نَاطَهُ
Root: نوط
Form: 1
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نَاطَهُI
, Present.T يَنُوطُ, Verbal.Noun نَوْطٌ, He suspended it; hung it. You say, نُطْتُ القِرْبَةَ
بِنِيَاطِهَا [I suspended the water-skin by its
نياط, q. v]. And نِيطَ عَلَيْهِ الشَّىْءُ
The thing was suspended to him, or it: and نُوطَ عليه: or عَلَيْهِ, And نِيطَ بِهِ الشَّىْءُ
The thing was attached to, or connected with, him, or it. It is said in a trad, مَا أَخَذْنَاهُ إِلَّا عَفْوًا بِلَا سَوْطٍ وَلَا نَوْطٍ i. e. [We took him not save with case;] with neither beating, [lit. with neither whip,] nor hanging [or clinging]. And in a proverb, كُلُّ شَاهٍ بِرِجْلِهَا سَتُنَاطُ [Every sheep, or goat, shall be hung by its hind leg]: i. e. every one who commits a crime shall be punished for it: or, accord to As, one ought not to punish for a crime, or an offence, any but the committer thereof. And Hassán Ibn-Thábit says,
[And thou art an adopted person, who is connected with the family of Háshim, like as the single drinking-cup is connected behind the rider]. See also شَاقَ, in art. شوق.وَأَنْتَ دَعِىٌّ نِيطَ فِى آلِ هَاشِمٍ كَمَا نِيطَ خَلْفَ الرَّاكِبِ القَدَحُ الفَرْدُ
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