نَقَرَ
Root: نقر
Form: 1
Full Definition
نَقَرَI
, Present.T
ـُ Verbal.Noun نَقْرٌ, He pecked, or picked up, a grain, or grains, from this place and that, بِمِنْقَارِهِ
with his beak. [Accord. to the TA, the addition “ from this place and that, ” which is found in the K and A, and in one place in the S, seems to be unnecessary. And
signifies the same: see 8, in art. قب.]
2 [Hence, because of the sure aim with which a bird pecks a thing,] the same verb, having the same [Present.T and] Verbal.Noun signifies,
3 [Hence also,]
4 Also, Present.T and Verbal.Noun as above, He struck a thing with a thing: [generally, he struck, knocked, or pecked, a thing with a pointed instrument, like as a bird strikes a thing with its beak:] he struck [or pecked] a mill-stone, or a stone, &c., with a مِنْقَار [which is a pick, or a kind of pickaxe; i. e., he wrought it into shape, and roughened it in its surface, with a pick].
5 [Hence,]
6 He struck [or fillipped] a man's head, and in like manner a lute, and a tambourine, with his finger. You say also أَنْقَرَ أُذُنَهُ, meaning, He struck [or fillipped] his ear with his finger. (AA, in TA, art. نطب.)
7 [Hence,] نَقَرَ, [Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun نَقْرٌ, as appears from what follows;] and أَنْقَرَ ;
8 [Hence also,] نَقَرَ بِالدَّابَّةِ, or بِالفَرَسِ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun نَقْرٌ; and أَنْقَرَ , Verbal.Noun إِنْقَارٌ;
9 Hence also, فَإِذَا نُقِرَ فِى النَّاقُورِ [Kur, lxxiv. 8,]
10 Also, نَقَرَ He bored, perforated, or made a hole through or in or into, a thing: or he did so with a مِنْقَار: and, Verbal.Noun نَقْرٌ, he hollowed out, or excavated, a piece of wood. نُقِرٌ and , or , both in the pass. form, said of stone and of wood and the like, signify alike, It was bored, or perforated, or it had a hole made through or in or into it: [and it was hollowed out.] You say, نَقَرَ البَيْضَةَ عَنِ الفَرْخِ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun نَقْرٌ, He made a hole in the egg [so as to disclose the young bird]. And نَقَرَت الخَيْلُ, and بحوافرها نُقَرًا, The horses made hollows in the ground with their hoofs. And in like manner, السُّيُولُ نُقَرًا The torrents left hollows in the ground, in which water was retained.
11 Hence, نَقَرَ عَنِ الأَمْرِ; and نقّر عَنْهُ, Verbal.Noun تَنْقِيرٌ; and نقّرهُ ; and تنقّرهُ : and ;
2 [Hence, because of the sure aim with which a bird pecks a thing,] the same verb, having the same [Present.T and] Verbal.Noun signifies,
3 [Hence also,]
4 Also, Present.T and Verbal.Noun as above, He struck a thing with a thing: [generally, he struck, knocked, or pecked, a thing with a pointed instrument, like as a bird strikes a thing with its beak:] he struck [or pecked] a mill-stone, or a stone, &c., with a مِنْقَار [which is a pick, or a kind of pickaxe; i. e., he wrought it into shape, and roughened it in its surface, with a pick].
5 [Hence,]
6 He struck [or fillipped] a man's head, and in like manner a lute, and a tambourine, with his finger. You say also أَنْقَرَ أُذُنَهُ, meaning, He struck [or fillipped] his ear with his finger. (AA, in TA, art. نطب.)
7 [Hence,] نَقَرَ, [Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun نَقْرٌ, as appears from what follows;] and أَنْقَرَ ;
8 [Hence also,] نَقَرَ بِالدَّابَّةِ, or بِالفَرَسِ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun نَقْرٌ; and أَنْقَرَ , Verbal.Noun إِنْقَارٌ;
9 Hence also, فَإِذَا نُقِرَ فِى النَّاقُورِ [Kur, lxxiv. 8,]
10 Also, نَقَرَ He bored, perforated, or made a hole through or in or into, a thing: or he did so with a مِنْقَار: and, Verbal.Noun نَقْرٌ, he hollowed out, or excavated, a piece of wood. نُقِرٌ and , or , both in the pass. form, said of stone and of wood and the like, signify alike, It was bored, or perforated, or it had a hole made through or in or into it: [and it was hollowed out.] You say, نَقَرَ البَيْضَةَ عَنِ الفَرْخِ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun نَقْرٌ, He made a hole in the egg [so as to disclose the young bird]. And نَقَرَت الخَيْلُ, and بحوافرها نُقَرًا, The horses made hollows in the ground with their hoofs. And in like manner, السُّيُولُ نُقَرًا The torrents left hollows in the ground, in which water was retained.
11 Hence, نَقَرَ عَنِ الأَمْرِ; and نقّر عَنْهُ, Verbal.Noun تَنْقِيرٌ; and نقّرهُ ; and تنقّرهُ : and ;
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