اِسْتَقْصَى
Root: قصى
Form: 10
Full Definition
اِسْتَقْصَىX
He went to the utmost length, or point, in a question, and in like manner you say, اِسْتَقْصَى الأَمْرَ and
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2 [He exhausted a subject.
3 He proceeded to extremities. He was, or became, extreme, in an action, &c.]
4 اِسْتَقْصَى مَسْأَلَتَهُ [He went to the utmost point in questioning him, or asking him,] respecting a thing, so as to draw forth the utmost that he possessed [of information respecting it]. (S, art. نص.)
5 اِسْتَقْصَى فِى المَسْأَلَةِ and تَقَصَّى both signify the same;
6 اِسْتَقْصَى عِلْمَهُ He attained the utmost knowledge of it.
7 اِسْتَقْصَى مَا عِنْدَ نَاقَتِهِ مِنَ السَّيْرِ [He elicited, or exacted, the utmost of his she-camel's pace, or power of going on]. (TA, art. نص.)
8 اِسْتِقْصَآءٌ, metonymically, signifies
9 اِسْتَقْصَيْتُ المَكَانَ [?] i. q. اِسْتَعْذَيْتُهُ. (TA in art. عذى.)
2 [He exhausted a subject.
3 He proceeded to extremities. He was, or became, extreme, in an action, &c.]
4 اِسْتَقْصَى مَسْأَلَتَهُ [He went to the utmost point in questioning him, or asking him,] respecting a thing, so as to draw forth the utmost that he possessed [of information respecting it]. (S, art. نص.)
5 اِسْتَقْصَى فِى المَسْأَلَةِ and تَقَصَّى both signify the same;
6 اِسْتَقْصَى عِلْمَهُ He attained the utmost knowledge of it.
7 اِسْتَقْصَى مَا عِنْدَ نَاقَتِهِ مِنَ السَّيْرِ [He elicited, or exacted, the utmost of his she-camel's pace, or power of going on]. (TA, art. نص.)
8 اِسْتِقْصَآءٌ, metonymically, signifies
9 اِسْتَقْصَيْتُ المَكَانَ [?] i. q. اِسْتَعْذَيْتُهُ. (TA in art. عذى.)
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