُنُقِهِ i. q. أَلْزَمْتُهُ إِيَّاهُ (assumed tropical:) [I attached to him responsibility for the sin, crime, or misdeed]. (S, K. *) And رَكَكْتُ هٰذَا الحَقَّ فِى عُنُقِهِ [in like manner] means أَلْزَمْتُهُ إِيَّاهُ (assumed tropical:) [I attached to him responsibility for the rendering of this right, or due]. (Lth, TA.) b4: and رَكَّ الأَمْرَ, aor. ـُ inf. n. رَكٌّ, i. q. رَدَّ بَعْضَهُ عَلَى

بَعْضٍ (assumed tropical:) [He reversed the order of parts, or of the parts, of the affair, or case]. (TA.) A3: رَكَّ الشَّىْءَ بِيَدِهِ, (IDrd, K,) [aor. ـُ inf. n. رَكٌّ, (IDrd, TA,) He felt the thing, or pressed it lightly, with his hand, in order that he might know its bulk. (IDrd, K, * TA.) b2: And رَكَّ المَرْأَةَ, (IDrd, K,) inf. n. as above, (IDrd, TA,) He compressed the woman, and distressed her, or fatigued her, in so doing; (IDrd, K, * TA:) and so بَكَّهَا, inf. n. بَكٌّ; and دَكَّهَا, inf. n. دَكٌّ. (IDrd, TA.) A4: رَكَّ اللّٰهُ نَمَآءَهُ God lessened, or diminished, or may God lessen, or diminish, his, or its, increase. (Ibn-'Abbád, TA.) 2 رَكَّّ see 4, in two places.4 أَرَكَّتِ السَّمَآءُ The sky rained such rain as is termed رِكّ; (S, K;) as also ↓ رَكَّكَت. (Ibn-'Abbád, K.) b2: And أُرِكَّتِ الأَرْضُ The land was rained upon with such rain as is termed رِكّ, (S,) or with such rains as are termed رِكَاك; as also ↓ رُكِّكَت. (TA.) 8 ارتكّ, (K,) inf. n. اِرْتِكَاكٌ, (TA,) [He was indistinct in his speech; said of a drunken man: (see its part. n., مُرْتَكٌّ, below:) or,] though seen to be eloquent [when alone (see again the part. n.)], he was impotent in speech in a case of altercation: (K:) or he was, or became, weak, or feeble; (TA;) [like رَكَّ.] b2: ارتكَ فِى أَمْرِهِ He doubted in, or respecting, his affair, or case. (Yaakoob, K.) b3: ارتكَ is also syn. with اِرْتَجَّ [He, or it, was, or became, in a state of commotion or agitation; or of convulsion, or violent motion; or shook, quaked, or quivered]: (K:) accord. to Yaakoob, it is an instance of substitution [of ك for ج]. (TA.) One says, مَرَّ يَرْتَكُّ [He passed by in a state of commotion &c.]. (TA.) 10 استركّهُ He esteemed him weak, or feeble. (S, K.) R. Q. 1 رَكْرَكَ He was, or became, cowardly, or weak-hearted. (IAar, TA.) [See also رَكْرَكَةٌ, its inf. n., below.] R. Q. 2 تَرَكْرُكُهُ, (K,) relating to a skin [of milk], (TA,) means تَمَخُّضُهُ [i. e. Its being agitated] with the butter. (K, TA. [In the CK, تَرَكْرَكَهُ and تَمَخَّضَهُ are put for تَرَكْرُكُهُ and تَمَخُّضُهُ.]) رَكٌّ: see the next paragraph.

رِكٌّ, with kesr, Lean, or emaciated: mentioned by J [and in the K] in art. زك, [and there written زَكّ,] but Sgh says that this is a mistranscription, and that it is correctly with ر [and with kesr]; (TA in the present art.;) and Az says that زكّ is a mistake, and is correctly with ر. (TA in art. زك.) A2: Also, (S, K,) and ↓ رَكٌّ and ↓ رَكِيكَةٌ, (K,) Weak rain: (T, S:) or rain little in quantity: [and ↓ رَكَّةٌ is expl. in like manner by Freytag, as meaning pluvia tennis, pauca; but it seems to be a n. un. of رَكٌّ, and so ↓ رِكَّةٌ of رِكٌّ:] or exceeding what is termed دَثٌّ [q. v.]: (K:) accord. to IAar, the first [or lightest and weakest] of rain is that called رَشٌّ; then, the طَشّ; then, the بَغْش; and then, the رِكّ: (TA:) or the طَشّ exceeds the رِكّ: (TA in art. طش:) the pl. [of pauc. of ركّ] is أَرْكَاكٌ (K) and رِكَاكٌ (S, K) and رِكَّانٌ; (Sgh, TA;) and the pl. of ↓ رَكِيكَةٌ is رَكَائِكُ. (TA.) b2: رِكٌّ applied to a land, or a place: see مُرَكٌّ.

رَكَّةٌ and رِكَّةٌ: see رِكٌّ.

رُكَاكٌ: see the next paragraph.

رَكِيكٌ Weak, or feeble: (S, JM, KL:) so as applied to a man: (TA:) and thin, or of little thickness or depth: (JM:) anything little, or small, in quantity; and slender: applied to water [that is little in quantity, and shallow], and to herbage, and to science: (Sh, TA:) feeble, or weak, and incorrect; applied to a word or an expression; (PS in art. جزل;) contr. of جَزْلٌ: (S and K in that art.:) [and unsound, invalid, or incorrect; applied to information, an announcement, &c.: see 1.] You say ثَوْبٌ رَكِيكُ النَّسْجِ A garment, or piece of cloth, weak in respect of texture. (S, * TA.) And إِنَّهُ يُبْغِضُ الوُلَاةَ الرَّكَكَةَ [Verily he hates weak rulers, or magistrates]: occurring in a trad.: رَكَكَةٌ being pl. of رَكِيكٌ, like as [its syn.] ضَعَفَةٌ is pl. of ضَعِيفٌ. (TA. [See also a similar saying in what follows.]) and رَجُلٌ رَكِيكُ العِلْمِ, (K,) and العَقْلِ, (TA,) A man having little knowledge, (K,) and intelligence. (TA.) And رَكِيكٌ and ↓ رُكَاكٌ, (K,) the latter of which has a stronger signification than the former, like طُوَالٌ in relation to طَوِيلٌ, (TA,) and ↓ رُكَاكَةٌ, (K,) which has a still stronger signification, (TA,) and ↓ أَرَكُّ, (K,) all applied to a man, (TA,) signify Low, ignoble, vile, mean, sordid, or possessing no manly qualities; weak in his intellect, and in his judgment or opinion: or one who is not jealous (K, TA) of his wife; i. q. دَيُّوثٌ: (TA:) or one who is not revered, respected, or feared, by his wife, or his family: (K:) accord. to Az, رَكِيكٌ and ↓ رُكَاكَةٌ signify one esteemed weak by the women, not revered or respected or feared by them, and not jealous of them: (TA:) the epithet similarly applied to a woman is رَكِيكٌ likewise, and ↓ رُكَاكَةٌ: and the pl. is رِكَاكٌ. (K.) It is said in a trad., ↓ إِنَّهُ لَعَنَ الرُّكَاكَةَ, (S, * TA, [in one of my copies of the S written الرَّكَاكَةَ, and in the other copy without the vowel-signs,]) meaning Verily he cursed him who is not jealous of his wife. (S.) And in another trad., إِنَّ اللّٰهَ يُبْغِضُ

↓ السُّلْطَانَ الرُّكَاكَةَ, i. e. [Verily God hateth the sovereign, or ruling, power] that is weak. (TA.) b2: رَكِيكَةٌ, [fem. of رَكِيكٌ,] as an epithet applied to land: see مُرَكٌّ.

A2: Also Felt, or pressed [lightly with the hand; see 1]; and so ↓ مَرْكوكٌ. (TA.) رُكَاكَةٌ: see the next preceding paragraph, in five places.

رُكُوكَةٌ [app. an inf. n., see 1, first sentence,] Weakness, or feebleness. (TA. [See also رَكْرَكَةٌ.]) رَكِيكَةٌ, as a subst., see رِكٌّ, in two places.

شَحْمُهُ الرُّكَّى, (so in one of my copies of the S, and in the O, and in my MS. copy of the K,) or شَحْمَةُ الرُّكَّى, (so in one of my copies of the S, and in the TA and CK,) meaning [His fat is, or a piece of fat of,] such as melts quickly, is a prov., (S, O, K,) applied to him who does not fatigue, or weary, thee, (لَا يُعَنِّيكَ, so in my copies of the S, or لَا يُعْنِيكَ, so in the O,) or to him who does not aid thee, (لَايُعِينُكَ, so in the TA and CK, [in my MS. copy of the K it reads either لا يُعنيك or لا يُعينك,]) in needful affairs, (S, O, K,) nor avail thee, or profit thee, or stand thee in any stead. (O, TA.) [See also رُقَّى, voce أَرَقُّ.] b2: Accord. to AA, رُكَّى signifies A wide عَفْلَق [or vulva, or flabby vulva]. (O, TA.) رَكَّآءُ The sound of the echo, (K, TA,) which it returns to one from the mountain, imitating what one utters. (TA.) رَكْرَكَةٌ [inf. n. of R. Q. 1,] Weakness, or feebleness, in anything. (K. [See also رُكُوكَةٌ.]) رَكْرَاكَةٌ A woman large in the posteriors and thighs. (S, K.) أَرَكُّ: see رَكِيكٌ.

مُرَكٌّ عَلَيْهَا, applied to land (أَرْضٌ), Rained upon with such rain as is termed رِكّ; (K;) as also مُرَكَّةٌ, alone, and ↓ مُرَكَّكَةٌ (TA) and ↓ رَكِيكَةٌ, (K,) the last two meaning also rained upon by such rain as is termed رِكّ and containing but little pasturage, (TA,) and ↓ رِكٌّ, (K,) which last is mentioned by ISh, and explained as meaning a place upon which has fallen only a little, or weak, rain. (O.) مُرَكَّكَةٌ: see the next preceding paragraph.

مَرْكُوكٌ A سِقَآء [or skin for milk or water] dressed, or prepared, (عُولِجَ,) and put into a good, or proper, state. (S, K.) b2: See also رَكِيكٌ, last sentence.

مُرْتَكٌّ A soft, or flabby, camel, having diluted marrow (مَمْذُوقُ النِّقْىِ). (O, K. [In the CK, النَّقِىُّ is erroneously put for النِّقْىِ; and in my MS. copy of the K, النقىّ.]) b2: And A drunken man indistinct in his speech: (S:) or a man seen to be eloquent (K, TA) when alone, (TA,) but impotent in speech when he engages in altercation. (K, * TA.)

نس

نَسْنَاسٌ (S, M, Msb, K) and نِسْنَاسٌ (K) A kind of creatures (خَلْق [an appellation often applied particularly to human beings]) whereof [every] one jumps, or hops, upon one leg: (S, Msb, K:) it is related in a trad., that a tribe of 'Ád disobeyed their apostle, and that God thereupon transformed them into نَسْنَاس, every man of them having a [single] arm and a [single] leg, [consisting] of one half [of a human being], hopping like as the bird hops, and pasturing like as beasts pasture; (K;) and these are found in the islands of China: (TA:) or, as some say, these have become extinct; (K;) for a transformed being lives not more than three days, as the learned have established; (TA;) and what exist now, of this make, are a distinct class of creatures: (K:) or they are of three kinds; نَاسٌ and نَسْنَاسٌ and نَسَانِسُ; (K;) and the second of these are the baser sort; (TA;) or the نسانس are the females of them, (K,) as Aboo-Sa'eed Ed-Dareer says; (TA;) or they are of higher rank than the نسناس, (K,) as is said in the O: (TA:) or the نسناس are [the peoples called] Yájooj and Májooj: (IAar, Msb, K:) or a certain people of the sons of Adam: (K:) or certain creatures in the form of men, (M, K,) so called because of the weakness of their make, from نَسْنَسَةٌ, which signifies weakness, (M,) differing from men in some things, and not of them: (K:) or, accord. to what is said [by some], a certain beast, reckoned among wild animals, that is hunted and eaten, having the form of a man with one eye and leg and arm, and that speaks like man: (Kr, M:) or a species of marine animal: (Msb:) or, accord. to El-Mes'oodee, an animal like a man having one eye, that comes forth from the water, and speaks, and, when it gets a man within its power, kills him: or, as is related in the مجالسة, on the authority of Ibn-Is-hák, certain creatures (خَلْقٌ) in El-Yemen: ابن الرقيس says, that they are of the sons of Sám the son of Sám, brothers of 'Ád and Thamood, not possessing reason, living in the salt-water (الاجاج) on the coast of the Sea of India: the Arabs hunt them, and speak to them, and they speak the Arabic language, and propagate one with another, and poetize, or versify, and name themselves by the names of the Arabs: (TA:) [in the present day, this appellation is applied to a pigmy: and also, to an ape:] Es-Suyootee says, in the Deewán el-Hayawán, as to the animal which the vulgar call نسناس, it is a species of apes or monkeys, not living in water, and the eating of which is unlawful: but as to the marine animal, some hold it to be lawful; whereas the sheykh Aboo-Hámid holds the eating of the نسناس [of any kind] to be unlawful, because it has the form of the sons of Adam. (TA.) It is said in a trad. of Aboo-Hureyreh, ذَهَبَ النَّاسُ وَبَقِىَ النَّسْنَاسُ [The men have gone, and the نسناس remain]. Being asked who were the نسناس, he answered, Those who affect to be like men but are not men. (TA.) [For the verb نسّ, &c.:

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