ثَقْفٌ
Root: ثقف
Full Definition
ثَقْفٌ
Skilled, or skilful; and light, active, quick, or sharp; and intelligent, or sagacious; as also
ثَقِفٌ and
ثَقُفٌ and
ثَقِيفٌ and
ثِقِّيفٌ : or
ثَقِيفٌ signifies quick in understanding a narration: and
ثَقَافٌ , applied to a woman, intelligent, or sagacious. You say also رَجُلٌ ثَقْفٌ لَقْفٌ and ثَقِفٌ لَقِفٌ, meaning A man who is a relater, a poet, an archer or a caster of the spear &c.: or light, active, quick, or sharp, and skilful: (S and K in art. لقف:) or quick in understanding what is said to him; and in taking what is thrown to him: or skilful in his art, or handicraft: or a man who keeps, preserves, or guards, and manages, or orders, well, that which he possesses: and Lh adds ثَقِيفٌ لَقِيفٌ: and Ibn-'Abbád, ثِقِّيفٌ لِقِّيفٌ.
2 A man quick in taking, or seizing, his opponents, or adversaries.
def.2 ثَقْفٌ, or ثَقَفٌ , also signifies Contention: and particularly in fight, or with the sword: like ثِقَافٌ [Verbal.Noun of 3, q. v.].
2 A man quick in taking, or seizing, his opponents, or adversaries.
def.2 ثَقْفٌ, or ثَقَفٌ , also signifies Contention: and particularly in fight, or with the sword: like ثِقَافٌ [Verbal.Noun of 3, q. v.].
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