ن ت ش

, (S, A, K,) aor. , inf. n. نَتْشٌ, (A, K,) He extracted; or drew, or pulled, out, or forth; (S, A, K;) a thing, (S,) or a thorn, (A, K,) and the like, (K,) and hair, (TA,) with the مِنْتَاش: (S, A, K, TA:) he plucked out hair or the like. (IDrd, K.) ― -b2- He plucked, or pulled, flesh, and the like, by pinching it with his fingers, (Lth, K,) and by taking hold upon it with his teeth. (Lth, TA.) ― -b3- نَتَشَ الجَرَادُ الأَرْضَ, aor. and inf. n. as above, The locusts ate the herbage of the earth. (TA.) ― -b4- مَا نَتَشْتُ مِنْ فُلَانٍ شَيْيأًا I did not obtain, (S,) or take, (A,) from such a one anything. (S, A.) ― -b5- هُوَيَنْتِشُ لِعِيَالِهِ, (Lh, TA,) inf. n. as above, (K,) (tropical:) He gains, or earns, or seeks sustenance, for his family, or house-hold. (Lh, K, * TA.) ― -b6- هُوَ يَنْتِشُ مِنْ كُلِّ عِلْمٍ (assumed tropical:) He takes [or acquires] of every science. (A, * TA.)

He took not save a little. (TA.)

[A kind of tweezers;] an instrument with which one extracts, or draws or pulls out or forth, (S, A, K,) a thing (S,) or a thorn, (A, K,) and the like, (K,) and hair; (TA;) i. q. مِنْقَاشٌ. (S, K.)