تَنَوُّطٌ
Root: نوط
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تَنَوُّطٌ
, like تَكَرُّمٌ, and تُنَوِّطٌ, with damm to the ت and fet-h to the ن and kesr to the و, or تَنَوِّطٌ, and تُنُوِّطٌ, (TA, voce تُبُشِّرٌ,) A certain bird, that lets down strings from a tree, and weaves its nest like an oilflask, suspended to those strings, then produces her young therein; and hence its appellation: a certain bird, like the
قَارِيَة
in blackness, [or rather in dinginess,] that constructs its nest between two twigs, or branches, or upon one twig, or branch, making its nest long, so that a man cannot reach its eggs until he introduces his arm to the shoulder-joint: or, accord. to Aboo-'Alee, a certain bird, that suspends pieces of the bark of trees [formed into strings], and makes its nest at their extremities, to protect itself from serpents and men and
ذَرّ [or young ants, or small red ants]: (TA [see also صَافِرٌ:]) called in Persian
كِيپُوْ: n. un. with ة. [See De Sacy's Chrest. Arabe, 2nd ed., vol. iii., p. 499.] Hence the proverb, أَصْنَعُ
مِنْ تَنَوُّطٍ [More skilled in fabricating than a
تنوّط].
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