نَصْبٌ
Root: نصب
Full Definition
نَصْبٌ
: see نَصَبَ, throughout.
2 نَصْبٌ and نَصَبَ and نُصُبٌ and نَصِيبَةٌ A sign, or mark, set up to show the way; or a standard set up: syn. عَلَمٌ مَنْصُوبٌ: i. e., set up [as a sign] to a people: or نُصُبٌ is pl. of نَصِيبَةٌ, like as سُفُنٌ is of سَفِينَةٌ. Also, نُصْبَةٌ , A pole, or mast; syn. سَارِيَةٌ; set up to show the way: also, أَنَاصِيبُ and تَنَاصِيبُ Signs, or marks, or stones, set up to show the way; syn. أَعْلَامٌ and صُوًى: stones set up on the tops of isolated small mountains, whereby travellers are to be directed: also, يَنْصُوبٌ [pl. يَنَاصِيبُ] signifies A sign, or mark, set up to show the way in a desert. In the Kur, lxx., last verse but one, some read نَصْبٍ, meaning as above: others نُصُبٍ, meaning “ idols. ”
3 نَصْبٌ also signifies A goal; or limit; syn. غَايَةٌ: or rather, some say that
4 See also نُصْبٌ and نُصُبٌ, below.
5 نَصْبٌ, with respect to rhyme in a verse, is The being free from anything that would mar it, when the verse itself is not curtailed; for when the verse is curtailed, the term نصب is not applicable, though the rhyme be perfect: accord. to an explanation received from the Arabs: not one of the terms of Kh. Derived from الاِنْتِصَابُ, as signifying “ the standing erect; being tall; making one's self tall, by stretching the neck; ” and therefore not applied to verse that is curtailed.
6 نَصْبٌ One who is set, or set up, as an obstacle to a thing, or as a butt for a thing, like the butt of archers. (TA, art. عرض.) See 1.
7 نَصْبٌ [A peculiar mode of singing, or chanting: or a peculiar kind of song, or chant]:
2 نَصْبٌ and نَصَبَ and نُصُبٌ and نَصِيبَةٌ A sign, or mark, set up to show the way; or a standard set up: syn. عَلَمٌ مَنْصُوبٌ: i. e., set up [as a sign] to a people: or نُصُبٌ is pl. of نَصِيبَةٌ, like as سُفُنٌ is of سَفِينَةٌ. Also, نُصْبَةٌ , A pole, or mast; syn. سَارِيَةٌ; set up to show the way: also, أَنَاصِيبُ and تَنَاصِيبُ Signs, or marks, or stones, set up to show the way; syn. أَعْلَامٌ and صُوًى: stones set up on the tops of isolated small mountains, whereby travellers are to be directed: also, يَنْصُوبٌ [pl. يَنَاصِيبُ] signifies A sign, or mark, set up to show the way in a desert. In the Kur, lxx., last verse but one, some read نَصْبٍ, meaning as above: others نُصُبٍ, meaning “ idols. ”
3 نَصْبٌ also signifies A goal; or limit; syn. غَايَةٌ: or rather, some say that
4 See also نُصْبٌ and نُصُبٌ, below.
5 نَصْبٌ, with respect to rhyme in a verse, is The being free from anything that would mar it, when the verse itself is not curtailed; for when the verse is curtailed, the term نصب is not applicable, though the rhyme be perfect: accord. to an explanation received from the Arabs: not one of the terms of Kh. Derived from الاِنْتِصَابُ, as signifying “ the standing erect; being tall; making one's self tall, by stretching the neck; ” and therefore not applied to verse that is curtailed.
6 نَصْبٌ One who is set, or set up, as an obstacle to a thing, or as a butt for a thing, like the butt of archers. (TA, art. عرض.) See 1.
7 نَصْبٌ [A peculiar mode of singing, or chanting: or a peculiar kind of song, or chant]:
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