عس

1 عَسَّ, (S, A, O, Msb, K,) aor. ـُ (S, A, O, Msb,) inf. n. عَسٌّ (S, O, Msb, K) and عَسَسٌ; (S, O, K;) and ↓ اعتسّ; (S, O, K;) He went roundabout, patrolled, or went the rounds, by night, (S, A, O, K,) to guard the people: (TA:) he made search by night after suspicious persons, or persons to be suspected, (S, A, O, Msb, K,) and investi-gated, or discovered, their opinions, or sentiments: (TA:) he went to and fro; syn. اِخْتَلَفَ. (Ham p. 320.) It is said in a prov., كَلْبٌ عَسَّ خَيْرٌ مِنْ كَلْبٍ رَبَضَ, (S, O,) or ↓ اعْتَسَّ; (O, K;) or, as some relate it, عَاسٌّ, and رَابِضٍ; (TA;) [A dog that has gone the rounds by night is better than a dog that has lain down; or a dog going the rounds &c.;] said for the purpose of urging to make gain: meaning that he who occupies himself in business is better than he who lacks power or ability: (TA:) or, as some relate it, كَلْبٌ عَسَّ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَسَدٍ

انْدَسَّ [a dog that has gone the rounds by night is better than a lion that has hidden himself]; alluding to the superiority of the weak who occupies himself in making gain over the strong who holds back. (O, TA.) You also say of a wolf, (S, O, K,) and of any beast of prey, (TA,) ↓ عَسْعَسَ, meaning, He went roundabout by night, (S, O, K, TA,) seeking for prey: (TA:) and ↓ تَعَسْعَسَ he (a wolf, TA) sought for prey (S, O, K, TA) by night: (S, TA:) and ↓ اعتسّ he [a man] sought, sought after, or sought to gain, sustenance: (S, O, K:) and ↓ تَعَسْعَسَ he (a wolf, AA, S) smelt [app. to find prey]. (AA, S, O, K. *) A2: عَسَّ خَبَرُهُ, (S, L, K,) aor. ـُ inf. n. عَسٌّ, (L, TA,) His tidings were slow, or tardy. (S, L, K, TA. [In the O, خَيْرُهُ.]) b2: عَسَّتْ, aor. ـُ She (a camel) yielded little milk, though her milk had collected in her udder since the next previous milking. (TA.) b3: And عَسَّتْ, aor. ـُ inf. n. عِسَاسٌ, She (a camel) grumbled much on being milked. (TA.) Hence, دَرَّتْ عِسَاسًا She yielded her milk unwillingly. (IDrd, O, K, TA.) b4: And عَسَّتْ, (S, O, K,) aor. ـُ (S, O, TA,) inf. n. عَسٌّ, (TA,) She (a camel) pastured alone. (S, O, K.) b5: and عَسَّ عَلَىَّ بِخَيْرِهِ He was parsimonious to me with his wealth. (AA, TA.) A3: عَسَّهُ, (A,) aor. ـُ (S, A,) inf. n. عَسٌّ; (A;) and ↓ اعتسّهُ; (S, * K, * TA;) He sought, or sought for or after, him [or it]: (S, * A, K: *) or the latter, he sought, or sought for or after, it (a thing) by night. (TA.) You say, ذَهَبَ يَعُسُّ صَاحِبَهُ He went away seeking his companion. (A.) And الإِبِلَ ↓ اِعْتَسَسْنَا وَلَا قِسَاسًا ↓ فَمَا وَجَدْنَا عِسَاسًا We sought for the camels, or sought for them by night, and found not any trace. (TA.) And الآثَارَ ↓ فُلَانٌ يَعْتَسُّ Such a one traces footsteps. (A.) And ↓ يَعْتَسُّ الفُجُورَ He follows vice, immorality, or unrighteousness. (A.) A4: عَسَّ القَوْمَ, (O, K,) aor. ـُ inf. n. عَسٌّ, (TA,) He fed the people, or party, with somewhat little in quantity. (O, K, TA.) 8 إِعْتَسَ3َ see عَسَّ, in three places: b2: and عَسَّهُ, in four places. b3: You say also, اعتسّ بَلَدَ كَذَا He trod such a country, and knew its tidings. (TA.) b4: And اعتسّ النَّاقَةَ He sought to obtain the she-camel's milk. (TA.) b5: And اعتسّ الإِبِلَ He entered into the midst of the camels, and stroked their udders in order that they might yield their milk. (O, K. *) R. Q. 1 عَسْعَسَ: see عَسَّ. b2: عَسْعَسَ اللَّيْلُ The night came on: (AO, IAar, Msb:) or came on with its darkness; (TA;) its darkness came on: (IDrd, S, O, K:) or departed: (IDrd, O, K:) or it has this last meaning also; (AO, IAar, Msb;) bearing two contr. significations: (Ktr, AHát, Msb:) or was dark; meaning, all the night: (IAar:) Fr says that, in the Kur [lxxxi. 17], وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ, accord. to all the expositors, signifies and by the night when it departeth: but that some of his companions asserted the meaning to be when its commencement approacheth, and it becometh dark: like as you say عَسْعَسَ السَّحَابُ, (S, O,) which signifies the clouds approached the earth: (Fr, S, O, K:) or this is only said when it is in the night, with darkness and lightning. (Lth, O, TA.) R. Q. 2 تَعَسْعَسَ: see عَسَّ, in two places.

جئْ بِالمَالِ مِنْ عَسِّكَ وَبِسِّكَ (S, O, K) [Bring thou the property] from where it is and where it is not: (TA:) i. q. مِنْ حَسِّكَ وَبَسِّكَ: (S, O, K, TA:) which means thus: (TA in art. حس:) or whence thou wilt: (S, O, K, TA, ibid.:) or from any, or every, quarter. (TA ibid.) عُسٌّ A [drinking-cup or bowl, of the kind called] قَدَح: (TA:) or a large قَدَح, (S, A, Mgh, O, L, Msb, K,) from which two or three or more [men] may satisfy their thirst; (L, TA;) larger than the غُمَر; (L, voce رِفْدٌ:) though this is greater in height; (TA;) and larger than the قَعْب; (IAar, in TA, voce قَعْبٌ;) but not so large as the رِفْد: (S, O:) pl. عِسَاسٌ (S, A, Mgh, O, Msb, K) and عِسَسَةٌ (TA) and [pl. of pauc.]

أَعْسَاسٌ. (IAth, Msb.) b2: Hence, one says, هُوَ لَكَ عَلَى ظَهْرِ العُسِّ, meaning (assumed tropical:) It is apparent, manifest, or conspicuous, to thee. (O in art. ظهر.) A2: And The penis. (O, K.) عَسَسٌ: see عَاسٌّ.

عُسُسٌ Slowness, or tardiness. (TA.) A2: Also, [in the CK, erroneously, عُسْعُس,] Covetous merchants or traders: (IAar, O, K, * TA:) accord. to [some of] the copies of the K, it signifies تُجَّارٌ and حُرَصَآءُ; but the conjunction should be omitted. (TA.) A3: And Large vessels. (IAar, O, K.) عِسَاسٌ A trace, footstep, vestige, or the like: see 1, latter part. (TA.) عَسُوسٌ A seeker: (TA:) [see عَاسٌّ:] or a seeker, or pursuer, of prey, or game, (S, O, K, TA,) by night, or at any time; applied to a wolf, or to any beast of prey: (TA:) or a wolf, or, as some say, any beast of prey, that seeks much for prey by night; as also ↓ عَسَّاسٌ and ↓ عَسْعَسٌ and ↓ عَسْعَاسٌ: (TA:) and hence, (S,) ↓ each of the last three, (S, O, K,) as well as the first, (K,) a wolf: (S, O, K:) and the first (عسوس), a dog that pursues much, and will not eat. (TA.) A2: Also A she-camel that yields little milk: (Ibn-'Abbád, O, K:) or that will not yield her milk until she becomes remote from men: (O, K:) and one that, when she is roused to be milked, goes along awhile, then goes roundabout, and then yields her milk: (O, * K, * TA:) and one evil in disposition when milked, (O, K, TA,) that grumbles much, (O, TA,) and goes aside from the other camels: (TA:) and one that kicks the milker, and spills the milk: (TA:) and one whose udder is stroked to try if she have milk or not. (O, K.) Also A she-camel that pastures alone; (Az, S, O, K;) like قَسُوسٌ. (Az, S, O.) And A she-camel that seeks after bones, and eats the flesh upon them تَرْتَمّٰهَا [in the TK erroneously تريمها]). (Ibn-'Abbád, O, K.) b2: Also A woman who does not care for, or mind, her approaching men: (O, K:) or, accord. to Er-Rághib, who ventures upon that which occasions suspicion, or evil opinion. (TA.) b3: And A man in whom is little, or no, good or goodness; or who does little good. (O, K.) b4: And One who is slow, or tardy. (TA.) عَسِيسٌ: see عَاسٌّ.

عَسَّاسٌ: see عَسُوسٌ; each in two places.

عَسْعَسٌ: see عَسُوسٌ; each in two places.

عَسْعَاسٌ: see عَسُوسٌ, in two places.

A2: Also The سَرَاب [or mirage]. (O, K.) عَسَاعِسُ Hedge-hogs: because of their often going to and fro by night. (S, O, K.) عَاسٌّ One who patrols, or goes the rounds, by night, (S, A, O, Msb, K,) for the Sultán, (Msb,) to guard the people: (TA:) who makes search by night after suspicious persons, or persons to be suspected, (S, A, O, K,) and investigates, or discovers, their opinions, or sentiments: (TA:) and any seeker of a thing: (A:) used as a sing and pl.: or it is a quasi-pl. n. also: being, without idghám, [i. e., in its original form, عَاسِسٌ.] like بَاقِرٌ and جَامِلٌ: (TA:) or the pl. is ↓ عَسَسٌ, (S, * A; O, Msb, * K,) or this is a quasi-pl. n., (TA,) and ↓ عَسِيسٌ, like حَجِيجٌ, (O, K,) [or this is also a quasi-pl. n.,] and عُسَّاسٌ and عَسَسَةٌ. (TA.) [See طَائِفٌ.]

مَعَسٌّ A place where a thing is sought, or to be sought; syn. مَطْلَبٌ. (S, O, K.) ISd cites, as an ex., from El-Akhtal, مُعَفَّرَةٌ لَا يُكْنِهُ السَّيْفُ وَسْطَهَا

إِذَا لَمْ يَكُنْ فِيهَا مَعَسٌّ وَطَالِبُ [Defiled with dust, the sword will not reach the middle of it if there be not in it a place where something is to be sought and a seeker]. (TA.) You say also, هُوَ قَرِيبُ المَعَسِّ [He, or it, is near as to the place where he, or it, is to be sought]. (TK.)

عش

1 عَشَّ, (TK,) inf. n. عَشٌّ, (K,) He (a bird) kept to his عُشّ [or nest in a tree]. (K, TK.) 2 عشّش, inf. n. تَعْشِيشٌ, He (a bird) made for himself a nest in a tree; (S, O, K;) as also ↓ اعتشّ, (A, K,) or اعتشّ عُشَّهُ, (O,) inf. n. اِعْتِشَاشٌ. (TA.) b2: It is said in a trad., (A, K,) in the story of Umm-Zara, (O, TA,) لَا تَمْلَأُ بَيْتَنَا تَعْشِيشًا, meaning She will not be unfaithful with respect to our food, or wheat, by hiding somewhat in every corner, (A, O, K,) like birds that make their nests in sundry place, (O,) so that it becomes like the nest of the bird in a tree, (A, O,) or so that it becomes like the place where the birds make their nests in a tree. (K.) [See another reading in the first paragraph of art. غش.] b3: You say also, of a person greatly erring, and obstinately persevering in evil, عشّش الشَّيْطَانُ فِى قَلْبِهِ (assumed tropical:) [The devil hath made a nest in his heart]. (TA in art. فحص.) A2: عشّش الخُبْزُ The bread became mouldy, or spoiled and overspread with greenness, (S, A, O, K,) and dried up. (S.) A3: عشّش الخُبْزَ He left the bread until it became mouldy, or spoiled and overspread with greenness [and dried up]. (A.) 8 إِعْتَشَ3َ see the next preceding paragraph.

عَشٌّ: see the paragraph here following.

عُشٌّ The nest of a bird, formed of what it collects together, (S, A, Mgh, O, Msb, K,) of slender pieces of sticks, (S, A, O, K,) &c., (S, O,) or of fragments of sticks, (Mgh, Msb,) in which it lays its eggs, (Mgh,) in a tree, (S, A, Mgh, O, Msb, K,) in the branches thereof; (S, A, O, K;) as also ↓ عَشٌّ: (A, K:) but if in a mountain, (S, O, Msb,) or a building, (Msb,) or a wall or the like, (S, O,) it is called وَكْرٌ, and وَكْنٌ; and if in the ground, أُفْحُوصٌ, (S, O, Msb,) and أُدْحِىٌّ: (S, O:) or the nest of a raven or other bird, upon a tree, when it is dense, or compact, and large: (Lth, T:) pl. [of pauc.] أَعْشَاشٌ (S, Msb) and [of mult.]

عِشَاشٌ and عِشَشَةٌ (S, Mgh, Msb) and عُشُوشٌ. (TA.) [See also عُشْعُشٌ.] It is said in a prov., quoted in a خُطْبَة of El-Hajjáj, (O, TA,) لَيْسَ هٰذَا بِعُشِّكِ فَادْرُجِى [(assumed tropical:) This is not thy nest, or] thou hast no right in this; therefore go thy way: (A, O, K: *) addressed to him who alights in a place of abode not befitting him: (A, TA:) or to him who raises himself above his rank: and to him who applies himself to a thing not of his business to do: and to him who is at case in an improper time; wherefore he is thus ordered to be diligent and in motion. (TA.) And in another prov., (TA,) تَلَمَّسْ أَعْشَاشَكَ (assumed tropical:) Seek thou, or seek thou repeatedly, after pretexts, and [causes for] false accusation, in thy family (O, L, K, TA) and those belonging to thee: (TA:) [not in others: (see Freytag's Arab. Prov., i. 235:)] nearly like the former proverb. (TA.) [In the CK, تَلَمَّسَ is erroneously put for تَلَمَّسْ.]

عُشَيْشَةٌ and عُشَيْشِيَةٌ: see art. عشو.

عُشَيْشَانٌ and عُشَيْشِيَانٌ: see art. عشو.

عُشْعُشٌ, (IAar, S,) or عَشْعَشٌ, as written by Sgh, (TA,) or both, (O, K,) A nest such as is called عُشّ, when heaped up, one part upon another. (IAar, S, O, K.) مَوْضِعُ كَذَا مُعَشَّشُ الطُّيُورِ [Such a place is the place where the birds make their nests in the branches of trees]. (S, O, K. *)

قط

1 قَطَّهُ, aor. ـُ (S, M,) inf. n. قَطٌّ, (M, K,) He cut it, in a general sense: (M, K:) or he cut it, meaning a hard thing, such as a حُقّة [or box], (Lth, M, K,) and the like, (M,) in a good form, or fashion, like as a man cuts a reed upon a bone; (Lth;) and ↓ تَقْطِيطٌ, also, [inf. n. of قطّطهُ,] signifies the cutting a حُقَّة, (K, TA,) and making it even: (TA:) or قَطَّهُ signifies he cut it breadthwise, across, or crosswise; (S, M, O, K;) he so separated it; (Kh, S;) opposed to قَدَّهُ, (S, TA,) which signifies he cut it in halves lengthwise, like as one cuts a strap or thong: (TA:) and ↓ اقتطّهُ signifies the same. (M, K. *) You say, قَطَّ القَلَمَ, (S, Msb,) aor. as above, (K,) and so the inf. n., (Msb,) He nibbed the reed for writing; cut off its head breadthwise, across, or crosswise. (S, * Msb.) And قَطَّ البَيْطَارُ حَافِرَ الدَّابَّةِ The farrier pared, and made even, the hoof of the beast of carriage. (TA.) A2: قَططَ الشَّعَرُ, (S, M, K,) with the reduplication made manifest, (S, M,) and قَطَّ, aor. ـَ (M, Msb, K,) and, of the latter, يَقُطُّ also, [contr. to the general rule,] (Msb,) inf. n., of the former, قَطٌّ, (M, TA,) which is extr., (M,) and of the latter, (M, TA,) قَطَطٌ and قَطَاطَةٌ, (M, K,) The hair was, or became, [frizzled, or] very crisp, very curly, or much twisted, and contracted: (S, * Msb:) or like that of the زَنْجِىّ: (Msb:) or crisp, curly, or twisted, and contracted, and short. (M, K.) A3: قَطَّ السِّعْرُ, (S, M, Msb, K,) aor. ـِ (S, K,) with kesr, (S, TA,) or يَقُطُّ, (M, Msb,) the verb being co-ordinate to قَتَلَ, [contr. to the general rule,] (Msb) inf. n. قَطٌّ (S, M, Msb, K) and قُطُوطٌ; (M, K;) as also قُطَّ, with damm; (Fr, K;) The price was, or became, dear, (S, M, Msb, K,) and high: (Msb:) Sh thought this explanation to be wrong, and the meaning to be the price flagged; but Az says, that in this he was mistaken. (TA.) b2: قَطَّ اللّٰهُ السِّعْرَ God made the price to be, or become, dear. (Fr. TA.) 2 قَطَّّ see 1, first sentence.7 انقطّ quasi-pass. of قَطَّهُ as explained in the first sentence of this art.; It was, or became, cut; &c.; and so ↓ اقتطّ. (M, TA.) 8 إِقْتَطَ3َ see 1, first sentence: and see also 7.

R. Q. 1 قَطْقَطَتِ السَّمَآءُ The sky let fall rain, (Az, S, M,) or hail, (M,) such as is termed قِطْقِطٌ: (Az, S, M:) or the sky rained. (K.) قَطْ, signifying حَسْبُ, [explained in exs. here following,] (Lth, S, M, Msb, Mughnee, K,) i. e., (S,) denoting the being satisfied, or content, (Sb, S, M, Msb,) with a thing, (Msb,) is thus written, with fet-h to the ق, and with the ط quiescent, (Sb, S, M, Msb, * Mughnee,) like عَنْ; (K;) and also, (Sb, M, K,) sometimes, (Sb, M,) ↓ قَطٍ, (Sb, M, K,) with tenween, mejroor; (K;) and ↓ قَطِى [distinguished from قَطِى in the next sentence]; (Sb, M, K;) but the term “ mejroor ” is here used contr. to the rules of grammar, as it denotes that قط is decl., whereas it is not. (MF.) It is used as a prefixed noun: you say, قَطْكَ هٰذَا الشَّىْءُ Thy sufficiency [meaning sufficient for thee] is this thing; syn. حَسْبُكَ; (Lth, S, Mughnee; *) and like it is قَدْ: (Lth:) and you also say, using it as a prefixed n., قَطْنِى My sufficiency; syn. حَسْبِى; (Lth, S, * Mughnee;) like قَدْنِى; introducing ن, (Lth, S, TA,) as in عَنِّى and مِنِّى and لَدُنِّى, contr. to rule, for the reason which has been explained in treating of قَدْ, (S, TA,) to preserve the original quiescence of the ط; (Mughnee;) and قَطِى; (S, Msb, Mughnee;) and ↓ قَطِ; (S;) and ↓ قَطَاطِ, (S, M, K,) like قَطَامِ, (S, K,) indecl.; (M;) as signifying حَسْبِى: (S, M, Msb, Mughnee, K:) and, as is said in the Moo'ab, قَطْ عَبْدِ اللّٰهِ دِرْهَمٌ The sufficiency of 'Abd-Allah is a dirhem; [and the like is said by Lth and in the Mughnee;] pausing upon the ط, and making قط to govern a gen. case [as it does virtually in the preceding instances]; and the Basrees say, that this is the right mode, as meaning the like of حَسْبُ زَيْدٍ

دِرْهَمٌ and كَفْىَ زَيْدٍ دِرْهَمٌ: (K:) or some say قَطْ, with jezm; and some say ↓ قَطُ, making it inded. with damm for its termination; each governing what follows it in the gen. case. (M.) b2: It is also a verbal noun, signifying يَكْفِى [It suffices, or will suffice; or it is, or will be, sufficient]; and when this is the case, you say, قَطْنِى, (Mughnee, K,) like as you say, يَكْفِينِى [It suffices me, or will suffice me]; (Mughnee;) or كَفَانِى [which means, emphatically, it suffices me], accord. to the Koofees; (Lth;) which is also allowable when قَطْ is equivalent to حَسْبُ [as we have observed above]: (Mughnee:) and you say also, قَطْكَ, meaning كَفَاكَ [emphatically It suffices thee]: and قَطِى, meaning كَفَانِى [emphatically It suffices me]: (K:) so in the copies of the K; [in the CK, erroneously, قَطَّنِى;] but [it seems that it should be قَطْنِى; for] it is said in the Mughnee and its Expositions, that in this last case the addition of the ن is indispensable: (MF:) and some say, قَطْ عَبْدَ اللّٰهِ دِرْهَمٌ [A dirhem suffices, or will suffice, 'Abd-Allah (in the CK, erroneously, قَطُّ)]; making it to govern the accus. case [as it does virtually in preceding instances]: and some add ن, saying, عَبْدَ اللّٰهِ دِرْهَمٌ ↓ قَطْنُ [meaning the same]: (Lth, K:) [hence,] some say, that [قَطْن in] قَطْنِى is a word originally thus formed without any augmentation, like [حَسْب in] حَسْبِى; (M;) [but J says,] if the ن in قَطْنِى belonged to the root of the word, they had said قَطْنُكَ, which is not known. (S.) b3: It is also syn. with حَسْبُ in the phrase مَا رَأَيْتُهُ إِلَّا مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً فَقَطٌ [I have not seen him, or it, save once, and that was a thing sufficient or that was enough]: (S, Msb: *) or, as is said in the Mutowwel, قَطْ in فَقَطْ is a verbal noun, meaning abstain thou [from further questioning, or the like], as though it were the complement of a condition suppressed [such as “ the case being so ”]: or, as is said in the Mesáïl of Ibn-Es-Seed, the ف is properly prefixed because the meaning is and I was satisfied, or content, therewith; so that the ف is a conjunction: (from a marginal note in a copy of the Mughnee:) [it therefore virtually signifies and no more; or only; and thus it may often be rendered: and this explains what here follows:] when قَط is used to denote paucity, (M, K,) which is said by El-Hareeree, in the Durrah, to be only in negative phrases, (MF,) it is [written قَطْ,] with jezm, (M, K,) and without teshdeed: (M:) you say, مَا عِنْدَكَ إِلَّا هٰذَا قَطْ [which may be rendered Thou hast not save this only]: but when it is followed by a conjunctive ا, it is with kesr; [as in the saying,] مَا عَلِمْتُ إِلَّا هٰذَا قَطِ اليَوْمَ [virtually mean-ing I knew not, or, emphatically, know not, save this only, to-day]: (K:) and also, (K,) when thus using it, (M,) you say, مَا لَهُ إِلَّا عَشَرَةٌ قَطْ يَافَتَى [likewise virtually meaning He has not save ten only, O young man], without teshdeed, and with jezm; and ↓ قَطِّ, with teshdeed and khafd; (Lh, M, K;) the kesreh of the latter, in a case of this kind, being to distinguish the قَطّ which denotes [paucity of] number from قَطُّ, which denotes time. (Lth.) A2: See also قَطُّ, first sentence.

قُطْ: see قَطُّ.

قَطُ: see قَطْ: A2: and see also قَطُّ.

قَطِ: see قَطْ.

قُطُ: see قَطُّ.

قَطٍ: see قَطْ.

قَطَّ: see قَطُّ.

قَطُّ is an adv. noun, (Mughnee,) [generally] denoting time, (S, M, Mughnee,) or past time, (Msb, K,) used to include all past time; (Lth, Mughnee;) as also ↓ قُطُّ, (S, M, Mughnee, K,) the former vowel being assimilated to the latter; (S, Mughnee;) and ↓ قَطُ, (S, M, Mughnee, K,) and ↓ قُطُ; (S, Mughnee, * K;) and some say ↓ قَطْ, (S, Mughnee,) whence قَطُ is formed, by making its termination similar to that of the primary form قَطُّ, to show its origin; (S, M;) or this would be better than قَطُ; (M;) and ↓ قُطْ, (S, M, Mughnee, *) like مُذْ, which is rare: (S, M:) of all these, the first is the most chaste: (Mughnee:) when time is meant by it, it is always with refa, without tenween: (K:) or one says also ↓ قَطِّ, (M, Mughnee, K,) with kesr and teshdeed to the ط, (M, K,) accord. to IAar; (M;) and ↓ قَطَّ, with fet-h and teshdeed to the ط; (M, * K;) as well as with damm to the ط without teshdeed. (K [in some copies of which is here added, “and with refa to the ط; ” to which is further added in the CK, “without teshdeed: ” but I find two copies without any addition of this redundant kind: for by “ refa ” is here meant, as in a former instance, “damm; ”

though improperly, as the word is indecl.]) Yousay, مَا رَأَيْتُهُ قَطُّ &c. [I have not seen him, or it, ever, or hitherto]; (S, M, K;) and مَا فَعَلْتُهُ قَطَّ [I have not done it ever, or hitherto]; (Msb, Mughnee;) i. e., in the time that is past; (Msb, K;) or in what has been cut off of my life; (Mughnee, K;) its derivation being from قَطَطْتُ meaning “ I cut; ” for the past is cut off from the present and the future; and it is indecl. because it implies the meaning of مُذْ and إِلَى; its meaning being مُذْ أَنْ خُلِقْتُ إِلَى الآنَ [since my being created until now]; and with a vowel for its termination to prevent the occurrence of two quiescent letters together; (Mughnee;) and it is with refa [meaning damm for its termination] because it is like قَبْلُ and بَعْدُ: (Lth:) accord. to Ks, (S,) قَطُّ is a contraction of قَطَطُ: (S, M:) Sb says, that it denotes الإِنْتِهَآء; [app. meaning that it signifies abstain thou from further questioning, or the like; for El-Hareeree says, in the Durrah, that قَطُّ and قَطْ both signify the same as حَسْبُ;] and that it is indecl., with damm for its termination, like حَسْبُ. (M.) You say also, مَا فَعَلْتُ هٰذَا قَطْ وَلَا قَطُّ [app. meaning I have not done this alone, nor ever]: (K, TA: [in the CK قَطُّ ولا قُطُ, but]) the former قط is with jezm to the ط, and the latter is with teshdeed and damm to the ط. (TA.) And يَا فَتَى ↓ مَا زَالَ عَلَى هٰذَا مُذْ قُطَّ [He, or it, has not ceased to be after this manner during all past time, O young man]; with damm to the ق, and with teshdeed. (Lh, M.) It is used only in negative phrases relating to past time; the saying of the vulgar لَا أَفْعَلُهُ قَطُّ [meaning I will not do it ever] being incorrect; (Mughnee, K; [in the CK قَطُ]) for with respect to the future you say عَوْضُ (TA) [or أَبَدًا]: or it is mostly so used, accord. to Ibn-Málik: (MF:) but it occurs after an affirmative phrase in places in El-Bukháree, (K,) in his Saheeh; (TA;) for ex., أَطْوَلُ صَلَاةٍ صَلَّيْتُهَا قَطُّ [The longest prayer which I have prayed ever]: and in the Sunan of Aboo-Dawood; تَوَضَّأَ ثَلَاثًا قَطُّ [He performed the وُضُوْء three times ever]: and Ibn-Málik asserts it to be right, and says that it is one of the things which have been unperceived by many of the grammarians: (K:) El-Karmánee, however, interprets these instances as though they were negative. (TA.) قَطِّ: see قَطْ, near the end of the paragraph: A2: and see also قَطُّ, in the first sentence.

قُطُّ: see قَطُّ, in two places.

شَعَرٌ قَطٌّ, and ↓ قَطَطٌ, (M, Msb, K,) and ↓ قَطِطٌ, (TA,) Crisp, curly, or twisted and contracted, and short, hair: (M, K:) or hair that is very crisp, very curly, or much twisted and contracted: or, accord. to the T, ↓ قَطَطٌ meanshair of the زَنْجِىّ: (Msb:) or you say, ↓ جَعْدٌ قَطَطٌ, meaning very crisp, very curly, or much twisted and contracted. (S.) b2: رَجُلٌ قَطٌّ, and ↓ قَطَطٌ, (Msb,) or رَجُلٌ قَطُّ الشَّعَرِ, and ↓ قَطَطُ الشَّعَرِ, (S, M, K,) A man whose hair is crisp, curly, or twisted and contracted, and short: (M, K:) or whose hair is very crisp, very curly, or much twisted and contracted; (S, * Msb;) as also ↓ قِطَاطٌ: (K: accord. to some copies; but accord. to other copies, as a pl. in this sense: [the reading of the latter is more probably correct, and is that of the TA:]) or beautifully crisp or curly or twisted and contracted: (TA:) the pl. [of قَطٌّ] is أَقْطَاطٌ [a pl. of pauc.] and قَطُّونَ and قِطَاطٌ; and [of ↓ قَطَطٌ] قَطَطُونَ: (M, K:) the epithet applied to a woman is قَطَّةٌ, and ↓ قَطَطٌ without ة. (M, Msb.) A2: See also ↓ قَاطٌّ.

قِطٌّ A slice cut off (شَقِيقَةٌ), of a melon or other thing. (A, TA.) b2: (tropical:) A portion, share, or lot, (M, A, Msb, K,) of gifts, (A, TA,) &c. (TA.) Hence the saying in the Kur, [xxxviii. 15,] رَبَّنَا عَجِّلْ لَنَا قِطَّنَا قَبْلَ يَوْمِ الحِسَابِ (tropical:) [O our Lord, hasten to us our portion before the day of reckoning]: accord. to some, our portion of punishment: but accord. to Sa'eed Ibn-Jubeyr, it means, of Paradise. (TA.) b3: (assumed tropical:) A writing; (Fr, S, Msb;) [such as that of a man's works;] and hence, accord. to Fr, the words of the Kur cited above; those words being said in derision: (TA:) or a writing of reckoning: (M, K:) or a written obligation: (M:) or it signifies also a written obligation binding one to give a gift or present; (S, K, TA;) and hence the saying in the Kur cited above: (S:) pl. قُطُوطٌ: (S, M, Msb, K:) which Az explains as meaning gifts, and stipends; so called because they were issued written in the form of notes and statements of obligation upon cut pieces of paper or the like. (TA.) b4: (assumed tropical:) An hour, or a portion, (سَاعَة,) of the night. (M, K.) You say مَضَى قِطٌّ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ (assumed tropical:) [An hour, or a portion, of the night passed]. (Th, M.) A2: A male cat: (S, M, Msb, K:) the female is called قِطَّةٌ: (Lth, S, M, Msb:) Kr disallowed this latter; and IDrd says, I do not think it to be genuine Arabic; (M;) but to this it is objected that it occurs in traditions: (MF:) the pl. is قِطَاطٌ (S, M, Msb, K) and قِطَطَةٌ, (M, K,) or قِطَطٌ. (Msb.) قَطَطٌ: see قَطٌّ, throughout.

قَطِطٌ: see قَطٌّ.

قِطَّةٌ [A mode, or manner, of cutting a thing, such as the extremity of the nib of a writingreed]: see an ex. voce سِنٌّ (near the end of the paragraph).

قَطْنُ: see قَطْ.

قَطِى: see قَطْ.

قَطَاطِ: see قَطْ.

قِطَاطٌ: see قَطٌّ.

قَطَّاطٌ A خَرَّاط [q. v.] who makes [the small boxes of wood or the like called] حُقَق [pl. of حُقَّة]. (S, O, K.) [See 1, first sentence.]

قِطْقِطٌ Small rain; (M, K;) resembling شَذْر [q. v.]: (M:) or the smallest of rain; the next above which is termed رَذَادٌ; the next above this, طَشٌّ; [but see this last term;] the next above this, بَغْشٌ; and the next above this, غَبْيَةٌ: (Az, S:) or rain falling continuously, in large drops: (Lth, K:) or hail: (K:) or small hail, (M, O, K,) which is imagined to be hail or rain. (O.) سعْرٌ قَاطٌّ A dear price; as also ↓ مَقْطُوطٌ, (M, K,) and ↓ قَطٌّ, (K,) and ↓ قَاطِطٌ. (IAar, K.) You say, وَرَدْنَا أَرْضًا قَاطًّا سِعْرُهَا We arrived at a land of dear prices. (S, TA.) قَاطِطٌ: see قَاطٌّ.

مَقَطٌّ [in the CK erroneously مِقَطّ] The place of ending of the extremities of the ribs of a horse: (M, K:) or the extremity of the rib, projecting over the belly: (K in art. شرسف:) or the place of ending of the ribs of a horse: (TA:) مَقَاطُّ [is the pl., signifying, as explained in the S, in art. شرسف, the extremities of the ribs, projecting over the belly: or it] signifies the two extremities of the belly of a horse, whereof one is at the sternum (القَصّ), and the other at the pubes. (En-Nadr.) مِقَطَّةٌ The thing upon which the reed for writing is nibbed; (S;) [generally made of bone or ivory;] a small bone upon which the writer nibs his reeds for writing; (K;) a small bone which is found with the sellers of paper, upon which they cut the extremities of the reeds for writing. (Lth.) مَقْطُوطٌ: see قَاطّ.

سَمَآءٌ مُقَطْقِطَةٌ A sky letting fall rain such as is called قِطْقِطٌ. (Az, S.)