Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

انتصب

Root: نصب

Form: 8

Full Definition

انتصبVIII and تنصّب , quasi-pass. of نَصَبَ and نَصَّبَ, He, or it, became set up, put up, set upright, or erected; stood up, or upright, or erect; became elevated, raised, or reared: became even and erect. (TA, art. نص.)
2 He stood erect, raising his head.
3 [It was, or became, erect, vertical, or perpendicular.]
4 [انتصب شَعَرُهُ His hair, being full-grown, stood out: see مُنْتَصِبٌ.]
5 انتصب and تنصّب It rose high.
6 إِنْتَصِبْ Set up thy cooking-pot [upon the مِنْصَب, or trivet,] to cook, said to a cook.
7 انتصبت أَشْنَانُهُ إِلَى قُدَّامٍ [Its teeth stood out forwards: see مُنْتَصِبٌ:] said of a mouth. (TA, art. دفق.)
8 [اِنْتِصَابٌ is often used absolutely as meaning An erection of the penis.]
9 انتصب الحَرْفُ The letter [meaning the final letter of a word] was written, or pronounced, with نَصْب: [see نَصَبَ الحَرْفَ].


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