اِسْتَقْصَى
Form X
He went to the utmost length, or point
He went to the utmost length, or point, in a question, (K,) and in like manner you say, اِسْتَقْصَى الأَمْرَ and ↓ تَقَصَّاهُ. (TA.) ― -b2- [He exhausted a subject. ― -b3- He proceeded to extremities. He was, or became, extreme, in an action, &c.] ― -b4- اِسْتَقْصَى مَسْأَلَتَهُ [He went to the utmost point in questioning him, or asking him,] respecting a thing, so as to draw forth the utmost that he possessed [of information respecting it]. (S, art. نص.) ― -b5- اِسْتَقْصَى فِى المَسْأَلَةِ and ↓ تَقَصَّى (S, K) both signify the same; (S;) (tropical:) He reached, or attained, [and elicited, and investigated,] the utmost [that was to be reached, &c.] in the question: (K, TA:) and in like manner استقصى الأَمْرَ and ↓ تقصّاهُ (TA) (tropical:) [He investigated, or searched, to the utmost the case, or affair;] he reached, or attained, the utmost of the case, or affair, in investigating it. (MA in explanation of the former phrase.) ― -b6- اِسْتَقْصَى عِلْمَهُ He attained the utmost knowledge of it. ― -b7- اِسْتَقْصَى مَا عِنْدَ نَاقَتِهِ مِنَ السَّيْرِ [He elicited, or exacted, the utmost of his she-camel's pace, or power of going on]. (TA, art. نص.) ― -b8- اِسْتِقْصَآءٌ, metonymically, signifies (tropical:) The being niggardly, stingy, or avaricious. (Az, TA in art. دنق.) ― -b9- اِسْتَقْصَيْتُ المَكَانَ [?] i. q. اِسْتَعْذَيْتُهُ. (TA in art. عذى.)