cattle dealer

, aor. , (S, A, Msb, K,) and , (Lh, S, A, Mgh, K,) and , (Lh, TA,) inf. n. نَخْسٌ, (S, Mgh, Msb,) He goaded, or pricked, him, namely, a beast, (A, Mgh, Msb, K,) with a stick (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) or the like, (A, Mgh, Msb, K, in the hinder part, or the side, (A, K,) so that he became excited. (Msb.) ― -b2- نَخَسَ بِهِ He goaded his beast. (Mgh.) ― -b3- نَخَسُوا بِهِ, (A, L, TA,) or نَخَسُوهُ, (K,) They goaded his (a man's) beast, and drove him (the man) away; (A, L, TA;) they drove him away, goading his camel with him. (K.) ― -b4- And نَخَسَ بِالرَّجُلِ (assumed tropical:) He excited, or roused, the man, and disquieted, or disturbed, him. (L, TA.) ― -b5- You say also, بِهِ ↓ أَنْخَسَ, meaning, أَبْعَدَهُ (tropical:) [He put him, or sent him, away, or far away]. (A, TA.) [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 (tropical:) [app. meaning He spoke, and they put him away]. (A, TA.)

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and نَخَاسَةٌ The trade of selling beasts: and the trade of selling slaves. (K.)

A goader of beasts. (Msb.) — And hence, (S, * A, * Msb,) A seller of beasts; (K;) one who acts as a broker for the sale of beasts (Mgh, Msb) and the like: (Msb:) and a seller of slaves: (K;) sometimes used in the latter sense: (TA:) a genuine Arabic word. (IDrd.)