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نَخَسَهُ

Root: نخس

Form: 1

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نَخَسَهُI , Present.T ـُ and ـَ and ـِ Verbal.Noun نَخْسٌ, He goaded, or pricked, him, namely, a beast, with a stick or the like, so that he became excited.
2 نَخَسَ بِهِ He goaded his beast.
3 نَخَسُوا بِهِ, or نَخَسُوهُ, They goaded his beast, and drove him away; they drove him away, goading his camel with him.
4 And نَخَسَ بِالرَّجُلِ He excited, or roused, the man, and disquieted, or disturbed, him.
5 You say also, أَنْخَسَ بِهِ, meaning, أَبْعَدَهُ [He put him, or sent him, away, or far away]. [Or perhaps the right reading is إِنْخَسْ بِهِ, meaning, أَبْعِدْهُ [Put thou him, or send thou him, away, or far away: as seems to be indicated by what immediately follows in those two works and here.] And تَكَلَّمَ فَنَخَسُوا بِهِ [app. meaning He spoke, and they put him away].
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