ثَقُفَ
Root: ثقف
Form: 1
Full Definition
2 ثَقُفَ, Present.T ثَقَافَةٌ, is also said of vinegar (خَلٌّ), meaning It was, or became, very acid; and so ثَقِفَ. (TA. [But I suspect that this may have been taken from a MS. in which خُلٌّ has been erroneously put for رَجُلٌ. In the JK, I find رَجُلٌ ثَقِيفٌ وَقَدْ ثَقُفَ ثَقَافَةً.])
def.2 ثَاقَفَهُ فَثَقَفَهُ, Present.T of the latter ـُ: see 3.
2 ثَقَفْتُ الشَّىْءَ, Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun ثَقَافَةٌ and ثُقُوفَةٌ, I was, or became, skilled in the thing.
3 And ثَقْفٌ signifies The learning a thing quickly: [its verb is ثَقَفَ or ثَقِفَ:] you say, ثَقَفْتُ العِلْمَ فِى أَوْحَى مُدَّةٍ, and الصِّنَاعَةَ, I acquired knowledge, or the science, and the art, or handicraft, quickly [in the shortest period]: and ثَقِفْتُ الحَدِيثَ I understood the narration, or tradition, &c., quickly. ثَقِفَهُ, Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun ثَقْفٌ, or ثَقَفٌ, [but the former is better known,] primarily signifies, He perceived it, or attained it, by knowledge, or by deed: or he perceived it, or attained it, by his sight, by expertness in vision: and hence,
4 ثَقِفَهُ also signifies He thrust him, or pierced him, [with a spear or the like,] namely, a man.
5 See also 2.
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