خرب

1 خَرِبَ, (JK, S, A, Msb, &c.,) aor. ـَ (JK, K,) inf. n. خَرَابٌ, (JK, S, * A, Mgh, * Msb, KL, TA,) said of a place, (S,) or a country, (A, Mgh, *) or a dwelling, or place of abode, (Msb,) or a house, (TK,) It was, or became, in a state of ruin, waste, uninhabited, depopulated, deserted, desolate, uncultivated, or in a state the contrary of flourishing: (JK, S, A, Mgh, KL, TA:) خَرَابٌ is the contr. of عِمَارَةٌ. (S.) b2: خَرِبَ, aor. ـَ (Msb,) inf. n. خَرَبٌ, (S, Msb, K,) It had in it a slit, or a round perforation: (S:) or he had his ear slit, (Msb, K,) or bored with a round perforation. (Msb.) A2: خَرَبَ: see 4. b2: Also, (Msb, K,) aor. ـُ inf. n. خِرَابَةٌ, (Msb,) He stole: (Msb:) or he became a thief, or robber. (K.) And خَرَبَ إِبِلَ فُلَانٍ, (S, A, *) or خَرَبَ بِإِبِلِ فُلَانٍ, (K,) both mentioned as on the authority of Lh, (TA,) aor. ـُ (S, A,) inf. n. خِرَابَةٌ (S, A, K) and خَرَابَةٌ and خَرْبٌ and خُرُوبٌ, (K,) He stole the camels of such a one. (S, K.) b3: خَرَبَهُ, (K,) aor. ـُ inf n. خَرْبٌ, (TA,) He bored it, perforated it, or made a hole through it: or he slit it: (K, TA:) namely, a thing. (TA.) b4: And He struck his خُرْبَةٌ, (K,) meaning the part where the head of his thigh-bone was inserted; or خربة here has some other of the significations assigned to it in this article. (TA.) 2 خَرَّبَ see 4, in four places.4 اخرب, (S, A, Msb, K,) inf. n. إِخْرَابٌ, (TA,) He reduced to ruin; or rendered waste, uninhabited, depopulated, deserted, desolate, uncultivated, or in a state the contrary of flourishing; (S, A, K;) a house, (S, K,) or a dwelling, or place of abode, (Msb,) or a country; (A;) as also ↓ خرّب, (A, Msb, K,) inf. n. تَخْرِيبٌ; (TA;) and ↓ خَرَبَ, (K,) [inf. n. خَرَابٌ, as in the Kur ii. 108:] or ↓ خرّب signifies the same, but in a more extensive, or a superlative or an intensive sense: you say, خَرَّبُوا بُيُوتَهُمْ [They ruined their houses; the ر being doubled because the verb has many objects: or they demolished their houses]. (S, TA.) بُيُوتَهُمْ ↓ يُخَرِّبُونَ, in the Kur [lix. 2], means They demolishing their houses: this is the reading of AA: all others read يُخْرِبُونَ بيوتهم, meaning they going forth from their houses, and leaving them; (TA;) or evacuating their houses; or leaving them in a state of ruin. (Bd.) b2: [Hence the saying,] الأَمَانَاتُ ↓ عِنْدَهُ تُخَرَّبُ (tropical:) [Deposits entrusted to him become lost, or perish]. (A.) 5 تخرّب It (a building) became demolished. (TA.) 10 استخرب It (a skin for water or milk) became perforated with many holes; became full of holes. (A, TA.) b2: (assumed tropical:) He became broken by misfortune. (JK, K.) b3: اِسْتَخْرَبْتُ لِهٰذَا الأَمْرِ (assumed tropical:) I lamented for this event, or case. (JK.) b4: استخرب إِلَيْهِ (assumed tropical:) He was angry with him; or was angry with him with the anger that proceeds from a friend; (وَجَدَ عَلَيْهِ;) namely, one who had separated himself from him: (JK:) or he yearned towards, longed for, or desired, him. (K.) Q. Q. 1 نَخْرَبَ [in the CK, erroneously, تَخَرَّبَ,] It (the canker-worm) corroded a tree: (K, TA:) but accord. to some, this verb is [radically] quadriliteral, and as such it occurs again in the K [in art. نخرب]. (TA.) خَرْبٌ: see خُرْبَةٌ, in five places: A2: and see also خَرَبٌ.

خُرْبٌ: see خُرْبَةٌ, in seven places.

A2: Also The place where an elevated accumulation of sand terminates, (JK, S, * TA,) producing trees of the kind called غَضًا. (TA.) خَرَبٌ The male of the [species of bustard called]

حُبَارَى: (S, K:) or i. q. حُبَارَى, absolutely: (TA:) pl. خِرْبَانٌ. (S.) b2: And hence, (A,) or ↓ خَرِبٌ, (JK,) or ↓ خَرْبٌ, (TA,) and ↓ خِرِبَّانٌ, (K,) (tropical:) Cowardly; or a coward. (A, K, TA.) A2: See also خُرْبَةٌ, near the end of the paragraph.

خَرِبٌ (S, TA) and ↓ خَرَابٌ (A, Msb) In a state of ruin, waste, uninhabited, depopulated, deserted, desolate, uncultivated, or in a state the contrary of flourishing; (S, A, TA;) applied to a place, (S,) or a country, (A,) or a dwelling, or place of abode. (Msb.) You say دَارٌ خَرِبَةٌ A house which its owner has reduced to ruin, or rendered uninhabited, &c. (S, TA.) [In the phrase, هٰذَا جُحْرُ ضَبٍّ خَرِبٍ, meaning This is a deserted hole of a lizard of the kind called dabb, the word خرب is put in the gen. case عَلَى الجِوَارِ, i. e. because of its proximity to a preceding word in that case, not being so properly.] b2: [Hence,] هُوَ خَرِبُ العَظْمِ (tropical:) [He is without marrow in the bone]. (A, TA.) And خَرِبُ الأَمَانَةِ (tropical:) [One in whom trust is not safely reposed]. (A, TA.) b3: See also خَرَابٌ.

A2: And see خَرَبٌ.

خَرْبَةٌ see the next paragraph, in two places.

A2: See also خِرْبَةٌ.

خُرْبَةٌ A hole, perforation, or bore; (Msb, TA;) whether round or not: (TA:) or any round hole or perforation or bore; (S, K, TA;) such as that of the ear; (TA;) [and] so ↓ خُرْبٌ: (A:) pl. [of mult.] of the former (in this and in other senses here following, K, * TA) خُرَبٌ (Msb, K) and خُرُوبٌ, which latter is extr. [with respect to rule], and [of pauc.] أَخْرَابٌ [which is irregular as pl. of the former, but regular as pl. of the latter]. (K. [See also خُرْتٌ and خُرْتَةٌ.]) [Hence,] خُرْبَةٌ السِّنْدِىِّ The bore of the lobe of the ear, when not slit: [the Sindee being particularly noted by the Arabs for his pierced ears:] when slit, it is termed السِّنْدِىِّ ↓ خَرْبَةٌ. (TA.) b2: Width of the hole, or perforation, of the ear; (JK;) as also ↓ خَرْبٌ, (JK,) or ↓ خُرْبٌ, (A,) and ↓ أَخْرَبٌ, (K,) this last being a subst. like أَفْكَلٌ. (TA.) b3: The eye of a needle: [like خُرْتٌ and خُرْتَةٌ:] and the foramen of the anus: as also ↓ خُرْبٌ and ↓ خَرْبٌ and ↓ خَرَّابَةٌ and ↓ خُرَّابَةٌ and ↓ خُرَابَةٌ; (K, MF;) in both of these senses, though this is not clearly shown in the K: (MF:) and likewise, of the vagina; the dual of خُرْبَةٌ occurring in a trad., as some relate it, applied to the foramen of the anus and that of the vagina together: (TA:) and the last, ↓ خُرَابَةٌ, also signifies any perforation like the eye of a needle. (K.) b4: الخُرْبَةُ and ↓ الخُرْبُ and ↓ الخُرَابَةُ and ↓ الخُرَّابَةُ The hole [or socket] of the hip, (S, TA,) where the head of the thigh-bone is inserted; as also خُرْبَةُ الوَرِكِ and الورك ↓ خُرْبُ and ↓ خَرْبُ الورك and الورك ↓ خَرَابَةُ [or, probably, ↓ خُرَابَة] and الورك ↓ خُرَّابَةُ and الورك ↓ خَرَّابَةُ: and the pl., أَخْرَابٌ, also signifies the lower extremities of the shoulder-blades. (TA.) b5: And الخُرْبَةُ, (A 'Obeyd, S, Mgh, Msb, K,) or خُرْبَةُ المَزَادَة, (A,) and ↓ الخُرَّابَة, and sometimes ↓ الخُرَابَة without tesh-deed, (TA,) [and perhaps ↓ الخُرْبُ also, (see خُبْنٌ,)] The loop of the [leathern water-bag called] مَزَادَة; (A 'Obeyd, S, A, Mgh, Msb, K;) because of its round form: every مزادة having two loops [whereby it is suspended upon either side of the camel], each of which is thus called; and two kidney-shaped pieces of leather (كُلْيَتَانِ) [at the two upper corners]; and the two loops are sewed to these. (TA. [See also خُرْتَةٌ.]) A2: A vice, or fault; (IAth, TA;) as also ↓ خَرَبَةٌ: (K:) and corruption, or unsoundness, in religion; (JK, K;) as also ↓ خَرَبَةٌ (JK, TA) and ↓ خَرْبَةٌ [like حَرْبَةٌ] (Mgh, * K) and ↓ خُرْبٌ and ↓ خَرْبٌ (K) and ↓ خَرَبٌ: and a quality inducing suspicion, or evil opinion: [a meaning app. belonging to all of the foregoing words:] (TA:) pl., of the first, خُرُبَاتٌ; and of the second, خَرَبَاتٌ: (JK:) also, the first (i. e. خُرْبَةٌ), a crime: a bad, an evil, or a foul, word or saying: and a trial, or an affliction. (TA.) You say, مَا فِيهِ خُرْبَةٌ There is not in him a vice, or fault. (TA.) And مَا رَأَيْنَا مِنْ فُلَانٍ

خُرْبَةً (JK, TA) and ↓ خَرْبًا, (TA,) or ↓ خَرَبَةً, (JK,) We have not seen in such a one unsoundness of religion nor anything disgraceful. (JK, TA.) b2: فَارٌّ بِخُرْبَةٍ, occurring in a trad., means One who flees with a thing desiring to appropriate it to himself and to take possession of it unlawfully. (TA.) خِرْبَةٌ: see خَرَابٌ, in three places.

A2: Also The state, or condition, or guise, of him who is termed خَارِبٌ: (K:) also explained as signifying a thing whereof one is ashamed: or as derived from [خَرَبَةٌ, meaning] “ contemptibleness, and disgrace, or ignominy: ” or it may be ↓ خَرْبَةٌ, meaning a single act [of a shamefal nature, or the like]. (Et-Tirmidhee, TA.) خَرَبَةٌ: see خُرْبَةٌ, in three places, near the end of the paragraph. b2: Also i. q. ذِلَّةٌ [Baseness, vileness, &c.]: (K, TA:) in one copy of the K, زَلَّةٌ [a slip, lapse, fault, &c.]: (TA:) and disgrace, or ignominy, and contemptibleness. (TA.) b3: And الخَرَبَةٌ signifies العَوْرَةُ [The part, or parts, of the person, which it is indecent to expose]. (K.) خَرِبَةٌ and its pls.: see خَرَابٌ, in five places.

خِرِبَّانٌ: see خَرَبٌ.

خَرَابٌ inf. n. of خَرِبَ in the first of the senses explained above. (JK, S, * A, &c. [See 1, first sentence.]) b2: [Then used as an epithet:] see خَرِبٌ. b3: [And then used as an epithet in which the quality of a subst. predominates, as appears from what follows;] contr. of عُمْرَانٌ: (JK, A, K:) and ↓ خَرِبَةٌ signifies [the same; or] مَوْضِعُ خَرَابٍ; (A, K;) as also ↓ خِرْبَةٌ: (Lth, K:) [all may be rendered A ruin, or waste; a place, country, place of abode, or house, in a state of ruin, waste, uninhabited, depopulated, deserted, desolate, uncultivated, or in a state the contrary of flourishing:] the pl. of خَرَابٌ is أخْرِبَةٌ, (JK, K,) a pl. of pauc., (JK,) and خِرَبٌ, which latter is mentioned by El-Khattábee, (K,) as occurring in a trad. respecting the building of the mosque of El-Medeeneh: كَانَ فِيهِ نَخْلٌ وَقُبُورُ المُشْرِكِينَ وَخَرِبٌ فَأَمَرَ بِالخِرَبِ فَسُوِّيَتْ [There were in it palm-trees, and the graves of the believers in a plurality of gods, and ruins; and he gave orders respecting the ruins, and they were levelled]: but IAth says that خِرَبٌ may be pl. of ↓ خَرِبَةٌ, or of ↓ خِرْبَةٌ: or it may be ↓ خَرِبٌ [coll. gen. n.] of ↓ خَرِبَةٌ: and accord. to one reading of the trad., the word is حَرْثٌ, meaning “ a place ploughed for sowing: ” (TA:) [accord. to F,] the pl. of ↓ خِرْبَةٌ, also, is خِرَبٌ: and the pl. of ↓ خَرِبَةٌ is خَرِبٌ [mentioned above] and خَرَائِبُ [which is anomalous] and خَرِبَاتٌ. (K.) [Hence,] وَقَعُوا

↓ فِى وَادِى خَرِبَاتٍ [They fell into a valley of ruins, or waste places, &c.]: (A, TA:) i. e., into destruction: (TA:) [a prov., of which there are various readings: see جَذَبَات, in art. جذب.]

A2: [Also inf. n. of خَرَبَ as syn. with اخرب, q. v.]

خَرَابَةٌ: see خُرْبَةٌ.

خُرَابَةٌ: see خُرْبَةٌ, in five places.

خَرُّوبٌ (Az, S, Mgh, K) and ↓ خُرْنُوبٌ, (Az, S, K,) mentioned by Az as radically quadriliteral, (TA in art. خرنب,) and ↓ خَرْنُوبٌ, (Mgh, K,) but this last is of weak authority, (TA,) or not allowable, (S,) a coll. gen. n.; n. un. with ة; (TA;) A kind of tree, growing upon the mountains of Syria, having grains (حَبّ) like those of the يَنْبُوت [q. v.], called by the children of El-'Irák القِثَّآءُ الشَّامِىُّ, dry, or tough, and black: (Az, TA in art. خرنب:) a certain plant, (S, Mgh,) well known: (S:) said by some to be kind of tree [or plant] called خَشْخَاش [i. e. poppy]: (Mgh:) certain trees, of which there are two kinds, wild (بَرِّىٌّ), and Syrian (شَامِىٌّ): (AHn, K:) the former kind is also called يَنْبُوتَةٌ; (AHn;) and this is thorny, (AHn, K,) used as fuel, rising to the height of a cubit, having branches, (AHn,) with a fruit (AHn, K) black (أَحَمُّ) and light, like bubbles, (AHn, TA,) in the copies of the K كَالتُّفَّاحِ, but correctly كَالنُّفَاخِ, (TA,) disagreeable in taste, (AHn, K,) not eaten except in cases of difficulty, or distress; having grains (حَبّ) which are hard and lubricous: (AHn:) the Syrian kind [is that to which the name of خرّوب is now commonly applied, the carob, or locust-tree; ceratonia siliqua; the fruit of which] is sweet, and is eaten; having grains (حَبّ) like those of the يَنْبُوت, but larger; (AHn;) the fruit of this kind is like the خِيَار شَنْبَر [or cassia fistula], but wide; and from it are prepared an inspissated juice and [a kind of]

سَوِيق [or parched meal]. (AHn, K.) [Its grain is used as a weight: see قِيرَاطٌ and دِرْهَمٌ and دِينَارٌ.]

خَرَّابَةٌ: see خُرْبَةٌ, in two places.

خُرَّابَةٌ: see خُرْبَةٌ, in four places.

خُرْنُوبٌ and خَرْنُوبٌ: see خَرُّوبٌ.

خَارِبٌ A stealer of camels: (As, S, A:) and (by extension of its original meaning, TA) any thief, or robber: (JK, S:) dim. ↓ خُوَيْرِبٌ: (TA:) and pl. خُرَّابٌ, (S, A, TA,) or أَخْرَابٌ. (JK.) [See also خِرْبَةٌ.]

خُوَيْرِبٌ: see what next precedes.

أَخْرَبُ Slit: or having a round hole or perforation: (S:) [fem. خَرْبَآءُ; as in] أُذُنٌ خَرْبَآءُ An ear having the lobe slit. (K.) b2: A man, (S,) or a ram, (Msb,) having his ear slit; (S, Msb, K;) as also ↓ مُخَرَّبٌ and مُخَرَّمٌ; (TA;) from ↓ مَخْرُوبٌ signifying slit: (S:) and (so in the S and TA, but in the Msb “ or ” ) having his ear pierced, or bored: when it is slit (after the piercing, S, TA), he is said to be أَخْرَمُ: (S, Msb, TA: [but see this last in art. خرم:]) and أَخْرَبُ الأُذُنَيْنِ having the ears pierced, or bored: (AM, TA in art. خرت:) and خَرْبَآءُ a female slave having the lobe of her ear slit [or pierced, or bored]: and ↓ مُخَرَّبَةٌ a female slave having her ear [slit or] pierced, or bored: (TA:) and خَرْبَآءُ a she-goat having her ear slit, but so that the slit is not long nor wide. (K.) A2: أَخْرَبٌ: see خُرْبَةٌ.

خَلِيَّةٌ مُخْرِبَةٌ An empty bee-hive, (K,) in which honey has not been collected. (TA.) مُخَرَّبٌ, and its fem. (with ة): see أَخْرَبُ.

مَخْرُوبٌ: see أَخْرَبُ.

نُخْرُوبٌ sing. of نَخَارِيبُ, (TA,) which latter signifies Holes like those of hornets' nests: and the holes, or cells, (prepared with wax, K in art. نخرب,) in which the bees deposit their honey. (K, TA. [In the CK, erroneously, تخاريب.]) Accord. to some, the ن is a radical letter. (TA.)

منح

1 مَنَحَهُ, aor. ـَ and مَنِحَ, inf. n. مَنْحٌ, He lent him a she-camel, and a sheep or goat; (L;) that he might have the milk thereof, and return the animal after a certain period: this is the original signification: (L:) or he lent to him a she-camel, assigning to him her soft hair (وَبَر) and milk and offspring: (Lh, L, K:) and in like manner, he lent him a piece of land, that he might cultivate it and have the produce thereof: (L:) he lent him money or the like, to be repaid. (A, TA.) b2: مَنَحَهُ, aor. ـَ and مَنِحَ, (S, K,) inf. n. مَنْحٌ, (S,) He gave him a thing: (S, K:) he gave him a thing as a free gift. (A, TA.) b3: تَمْنَحُ المَرْأَةُ وَجْهَهَا المِرْآةَ The woman imparts somewhat of her beauty to the mirror: or directs her face towards the mirror. And in like manner, accord. to some, you say, when you direct anything (تَقْصِدُ بِهِ) towards another thing, مَنَحْتُهُ إِيَّاهُ. (L.) 3 مانحهُ, inf. n. مُمَانَحَةٌ, He aided him, or assisted him, reciprocally, with a gift. (A.) b2: مانحت, inf. n. مِنَاحٌ and مُمَانَحَةٌ, (tropical:) She (a camel) yielded plenty of milk in the winter, after the milk of the other camels had passed away. (L.) b3: (tropical:) It (the eye) shed tears continuously. (K.) 4 امنحت She (a camel) was near to bringing forth. (S, K.) Sh says, I know not امنحت in this sense: but Az says that it is correct, and that the objection of Sh does not invalidate it. (TA.) 5 تَمَنَّحْتُ المَالَ (tropical:) I fed others with the property. So in the trad. of Umm-Zara, وَآكُلُ فَأَتَمَنَّحُ (tropical:) And I eat, and then feed others. (K, TA.) 8 إِمْتَنَحَ He took or received, a gift. (K.) b2: أُمْتُنِحَ مَالًا He was supplied with property, or wealth, by God. (K.) 10 استمنحهُ He asked, desired, or sought, a loan, or gift, (مِنْحَة,) of him; i. e., asked, desired, or sought aid, or assistance, from him; syn. إِــسْتَرْــفَدَهُ; (S;) or asked, &c., a gift from him. (K.) مِنْحَةٌ A loan, or lending, of a she-camel or sheep or goat, that the person to whom the loan is granted may milk her for a certain period and then restore her to the lender: (A'Obeyd:) [and in like manner,] ↓ مَنِيحَةٌ a gift (مِنْحَة) of milk; as a she-camel or sheep or goat that is given to another that he may milk her and afterwards restore her to the lender: (S:) or مِنْحَةٌ signifies a ewe or a she-goat or a she-camel, which her owner lends to a man that he may drink her milk and restore her when her milk ceases to flow: (Msb:) or both words signify a she-camel or sheep or goat whose milk is given to another: (A:) or a she-camel of which the soft hair (وَبَر) and milk and offspring are conceded by the owner to another: (K:) or ↓ مَنِيحَةٌ signifies a she-camel or sheep or goat that is lent for the sake of her milk [&c.]; and مِنْحَةٌ, the profit which the lender thereof bestows upon the borrower. (Lh, L.) The Arabs have four words which they use in the place of عَارِيَّةٌ, viz. ↓ مَنِيحَةٌ, عَرِيَّةٌ, إِفْقَارٌ, and إِخْبَالٌ. (A'Obeyd, S.) b2: مِنْحَةٌ مِنْ لَيَنٍ Milch sheep or goats; (L;) [app. meaning, that are lent to a person]. b3: Also مِنْحَةٌ A loan of land, and of money. (L.) b4: Also, A gift, or thing given; (S, L, K;) as also ↓ مَنِيحَةٌ: (TA:) a free gift: (A'Obeyd, L:) pl. مِنَحٌ; (A;) and pl. of مَنِيحَةٌ, مَنَائِحُ. (TA.) مَنُوحٌ: see مُمَانِحٌ.

المَنِيحُ An arrow (of those used in the game called المَيْسِر, S) which has no lot, or portion, (S, K,) unless the person to whom it pertains be given something: (S:) it is the third of the arrows to which the term غُفْلٌ is applied, which have no notches, and to which is assigned no portion and no fine; these being only added to give additional weight to the collection of arrows from fear of occasioning suspicion [of foul play]: it is one of four arrows to each of which is assigned no portion and no fine; the first is called المُصَدَّرُ; the next, المُضَعَّفَ; the next, المنيح; and the last, السَّفِيحُ: (Lh:) accord. to some, (TA,) an arrow that is borrowed because it is regarded as fortunate: (K, TA:) or an arrow which has a portion assigned to it. (K.) b2: كُنْتُ مَنِيحَ أَصْحَابِى يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ (assumed tropical:) I was, among my companions, like the arrow called المنيح, on the day of the battle of Bedr; i. e., by reason of my youth, I was like the arrow that neither gains nor loses. (L, from a trad.) مَنِيحَةٌ: see مِنْحَةٌ.

مَنَّاحٌ One who gives many gifts. (TA.) مُمْنِحٌ A she-camel near to bringing forth. (S, K.) مِمْنَحٌ and مَمَانِحُ: see مُمَانِحٌ.

مُمَانِحٌ (S, K) and ↓ مَنُوحٌ (S) (tropical:) A she-camel whose milk remains, (K,) or that yields plenty of milk in the winter, (S,) after the milk of the other camels has passed away; (S, K;) like مُجَالِحٌ. (S.) You say also ↓ نُوقٌ مَمَانِحُ [app. pl. of مِمْنَحٌ, which is perhaps not used. (TA.) b2: Also the former, (tropical:) Rain that does not cease: (K:) and (tropical:) wind of which the rain does not cease. (TA.)

مصخ

1 مَصَخَ, aor. ـَ (L,) inf. n. مَصْخٌ; and ↓ امتصخ and ↓ تمصّخ; (L, K;) He pulled away a thing (L, K) from the inside of another thing, (L,) and took it: (K:) and مَصَخَ and ↓ امتصخ he pulled away an أُمْصُوخَة of the kind of plant called ثُمَام, or of that called نَصِىّ, (S, L,) from within another امصوخة thereof, (L,) and took it: (S, L:) and ↓ تمصّخ he pulled out the white pith called امصوخة of the بَرْدِىّ. (AHn, L.) A2: مَصَخَ, inf. n. مَصْخٌ, a dial form of مَسَخَ, q. v. (L, K. *) 4 امصخ It (a plant of the kind called ثُمَام) put forth its أَمَاصِيخ [pl. of أُمْصُوخَة, q. v.] (K.) 5 تَمَصَّخَ see 1 in two places.7 إِمَّصَخَ, inf. n. إِمِّصَاخٌ, It (a child) became disunited from its mother; (K;) i. e., from the belly of its mother. (L, TA.) 8 امتصخ, It (a thing) became disunited from (عَنْ) another thing. (TA.) b2: See 1 in two places.

مَصُوخَةٌ A ewe or she-goat whose udder is flaccid at the base; (T, K;) as though it were disunited (امتصخت, i. e. انفصلت,) from the belly. (T, L.) مُصَّاخٌ A certain plant having coats (قُشُور) like the onion; (K;) of which Az says, I have seen, in the desert, a plant called مُصَّاخٌ and ئُدَّآءٌ having coats (قشور), one above another; whenever one peels off one أُمْصُوخة (or coat) there appears another; and its coats (قشور) are an excellent fuel: the people of Haráh (هراة) call it دليزاذ. (L.) أُمْصُوخَةٌ A sheath or coat, of a plant, enveloping, or surrounding, another sheath or coat, and the latter another, and so on: (T, L:) a خَوصَة of the kind of plant called ثُمَام, (S, K,) and of that called نَصِىّ; (S;) what is plucked from the نصىّ, like a rod; (AHn;) [i. e., a sheath of the ثمام or the نصىّ;] there is a species of the ثمام having no leaves properly so called, its leaves being sheaths (أَنَابِيب) set one into another, each sheath (أُنْبُوبَة) of which is called امصوخة, and when it is pulled away it comes forth from the inside of another, as though it were a stopper taken out from a vessel in which collyrium (كُحْل) is kept: (Lth:) pl. أُمْصُوخٌ and أَمَاصِيخُ: (S, K:) the former is a lexicological pl., [or rather a coll. gen. n., of which امصوخة is the n. un.,] and the latter is the proper pl. (TA.) b2: Also, The white pith of the بَرْدِىّ. (AHn.)

ملس

1 مَلُسَ, aor. ـُ (M, A, Msb, K;) and مَلِسَ, aor. ـَ (Msb;) or the second form is مَلَسَ, aor. ـُ (K;) [but the last of the inf. ns. here following seems to indicate that مَلِسَ is correct;] inf. n. مَلَاسَةٌ (S, M, A, Msb, K) and مُلُوسَةٌ, (M, K,) [accord. to rule, both of the first,] and مَلَسٌ, (M, TA,) [accord. to rule, of the second;] It was, or became, smooth, sleek, or free from asperities; the inf. n. being the contr. of خُشُونَةٌ; (S, M, K;) it had in it nothing upon which to lay hold; it was, or became, smooth to the feel; (Msb;) and ↓ املاسّ signifies the same, (S, M,) inf. n. إِمْلِيسَاسٌ; (S;) and ↓ املسّ: (so in a copy of the A) and [in like manner] ↓ تملّس (S, A) and ↓ إِمَّلَسَ, of the measure إِنْفَعَلَ, the ن being incorporated into the م, both signify it was, or became, made, or rendered, smooth, &c. (S.) See also 4.

A2: مَلَسَ, aor. ـُ inf. n. مَلْسٌ, (tropical:) He (a man) went away quickly, or swiftly: (TA:) and مَلَسَتِ النَّاقَةُ, (M,) and الإِبِلُ, (A,) aor. and inf. n. as before, (M,) (tropical:) the she-camel, (M,) and the camels, (A,) went quickly, or swiftly: (M, A:) or مَلْسٌ signifies the going easily, or gently: and also, contr., the going vehemently: (M:) or a gentle mode of going or journeying: (IAar:) and the being light, or active, and quick. (TA.) It is said in a trad., سِرْ ثَلَاثًا مَلْسًا, i. e., ثَلَاثَ لَيَالٍ ذَوَاتِ مَلْسٍ; or ثَلَاثًا سَيْرًا مَلْسًا; (tropical:) [Journey thou three nights of quick, or of easy, journeying; or with a quick, or an easy, journeying;] or ملسا signifies a certain mode of going or journeying; and is in the accus. case as an inf. n. (TA.) مَلَسَ, aor. and inf. n. as above, also signifies (assumed tropical:) It (a thing) went back, or retired, (إِنْخَنَسَ,) quickly; (M;) and so ↓ إِمَّلَسَ. (M, TA.) A3: مَلَسَ الظَّلَامُ, [aor. ـُ (TK,) inf. n. مَلْسٌ, (A, K,) or مَلَسٌ, (S, M,) The darkness became confused; (S, M, A, K;) as also ↓ أَمْلَسَ, (TK,) inf. n. إِمْلَاسٌ: (K:) or became in the state after that which is termed مَلَثٌ, (M,) or مَلْثٌ. (TA.) See مَلْسٌ below.2 ملّسهُ, inf. n. تَمْلِيسٌ, He rendered it smooth, sleek, or free from asperities. (S.) You say, ملّس الأَرْضَ, (TA,) بِالْمَلَّاسَةِ, (A,) inf. n. as above, (TA,) [He smoothed the land with the ملّاسة;] he drew the مِمْلَقَة [or ملّاسة] over the land, [and so made it smooth, or even,] after the ploughing and sowing thereof. (TA.) A2: Also, (S, A,) inf. n. as above, (TA,) (tropical:) He made him to escape; or to be, or become, or get, clear, quit, free, or at liberty; مِنَ الأَمْرِ from the thing, or affair; (S, K;) and منْ يَدِ غَيْرِهِ from the hand of another. (A.) 4 أَمْلَسَ see 1. b2: أَمْلَسَتْ شَاتُكَ The wool of thy sheep, or ewe, fell off: (K:) from Ibn-'Abbád. (TA.) 5 تملّس: see مَلُسَ.

A2: It (a smooth thing) slipped forth from the hand [&c.]. (Har, p. 119.) b2: And hence, (Har, ubi supra,) (tropical:) He escaped; got away; or was, or became, or got, clear, quit, free, or at liberty; (S, * M, A, Msb, * K,) as also ↓ انملس, (S, A, K,) and ↓ إِمَّلَسَ, of the measure إِفْتَعَلَ, [or rather إِنْفَعَلَ,] and ↓ املاسّ; (K;) مِنَ الأَمْرِ from the thing or affair; (S, A, TA;) and مِنْ يَدِى from my hand. (A.) b3: [Hence,] تملّس مِنَ الشَّرَابِ (assumed tropical:) He recovered from the wine. (AHn, M.) 7 انملس and إِمَّلَسَ: see مَلُسَ: A2: and مَلَسَ: A3: and 5.8 إِمْتَلَسَ see 5.

A2: أُمْتُلِسَ بَصَرُهُ (tropical:) His sight was suddenly taken away. (M, A, K.) 9 إِمْلَسَّ see مَلُسَ.11 إِمْلَاْسَّ see مَلُسَ: A2: and 5.

مَلْسٌ: see أَمْلَسُ.

A2: Also, مَلْسٌ, (A, K,) or ↓ مَلَسٌ, (S, M,) The confusedness of the darkness: (S, M, A, K:) or it is after the مَلَث, (M,) or مَلْث: (TA:) the ملث is the first, or commencement, of the blackness of the west; and the ملس is when the blackness has become intense, so that the time of the last عِشَآء comes; then the ملس becomes confounded with the ملث, and the one is not distinguished from the other. (IAar.) You say, الظَّلَامِ ↓ أَتَيْتُهُ مَلَسَ, (S, M,) or مَلْسَ الظلام, (TA,) I came to him when the darkness had become confused; (S, TA;) when the night had become confused with the earth. (TA.) The word is used adverbially and otherwise. (M.) See مَلَسَ الظَّلَامُ.

مَلَسٌ: see إِمْلِيسٌ, in two places: A2: and مَلْسٌ, throughout.

مَلَسَى: see إِمْلِيسٌ.

A2: (tropical:) A she-camel that escapes and goes away so quickly that nothing attaches, or clings, to her: (S:) or quick, or swift, in the utmost degree: (Z, K:) or quick, or swift; as also ↓ مَلُوسٌ: (M:) or the latter signifies a she-camel excellent, or good, in the pace termed عَنَق, [so I render مِعْنَاقٌ,] that outstrips, and is seen to be first among the camels in the place of pasturage and the watering-place and every journeying. (Az, K. *) b2: Also, (assumed tropical:) A man who will not remain firm to a compact, covenant, engagement, or promise; like as the smooth thing will not remain firm. (M.) It is said in a proverb, (El-Ahmar, M,) alluding to dislike, or hatred, of faults or the like, (El-Ahmar, TA,) المَلَسَى لَا عَهْدَ لَهُ (assumed tropical:) [He who will not remain firm to a compact, &c., for him there is no compact, &c.]; (El-Ahmar, M;) meaning, that he has got out of the affair in safety, there being nothing due to him, nor anything to be demanded of him. (El-Ahmar, TA.) [But see what here follows.]

b3: It is said in a proverb, applied to him in whose fidelity one does not trust, (TA,) المَلَسَى

لَا عُهْدَةَ لَهُ, meaning ذُو المَلَسَى; (Az, L, Msb, TA;) i. e., (assumed tropical:) He who steals a commodity, and sells it for less than its price, and escapes immediately and hides himself, so that if he who has a just claim to it come, he finds his property in the hand of him who purchased it, he takes it, and the price which the thief gained goes for nought, and the purchaser cannot return to him to recover the price: (Az, TA:) or it means, (assumed tropical:) he who goes away privily, gets out of the affair in safety, there being nothing due to him, nor anything to be demanded of him: or املسى means, a (assumed tropical:) man's selling a commodity which he has stolen, and abating the price, and then absenting himself; so that when it is plucked from the hand of the purchaser, he cannot sue the seller as responsible for the loss thereof: (Msb:) or (tropical:) the sale to which attaches no claim upon the seller for having acted unjustly: (A, TA:) or (assumed tropical:) the selling a thing without making one's self responsible for any loss or the like that may be occasioned by it. (TA.) One says, also, in selling, مَلَسَى لَا عُهْدَةَ, meaning, that he has escaped from the affair, or become quit of it; that there is nothing due to him, nor anything to be demanded of him: [i. e., (assumed tropical:) I am quit of the affair: no claim shall be made for indemnification.] (S.) You say, also, أَبِيعُكَ المَلَسَى لَا عُهْدَةَ, meaning, (tropical:) [I sell to thee on the condition that] thou shalt get thee away, and not return to me, (S, Msb, K,) nor have any claim upon me for indemnification. (Msb.) [In some copies of the S, here and in art. عهد, the verbs by which the meaning is explained are of the third person, as though referring to the things sold; but the right reading I hold to be that which I have followed. See also art. عهد.]

مَلُوسٌ: see مَلَسَى.

مَلِيسٌ: see أَمْلَسُ, in two places: A2: and إِمْلِيسٌ.

مُلَيْسَآءُ: dim. of مَلْسَآءُ, fem. of أَمْلَسُ, which see, in two places.

مَلَّاسَةٌ An implement (S, A, K) of wood (A, TA) with which land is made smooth, or even; (S, A, K;) as also ↓ مِمْلَسَةٌ. (A, TA.) أَمْلَسُ Smooth; sleek; free from asperities; [contr. of خَشِنٌ;] (S, M, K;) having in it nothing upon which to lay hold; smooth to the feel; (Msb;) and ↓ مَلِيسٌ signifies the same; (TA;) and ↓ مَلْسٌ [in like manner], anything smooth or soft: (TA:) fem. of the first, مَلْسَآءُ: (M, A, &c.:) and pl. مُلْسٌ. (A.) You say, ثَوْبٌ أَمْلَسُ [A smooth garment, or piece of cloth]. And صَخْرَةٌ مَلْسَآءُ [A smooth rock]. (A, TA.) And قَوْسٌ مَلْسَآءُ and ↓ مَلِيسٌ A bow in which is no crack. (M.) and ضَرَبَهُ عَلَى مَلْسَآءِ مَتْنِهِ and ↓ مُلَيْسَائِهِ He struck him upon the even and smooth part of his back. (M.) b2: (tropical:) A camel (A) having a sound back, (S, K,) free from mange or scab. (A, TA.) So in the proverb, (S,) هَانَ عَلَى الأَمْلَسِ مَا لَاقَى الدَّبِرُ (tropical:) [What he that had galls on his back experienced was a light matter to him that had a sound back]: (S, K:) applied to him who has an ill concern for his companion. (K.) b3: أَرْضٌ مَلْسَآءُ: see إِمْلِيسٌ. b4: سَنَةٌ مَلْسَآءُ (tropical:) A year without herbage: (A:) or a year of sterility: pl. أَمَالِيسُ, contr. to rule. (M.) b5: المَلْسَآءُ (tropical:) The lowest heaven. (TA, art. جرب.) b6: قَهْوَةٌ مَلْسَآءُ (A) or خَمْرٌ مَلْسَآءُ (K) (tropical:) Wine easy to swallow; (A;) wine that descends easily in the throat. (K.) b7: مَلْسَآءُ [as an epithet in which the quality of a subst. predominates] (assumed tropical:) Sour milk with which pure [fresh] milk is mixed; as also ↓ مُلَيْسَآءُ. (IDrd, K.) b8: جِلْدُهُ أَمْلَسُ (tropical:) He has no blame attaching to him. (A, TA.) b9: خِمْسٌ أَمْلَسُ (tropical:) A fatiguing, severe [journey such as is called] خمس. (K.) إِمْلِيسٌ (S, K,) and with ة, (Ibn-'Abbád, K,) (tropical:) A desert in which is no herbage: pl. أَمَالِيسُ (S, K) and أَمَالِسُ, [the latter] contr. to general rule, (K,) the ى being suppressed by poetic licence: (TA:) or أَمَالِسُ signifies land in which are no trees, nor fresh nor dry herbage, nor wild animals; sing, إِمْلِيسٌ; app. from مَلَاسَةٌ, [inf. n. of مَلُسَ,] i. e., smooth land, in which is nothing: (Sh, L, TA: *) or أَمَالِيسُ is pl. of أَمْلَاسٌ, which is pl. [of pauc.] of ↓ مَلَسٌ, meaning, an even place, (M, TA,) in which is no herbage; (TA;) and the pl. of mult. is مُلُوسٌ: and you say also, ↓ أَرْضٌ مَلَسٌ and ↓ مَلَسَى and ↓ مَلْسَآءُ and إِمْلِيسٌ, meaning, land that produces no herbage; (M, TA;) and the pl. is أَمَالِسُ and أَمَالِيسُ, contr. to analogy [unless pls. of إِمْلِيسٌ, in which case the former only is so]. (TA.) b2: You say also, رُمَّانٌ إِمْلِيسٌ (T, M, TA,) and ↓ إِمْلِيسِىٌّ, (T, S, M, K, TA,) as though the latter were a rel. n. from إِمْلِيسٌ, (T, S, K, TA,) not, as is implied in the [S, and] K, as meaning a desert, but as syn. with ↓ إِمْلِيسِىٌّ; (TA;) (assumed tropical:) A sweet pomegranate, having no stones: (T, M, TA:) and accord. to Lth, رُمَّانٌ مَلِيسٌ signifies (assumed tropical:) the sweetest kind of pomegranate, which is that without stones. (TA.) [See شَنْبَآءُ, voce أَشْنَبُ.]

إِمْلِيسَةٌ: see إِمْلِيسٌ.

إمْلِيسِىٌّ: see إِمْلِيسٌ.

ممْلَسَةٌ: see مَلَّاسَةٌ.

ميس

1 مَاسَ, aor. ـِ inf. n. مَيْسٌ and مَيَسَانٌ, He walked with an elegant and a proud and selfconceited gait; or so walked with an affected inclining of the body from side to side; (S, M, A, K;) excepting that in the A the fem. forms of the pret. and aor. are given;) as also ↓ تميّس: (S, A, * K:) accord. to the Lth, مَيْسٌ signifies a kind of مَيَسَان, [app. a mistranscription for مَيَلَان, or inclining,] with, or in, the gait and motion above described, like that of the bride, and of the camel; for he sometimes does this in going along with his هَوْدَج [or litter which serves as a vehicle for women]. (TA.) 4 أَمَاسَتْ جِسْمَهَا [She (a woman) made her body to incline from side to side in walking in the manner above described.] (M.) 5 تَمَيَّسَ see 1.

مَيْسٌ A kind of tree, (AHn, S, M, K,) of great size, (A, Hn, M, K,) resembling in its growth and its leaves the [kind of willow called]

غَرَب: when young, it is white within; but when it grows old, it becomes black, like آبُنُوس [or ebony], and so thick that wide tables are made of it; (AHn, M;) and camels' saddles (رِحَال) are made of it. (AHn, S, M.) b2: Hence, A camel's saddle (رَحْلٌ), as being made of the kind of tree above described. (TA.) b3: Also, A species of grape-vine, that rises somewhat upon a trunk, (AHn, M, K, *) not all of it spreading out into branches: (AHn, M:) AHn adds, its native place is the district of El-Jezeereh called Sarooa (سَرُوع), and it is related, of a person of knowledge, that he saw it at Et-Táïf: and hence the name of the raisins called ↓ مَيْسِىّ: (TA:) [but ISd says, in continuation of AHn's account of the former of the trees above mentioned, not of the latter,] an Arab of the desert informed me, that he had seen it at Et-Táïf, and hence, he said, the raisins called مَيْس [not مَيْسِى] are thus named: (M:) [and F says,] مَيْسٌ signifies a kind of raisins; as well as a species of grapevine &c. (K.) b4: Also, [The pole of a plough;] the long piece of wood that is between the two bulls. (AHn. M.) مَيْسِىٌّ: see مَيْسٌ.

مَيْسَانٌ: see مَيَّاسٌ.

مَيْسُونٌ: see مَيَّاسٌ. b2: Also, A boy beautiful in stature and face. (K.) مَيُوسٌ: see مَيَّاسٌ.

مَيَّاسٌ (S, A, K) and ↓ مَيْسَانٌ (Ibn-'Abbád, A, K) and ↓ مَيُوسٌ and ↓ مَائِسٌ (K) One who walks with an elegant and a proud and selfconceited gait; or who so walks with an affected inclining of the body from side to side: (S, A, K:) [or the first and second and third, one who does so much, or often, or habitually: and the last, being a simple act. part. n., one so walking:] fem. of the first and second, with ة: (A, TA:) and ↓ مَيْسُون signifies the same as مَيَّاسَةٌ, in the sense explained above, applied to a woman, and is of one of the measures not mentioned by Sb, like زَيْتُونٌ; or it is from مَسَنَ, and therefore of the measure فَيْعُولٌ; but more probably from المَيْسُ. (M.) b2: Also, المَيَّاسُ The lion that so walks; (K, TA;) an epithet applied to him because of his little regard for him whom he meets: (TA:) or the lion: (Sgh, TA:) and, (accord. to IDrd, TA,) the wolf; (K;) because he so walks. (TA.) b3: Also, غُصْنٌ مَيَّاسٌ An inclining, or a bending, branch. (M.) مَائِسٌ: see مَيَّاسٌ.

مثل

1 مَثَلَ aor. ـُ , inf. n. مُثُولٌ; (S, M, K, &c.;) and مَثُلَ; (M, K;) He stood erect; (S, M, K, &c.;) بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ before him. (S, &c.) b2: مَثَلَ بِهِ, inf. n. مُثْلَةٌ, He mutilated him; castrated him; namely, a sheep or goat. (TA in art. دجن, from a trad.) 2 مَثَّلَ : see a verse of Kutheiyir in art. رود, conj. 4. b2: مَثَّلَهُ: see شَبَّهَهُ.3 مَاثَلَهُ i. q. شَابَهَهُ. (TA.) 4 أَمْثَلَهُ He set it up: from مَثَلَ “ he stood erect. ” b2: He set up a butt or mark: see an ex. voce غَرَضٌ.5 تَمَثَّلَ بِكَذَا [He affected to be like, or imitated, such a thing;] i. q. تَشَبَّهَ بِهِ. (TA, art. شبه.) b2: تَمَثَّلَ البَيْتَ and [more commonly] بِالبَيْتِ He used, or applied, the verse as a proverb, or proverbially. (MA.) b3: See تَشَبَّهَ.6 تَمَاثَلَ He became nearly in a sound, or healthy, state; or near to convalescence: (K:) or he became more like the sound, or healthy, than the unsound, or unhealthy, who is suffering from a chronic and pervading disease; (TA;) or so تماثل لِلْبُرْءِ. (M.) Said also of a wound: (T, S in art. دمل:) and of a disease; like أَشْكَلَ. (TA, art. شكل.) b2: تَمَاثَلَا i. q. تَشَابَهَا. (M, K in art. سوى.) 8 اِمْتَثَلَ أَمْرَهُ He followed his command, order, bidding, or injunction; did like as he commanded, ordered, &c.; (Mgh;) he obeyed his command, order, &c. (Msb.) مِثْلٌ A like; a similar person or thing; match; fellow; an analogue. (K, &c.) See نِدٌّ and voce بَدَلٌ. b2: A likeness, resemblance, or semblance; see شَبَهٌ. b3: An equivalent; a requital. b4: مِثْلَ, used as a denotative of state, means Like. Ex. مَرَّ مِثْلَ البَرْقِ He passed like the lightning. See an ex. in the Kur li. 23; and another, from Sakhr-el-Gheí, voce فَرْضٌ.

مَثَلٌ i. q. صِفَةٌ [as meaning A description, condition, state, case, &c.]; (S, K, &c.;) or وَصْفٌ [meaning the same]: (Msb:) or this is a mistake: (Mbr, AAF, TA:) or it may be a tropical signification: (MF, TA:) for in the language of the Arabs it means a description by way of comparison: (AAF, TA:) you say مثل زيد مثل فلان [The description of Zeyd, by way of comparison, or the condition, &c., is that of such a one]: it is from المِثاَلُ and الحَذْوُ: (Mbr, TA:) it is metaphorically applied to a condition, state, or case, that is important, strange, or wonderful. (Ksh, Bd in ii. 16.) The phrase here given is more literally, and better, rendered, The similitude of Zeyd is the similitude, or is that, of such a one; for a similitude is a description by way of comparison. b2: You say also, جَعَلَهُ مَثَلًا لِكَذَا [He made it (an expression or the like) to be descriptive, by way of comparison, of such a thing]. (TA passim.) [And مَثَلٌ لِكَذَا meansAn expression denoting, by way of similitude, such a thing.] b3: عَلَى المَثَلِ As indicative of resemblance to something. b4: See بَدَلٌ.

مِثَالٌ Quality, made, manner, fashion, and form; (Msb;) a model according to which another thing is made or proportioned; a pattern, (مِقْدَارٌ) by which a thing is measured, proportioned, or cut out: (T:) an example of a class of words, of a rule, &c. b2: مِنْ غَيْرِ سَبْقِ مِثاَلٍ [Without there having been any precedent]. (Msb in art. قرح, &c.) b3: [A bed:] بَناَتُ المِثَالِ The daughters of the bed; meaning women. (T in art. بنى.) جَوْزُ مَاثِلٍ : see جَوْزٌ.

تَمَاثِيلُ , in the following hemistich of Ibn-Ahmar, تَمَاثِيلُ قِرْطَاسٍ عَلَى هَبْهَبِيَّةٍ signifies كُتُبٌ يَكْتُبُونَهَا. (L, in TA, voce هَبْهَبِىٌّ, as signifying a “ light, or active,” camel.)

نصب

1 نَصَبَ, aor. ـُ inf. n. نَصْبٌ; (S, K;) and ↓ نصّب; (K;) He set up, put up, set upright, erected, a thing: (S:) he elevated, raised, reared, a thing. (K.) b2: He set up, a stone as a sign, or mark. (Msb.) b3: نَصَبَ رَأْسَهُ He raised his head. (TA.) b4: نَصِبَ, aor. ـَ inf. n. نَصَبٌ, He (a goat) had erect ears. (S: the inf. n. only mentioned.) b5: نَصَبْتُ فُلاَنًا لِكَذَا I set, or set up, such a one as an obstacle to such a thing, or as a butt for such a thing, like the butt of archers. (TA, art. عرض.) b6: نُصِبَ فُلَانٌ لِعِمَارَةِ البَلَدِ (tropical:) [Such a one was set up, or appointed, for the putting, or keeping, of the town, or district, in a flourishing or prosperous state, with respect to building, culture, population, &c.]. (A.) b7: نَصَبَ, aor. ـُ inf. n. نَصْبٌ, (S, K,) or نَصَبَ نَصْبَ العَرَبِ, (S,) (assumed tropical:) He sang, or chanted, a kind of song, or chant, peculiar to the Arabs, (S, K, &c.,) of the description termed حُدَاء, (K,) [by which camels are urged, or excited,] or a kind of song (K) resembling what is thus termed, (S,) but finer, or more delicate. (S, K.) What is termed نَصْبٌ is The kind of singing, or chanting, above described: (S, K:) or a kind of حُدَاء resembling singing: (AA:) or a kind of modulation: (Sh:) or a kind of song, or chant, of the Arabs: (ISd:) or, of the Arabs of the desert: (TA:) or poetry such as is commonly recited, well regulated and set to an air: (Nh:) so called because, in [singing or chanting] it, the voice is raised, or elevated. (The Fáïk.) b8: نَصَبَ الحَرْفَ, [aor. ـِ (not نَصُبَ,) inf. n. نَصْبٌ,] He wrote, or pronounced, the [final] letter with نَصْب; (S;) which is, in the case of the final inflection of a word, like فَتْح in the non-inflection: (S, K:) [i. e., he wrote it, or pronounced it, with Bً or نَصَبَ:) so called because the sound of a word of which the final letter is so pronounced rises to the highest cavity of the mouth. (Lth.) A conv. term of grammar. (S, K.) نَصَبَ الكَلِمَةَ [He wrote, or pronounced, the word with نَصْب, i. e., making its vowel of inflection Bً or نَصَبَ &c., according to the rules of grammar:] he made the word to have fet-hah as its vowel of inflection. (Msb.) b9: نَصَبَ لَه الحَرْبَ, (inf. n. نَصْبٌ, TA,) He made war upon him: syn. وَضَعَ. (K.) b10: Of anything that is raised, and with which one goes to meet, or encounter, a thing, one says نُصِبَ, and of the agent, نَصَبَ. (M, K.) b11: نَصَبَ لَهُ, aor. ـُ inf. n. نَصْبٌ, (tropical:) He acted with hostility, or enmity, towards him. (S, K.) See also 3. b12: نَصَبْتُ لَهُ رَأْيًا (tropical:) I gave him counsel from which he should not deviate. (A.) b13: نَصَبَ, aor. ـُ (inf. n. نَصْبٌ, TA,) He put down a thing: syn. وَضَعَ. Thus the verb bears two contr. significations. (K.) b14: [He set, or put, absolutely: often used in this sense.] b15: نَصَبَهُ, aor. ـِ and ↓ انصبه, (inf. n. إِنْصَابٌ, TA,) It (disease) pained him; occasioned him pain. (K.) b16: نَصَبَ السَّيْرَ, aor. ـُ (inf. n. نَصْبٌ, TA,) (assumed tropical:) He strove, or exerted himself, unusually in his pace: (K:) or نَصَبَ signifies he pursued his journey with diligence, or energy: (TA:) or he travelled on all the day, at a gentle pace: (S, K:) or he journeyed on all the night. (TA.) En-Nadr says, النَّصْبُ is the first pace; then, الدَّبَبُ, [but see وَسَجَ;] then, العَنَقُ; then, التَّزَيُّدُ; then, العَسْجُ; then, الرَّتْكُ; then, الوَخْدُ; then, الهَمْلَجَةُ. (TA.) A2: نَصِبَ, aor. ـَ inf. n. نَصَبٌ, He was fatigued, tired, or wearied, (S, K.) b2: نَصِبَ, inf. n. نَصَبٌ, He suffered difficulty, trouble, distress, or affliction. (TA.) b3: نَصِبَ He strove; laboured; or toiled. (K.) b4: فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَانْصَبْ [Kur, xciv. 7,] signifies and when thou shalt have finished thy prescribed prayers, fatigue thyself in supplication: (Katádeh, Jel:) or when thou shalt have finished the obligatory prayers, fatigue thyself in the performance of the voluntary. (TA.) See نَاصِبٌ.2 نصّبت الخَيْلُ آذَانَهَا The horses erected their ears often, or exceedingly. The teshdeed is to render the signification frequentative or intensive. (S.) b2: See 1, and 3.3 ناصبه الشَّرَّ, (inf. n. مُنَاصَبَةٌ, TA,) (tropical:) He made an open show of evil conduct, mischief, or malevolence, to him; (K;) and in like manner, of enmity, (TA,) and of war; (S, TA;) as also ↓ نَصَبَهُ, (K,) unaugmented. (TA: in the CK, ↓ نصّبه.) See also نَصَبَ لَهُ.4 انصبه He fatigued, tired, or wearied, him: (S, K:) it (an affair) fatigued him, &c.: (TA:) it (grief, or anxiety,) fatigued, tired, or wearied, him; (CK, TA;) as also ↓ نَصِبَ لَهُ; (TA;) and perhaps ↓ نَصَبَهُ is also used in this sense, with reference to grief, or anxiety. (K.) See 1.

A2: انصب الحَدِيثَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللّٰهِ He ascribed, or attributed, the tradition to the Apostle of God; syn. أَسْنَدَهُ إِلَيْهِ and رَفَعَهُ. (TA.) A3: انصبه He assigned him, or gave him, a نَصِيب; i. e., a lot, or portion. (K.) A4: انصب السِّكِّينَ He made, or put, a handle (نِصَاب) to the knife. (S, K.) 5 تنصّبتِ الأُتُنُ حَوْلَ الحِمَارِ The she-asses stood round the he-ass. (S, K.) b2: See 8.6 تناصبوه They divided it into lots, or portions, among themselves. (TA.) 8 انتصب and ↓ تنصّب, quasi-pass. of نَصَبَ and نَصَّبَ, He, or it, became set up, put up, set upright, or erected; stood up, or upright, or erect; became elevated, raised, or reared: (K:) became even and erect. (TA, art. نص.) b2: He stood erect, raising his head. (TA.) b3: [It was, or became, erect, vertical, or perpendicular.] b4: [انتصب شَعَرُهُ His hair, being full-grown, stood out: see مُنْتَصِبٌ.] b5: انتصب (TA) and ↓ تنصّب (K) (tropical:) It (dust) rose high. (K, TA.) b6: إِنْتَصِبْ Set up thy cooking-pot [upon the مِنْصَب, or trivet,] to cook, said to a cook. (IAar.) b7: انتصبت أَشْنَانُهُ إِلَى قُدَّامٍ [Its teeth stood out forwards: see مُنْتَصِبٌ:] said of a mouth. (TA, art. دفق.) b8: [اِنْتِصَابٌ is often used absolutely as meaning An erection of the penis.] b9: انتصب الحَرْفُ The letter [meaning the final letter of a word] was written, or pronounced, with نَصْب: [see نَصَبَ الحَرْفَ]. (S.) نَصْبٌ: see نَصَبَ, (of which it is the inf. n.,) throughout. b2: نَصْبٌ and ↓ نَصَبَ and ↓ نُصُبٌ and ↓ نَصِيبَةٌ A sign, or mark, set up to show the way; or a standard set up: syn. عَلَمٌ مَنْصُوبٌ: (K:) i. e., set up [as a sign] to a people: (TA:) or نُصُبٌ is pl. of نَصِيبَةٌ, like as سُفُنٌ is of سَفِينَةٌ. (Lth, TA.) Also, ↓ نُصْبَةٌ, A pole, or mast; syn. سَارِيَةٌ; (K;) set up to show the way: (TA:) also, ↓ أَنَاصِيبُ and ↓ تَنَاصِيبُ (pls. which have no sings., TA,) Signs, or marks, or stones, set up to show the way; syn. أَعْلَامٌ and صُوًى: (K:) stones set up on the tops of isolated small mountains, whereby travellers are to be directed: (TA:) also, ↓ يَنْصُوبٌ [pl. يَنَاصِيبُ] signifies A sign, or mark, set up to show the way in a desert. (Fr.) In the Kur, lxx., last verse but one, some read نَصْبٍ, meaning as above: others نُصُبٍ, meaning “ idols. ” (Zj.) b3: نَصْبٌ also signifies A goal; or limit; syn. غَايَةٌ: (K:) or rather, some say that it has this signification [in the verse of the Kur. above referred to]; but the former meaning, of “ a sign, &c.,” is the more correct. (TA.) b4: See also نُصْبٌ and نُصُبٌ, below. b5: نَصْبٌ, with respect to rhyme in a verse, is The being free from anything that would mar it, (Akh, K,) when the verse itself is not curtailed; for when the verse is curtailed, the term نصب is not applicable, though the rhyme be perfect: accord. to an explanation received from the Arabs: not one of the terms of Kh. (Akh.) Derived from الاِنْتِصَابُ, as signifying “ the standing erect; being tall; making one's self tall, by stretching the neck; ” and therefore not applied to verse that is curtailed. (IJ, ISd.) b6: نَصْبٌ One who is set, or set up, as an obstacle to a thing, or as a butt for a thing, like the butt of archers. (TA, art. عرض.) See 1. b7: نَصْبٌ [A peculiar mode of singing, or chanting: or a peculiar kind of song, or chant]: (See 1.) هٰذَا نُصْبُ عَيْنِى, and عينى ↓ نَصْبُ, or the latter is a barbarism, (K,) disallowed by KT; but it is allowed by Mtr; and said to have been heard from the Arabs [of the classical ages]; This is a conspicuous object of my eye; a thing in full view of my eye: said of a thing that is manifest, or conspicuous, [standing before one,] and even when it is lying, or thrown down. (TA.) b2: جَعَلْتُهُ نصبَ عينى I made him, or it, a conspicuous object, or a thing in full view, of my eye. (TA.) b3: Mtr says, that نَصْب, in this case, is an inf. n. used in the sense of a pass. part. n., and means an object [as it were set, or set up,] conspicuously seen of the eye, so as not to be forgotten, nor to be unheeded, nor to be placed behind the back, or uncared for, or disregarded. (MF.) b4: نُصْبٌ (S, K) and ↓ نَصْبٌ and ↓ نُصُبٌ (K) Evil; (S;) trial; affliction; misfortune: (S, K:) so in the Kur, xxxviii., 40: (S:) disease: (K:) affliction occasioned by disease. (Lth.) See also نَصَب.

نِصْبٌ: see نَصِيبٌ.

نَصَبٌ [as a subst.] Fatigue; weariness; toil. b2: Difficulty; trouble; distress; affliction. (TA.) See the verb: and see نَصْبٌ.

نَصِبٌ Diseased; sick; and in pain. (K.) نُصُبٌ: see نَصْبٌ. b2: نُصُبٌ (K, Msb) and ↓ نُصْبٌ (K: accord. to the S, the latter is sometimes written نُصُبٌ: [but it seems that نُصُبٌ is the more common of the two words:]) and ↓ نَصْبٌ (S, Msb) What is set up and worshipped to the exclusion of, or in preference to, the true God: (S:) or anything that is so worshipped: (K:) or a stone that is set up and so worshipped: (Msb:) the pl. of نُصُبٌ is أَنْصَابٌ: (S, Msb:) or نُصُبٌ is a pl. of نَصْبٌ, like as سُقُفٌ is of سَقْفٌ: (Msb:) or it is a pl. of which the sing. is نِصَابٌ; and it may be a sing., the pl. of which is أَنْصَابٌ: (Zj:) which last word, accord. to some, is syn. with

أَصْنَامٌ: but others deny this; because اصنام are figured and sculptured or painted; whereas انصاب are of an opposite description. (Msb.) [See a verse cited in art. مور.] b3: Also, الأَنْصَابُ Certain stones which were set up around the Kaabeh, over which it was customary for the name of some deity to be pronounced in the killing of animals (يُهَلُّ عَلَيْهَا), and upon which victims were slain in sacrifice to another, or others, than the true God: (ISd, K:) pl. of نُصُبٌ, as أَعْنَاقٌ is of عُنُقٌ; or of نُصْبق, as أَقْفَالٌ is of قُفْلٌ. (TA.) b4: نُصُبٌ, as occurring in the Kur, v. 4, signifies An idol; or a stone which the pagan Arabs set up, to sacrifice, or slay animals, before it, or by it, and which became red with the blood: (KT:) or pl. of نِصَابٌ, and signifying idols. (Jel.) b5: أَنْصَابُ الحَرَمِ The limits of the sacred territory [of Mekkeh]; (K;) i. e., signs, or marks, set up there, whereby it might be known. (TA.) See also نَصْبٌ.

نَصْبَةٌ A laying of a snare; meaning a plot, a stratagem, or an artifice. (TA.) نُصْبَةٌ: see نَصْبٌ.

نِصَابٌ The place of sun-set; مَغِيبُ الشَّمْسِ; (K;) the place to which it returns. (TA.) b2: See مَنْصِبٌ: and نُصُبٌ b3: نِصَابٌ The handle of a knife; (S, K;) in which the سِيلَان is set: (TA:) pl. نُصُبٌ. (K.) b4: نِصَابٌ, of property, (tropical:) The amount which renders it incumbent on the possessor to pay the alms, or tax, called الزَّكَاة: (S, K:) as two hundred dirhems, or five camels, (S,) [or twenty deenárs, or forty sheep or goats. (IbrD.)] So called as being the “ source ” whence the tax comes. (Msb.) نَصِيبٌ (S, K) and ↓ نِصْبٌ (K) (tropical:) A share, or portion, or lot, syn. حَظٌّ; (S, K;) of a thing; (S;) or of anything; (TA;) a set portion: (A:) [hence it appears to be in the sense of مَنْصُوبٌ what is set:] pl. of the former أَنْصِبَآءُ and أَنْصِبَةٌ (K, Msb) [the latter a pl. of pauc.], and نُصُبٌ. (Msb.) b2: نَصِيبٌ A tank, or cistern. (S, K.) b3: A snare, or fowler's net, set, or set up: (S, K:) thus in the sense of مَنْصُوبٌ. (TA.) See also مَنْصُوبَةٌ.

نَصِيبَةٌ, (S,) or نَصَائِبُ, (K,) which latter is the pl. of the former, (TA,) Stones which are set up around a tank, or cistern, and the interstices of which are filled up with kneaded clay. (S, K.) Dhu-r-Rummeh says, هَرَقْنَاهُ فِى بَادِى النَّشِيْئَةِ داثِرٍ

قَدِيمٍ بِعَهْدِ المَآءِ بُقْعٍ نَصَائِبُهْ [We poured it out into an old cistern of which the water was dried up and the bottom apparent, which for a long time had contained no water, the stones set up around which, having their interstices filled up mith kneaded clay, were black and white]. (S.) The pron. in هرقناه refers to a large bucket mentioned before. (TA.) b2: نَصَائِبُ is also explained by A'Obeyd as signifying Stones that are set up around a tank, or cistern, to mark the quantity of water with which the camels will be satisfied. (TA.) See نَصْبٌ.

هَمٌّ نَاصِبٌ i. q. مُنْصِبٌ, Grief, or anxiety, that fatigues, tires, or wearies: (K:) after the manner of a rel. n.: (Sb, K:) meaning ذُو نَصَبٍ; like تَامِرٌ and لَابِنٌ: or ناصب is here an act. part. n. used in the sense of the pass. part. n. [مَنْصُوبٌ] followed by فِيهِ; i. e. يُنْصَبُ فِيهِ, in which one is fatigued, tired, or wearied; like لَيْلٌ نَائِمٌ, meaning يُنَامُ فِيهِ, &c.: (S:) or the phrase نَصَبَهُ الهَمُّ, in the sense of أَتْعَبَهُ, has been heard; (K;) and ناصب is its act. part. n. (TA.) b2: نَصَبٌ نَاصِبٌ is also said to be a phrase of the same kind as مَوْتٌ مَائِتٌ, and شِعْرٌ شَاعِرٌ; [therefore meaning Severe fatigue, or difficulty, or trouble, and the like]. (TA.) b3: Also عَيْشٌ نَاصِبٌ, and ↓ ذُو مَنْصَبَةٍ, A fatiguing, laborious, or troublesome, life. (K.) b4: النَّوَاصِبُ, and ↓ النَّاصِبِيَّةُ, and أَهْلُ النَّصْبِ, Appellations of a sect who made it a matter of religious obligation to bear a violent hatred to 'Alee (K) the son of Aboo-Tálib: (TA:) [so called]

لِأَنَّهُمْ نَصَبُوا لَهُ because they acted with hostility, or enmity, towards him, (K,) and openly opposed him: they were a sect of the Khawárij, الخَوَارِجُ. (TA.) نَاصِبَةُ الشُّجَاعِ The eye of the serpent called شجاع, which it raises to look. (TA in art. شجع.) b2: By the expression كَنَاصِبَةِ الشُّجَاعِ in the following words of the poet, بَصَرٌ كَنَاصِبَةِ الشُّجَاعِ المُرْصِدِ is meant Like the eye of the brave man, which he raises (يَنْصُبُهَا) to look at, or see, something. (TA.) النَّاصِبِيَّةُ: see نَاصِبٌ.

أَنْصَبُ A goat having erect horns: (S, K:) fem. نَصْبَآءُ. (S.) b2: نَصْبَآءُ A she-camel having an elevated breast. (S, K.) b3: أَذُنٌ نَصْبَآءُ An ear that is erect, and approaches the other ear. (TA.) مَنْصِبٌ [so accord. to the copies of the S and K in my hands, and the Msb, which states it to be of the same measure as مَسْجِدٌ, and the TA: written by Golius and Freytag مَنْصَبٌ:] and ↓ نِصَابٌ (tropical:) Origin; source; (S, K, Msb;) of anything; (TA;) that to which a person or thing is referred, as his or its source; syn. مَرْجِعٌ; (K;) place where, or whence, a thing grows; (Msb;) place where a person or thing is set, or set up. (TA.) Pl. [of the former, مَنَاصِبُ, and] of the latter, نُصُبٌ and أَنْصِبَةٌ. (Az, Msb.) b2: لَهُ مَنْصِبُ صِدْقٍ He has an excellent origin. (Msb.) b3: هُوَ يرْجِع إِلَى منصبِ صِدْقٍ and ↓ نِصابِ صدق, He traces back his lineage to an excellent origin. (TA.) b4: مَنْصِبٌ (assumed tropical:) Rank, or quality, nobility, or eminence, and the like, absolutely, or derived from ancestry: syn. حَسَبٌ and شَرَفٌ: from the same word as signifying “ origin, source, &c. ” (Esh-Shiháb.) b5: لِفُلَانٍ مَنْصِبٌ To such a one pertains eminence of rank or station. (Msb.) b6: إِمْرَأَةٌ ذَاتُ منصبٍ A woman of rank or quality &c., (حَسَب,) and of beauty: or of beauty alone; because alone it exalts her. (Msb.) b7: مَنْصِبٌ, in the language of those of post-classical times, [and commonly pronounced, in the present day, مَنْصَبٌ,] (assumed tropical:) A post, an office, a function, or a magistracy; as though meaning the place in which a man is set, set up, or elevated; (Shifà el-Ghaleel;) or in which he is set, or set up, to see, or observe, [or supervise]: (MF:) pl. مَنَاصِبُ. (TA.) b8: [أَرْبَابُ المَنَاصِبِ (assumed tropical:) Functionaries; magistrates.] b9: See مِنْصَبٌ.

مِنْصَبٌ An iron thing (an iron trivet, TA,) upon which a cooking-pot is set up: (IAar, K:) as also ↓ مَنْصِبٌ. (MF.) مَنْصَبَةٌ Fatigue, labour, or trouble: [or a cause of fatigue, &c.]. (K.) See نَاصِبٌ.

مَنْصُوبَةٌ, as an epithet, applied to a شَبَكَة or حِبَالَة (A net or snare) set, or set up. and hence, as a subst., like دَابَّةٌ and عَجُوزٌ, (assumed tropical:) An artifice, a stratagem, a trick, a plot, a resource, or an expedient: or a stratagem in the game of chess. You say سَوَّى فُلَانٌ منصوبةً [Such a one framed a stratagem, or plot]. (Z.) مُنَصَّبٌ A horse of which the prevailing characteristic of his whole make is the erect position of his bones, so that he stands erect without needing to bend [his joints]. (TA.) b2: صَفِيحٌ مُنَصَّبٌ [Broad and thin stones] set up, one upon another. (S.) b3: ثَغْرٌ مُنَصَّبٌ Teeth, or fore teeth, of even growth; (K;) as though set up and made even. (TA.) [See an ex. in a verse cited voce شَنَبٌ.]

b4: ثَرًى مُنَصَّبٌ, accord. to the K, i. q. مُجَعَّدٌ; but this is a mistake; and the correct word is جَعْدٌ, Soft moist earth; as in other books. (TA.) مُنْتَصِبٌ (tropical:) Dust rising high. (S.) b2: (assumed tropical:) Hair full grown, and standing out. (TA, art. سبكر.) b3: أَسْنَانٌ مُنْتَصِبَةٌ إِلَى خَارِجٍ (S in art. دفق) or الى قُدَّامٍ (JK in that art.) Teeth standing out or forwards].

يَنْصُوبٌ: see نَصْبٌ.

أَنَاصِيبُ: see نَصْبٌ.

تَنَاصِيبُ: see نَصْبٌ.
نصب1 نَصَتَ, aor. ـِ (L, K,) inf. n. نَصْتٌ; (L;) and ↓ انصت, inf. n. إِنْصَاتٌ, (S, L, K) which latter is the more approved; (L;) and ↓ انتصت; (L, K;) He was silent: (L, K:) or he was silent and listened: (S:) or he was silent to listen: (L:) or he was silent as one listening: (Er-Rághib:) or he listened: (Msb:) or انتصب signifies he stood, or paused, listening. (Msb.) b2: ↓ أَنْصَتَهُ, and انصت لَهُ, (S, K,) and إِلَيْهِ, (Z,) and نَصَتَ لَهُ, (L,) He was silent, and listened to his speech. (S, K, &c.) 4 انصتهُ He made him silent; silenced him. (Sh, K.) b2: انصتهُ عَنِّى He made him to be silent, [and to abstain] from [speaking of, or to,] me. (As.) b3: See 1.

A2: انصت لِلَّهْوِ He inclined to play, or sport. (IAar, K.) 8 إِنْتَصَبَ see 1.10 استنصتةُ He asked him, or desired him, to be silent: (K:) or, to be silent and to listen to him. (TA.) نُصْتَةٌ Silence: [or silence and listening, &c.] (K.)

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.)