anṣaba

exhaust, wear out

أَنْصَبَ

Word

Verb · Form IV

Root

ن ص ب

Forms

Present
يُنْصِبُ

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فإن أخوف ما يكون الإنسان لحريق النار أقرب ما يكون منها، وكذلك الجاهل إن جاورك أنصبك، وإن ناسبك جنى عليك،

The Small and the Great Book of Manners, page 45 →
Conjugation
Person PastPresentCommand
he هُوَ أَنْصَبَيُنْصِبُ—
she هِيَ أَنْصَبَتتُنْصِبُ—
they two (m.) هُما أَنْصَبايُنْصِبانِ—
they two (f.) هُما أَنْصَبَتاتُنْصِبانِ—
they (m.) هُمْ أَنْصَبُوايُنْصِبُونَ—
they (f.) هُنَّ أَنْصَبْنَيُنْصِبْنَ—
you (m.) أَنْتَ أَنْصَبْتَتُنْصِبُأَنْصِبْ
you (f.) أَنْتِ أَنْصَبْتِتُنْصِبِينَأَنْصِبِي
you two أَنْتُما أَنْصَبْتُماتُنْصِبانِأَنْصِبَا
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ أَنْصَبْتُمتُنْصِبُونَأَنْصِبُوا
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ أَنْصَبْتُنَّتُنْصِبْنَأَنْصِبْنَ
I أَنا أَنْصَبْتُأُنْصِبُ—
we نَحْنُ أَنْصَبْنانُنْصِبُ—

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 12 entries
  • نَصَبَ Form I He set up, put up, set upright, erected
    , aor. , inf. n. نَصْبٌ; (S, K;) and ↓ نصّب; (K;) He set up, put up, set upright, erected, a thing: (S:) he elevated, raised, reared, a thing. (K.) ― -b2- He set up, a stone as a sign, or mark. (Msb.) ― -b3- نَصَبَ رَأْسَهُ He raised his head. (TA.) ― -b4- نَصِبَ, aor. , inf. n. نَصَبٌ, He (a goat) had erect ears. (S: the inf. n. only mentioned.) ― -b5- نَصَبْتُ فُلاَنًا لِكَذَا I set, or set up, such a one as an obstacle to such a thing, or as a butt for such a thing, like the butt of archers. (TA, art. عرض.) ― -b6- نُصِبَ فُلَانٌ لِعِمَارَةِ البَلَدِ (tropical:) [Such a one was set up, or appointed, for the putting, or keeping, of the town, or district, in a flourishing or prosperous state, with respect to building, culture, population, &c.]. (A.) ― -b7- نَصَبَ, aor. , inf. n. نَصْبٌ, (S, K,) or نَصَبَ نَصْبَ العَرَبِ, (S,) (assumed tropical:) He sang, or chanted, a kind of song, or chant, peculiar to the Arabs, (S, K, &c.,) of the description termed حُدَاء, (K,) [by which camels are urged, or excited,] or a kind of song (K) resembling what is thus termed, (S,) but finer, or more delicate. (S, K.) What is termed نَصْبٌ is The kind of singing, or chanting, above described: (S, K:) or a kind of حُدَاء resembling singing: (AA:) or a kind of modulation: (Sh:) or a kind of song, or chant, of the Arabs: (ISd:) or, of the Arabs of the desert: (TA:) or poetry such as is commonly recited, well regulated and set to an air: (Nh:) so called because, in [singing or chanting] it, the voice is raised, or elevated. (The Fáïk.) ― -b8- نَصَبَ الحَرْفَ, [aor. , (not ,) inf. n. نَصْبٌ,] He wrote, or pronounced, the [final] letter with نَصْب; (S;) which is, in the case of the final inflection of a word, like فَتْح in the non-inflection: (S, K:) [i. e., he wrote it, or pronounced it, with Bً or :) so called because the sound of a word of which the final letter is so pronounced rises to the highest cavity of the mouth. (Lth.) A conv. term of grammar. (S, K.) نَصَبَ الكَلِمَةَ [He wrote, or pronounced, the word with نَصْب, i. e., making its vowel of inflection Bً or &c., according to the rules of grammar:] he made the word to have fet-hah as its vowel of inflection. (Msb.) ― -b9- نَصَبَ لَه الحَرْبَ, (inf. n. نَصْبٌ, TA,) He made war upon him: syn. وَضَعَ. (K.) ― -b10- Of anything that is raised, and with which one goes to meet, or encounter, a thing, one says نُصِبَ, and of the agent, نَصَبَ. (M, K.) ― -b11- نَصَبَ لَهُ, aor. , inf. n. نَصْبٌ, (tropical:) He acted with hostility, or enmity, towards him. (S, K.) See also 3. ― -b12- نَصَبْتُ لَهُ رَأْيًا (tropical:) I gave him counsel from which he should not deviate. (A.) ― -b13- نَصَبَ, aor. , (inf. n. نَصْبٌ, TA,) He put down a thing: syn. وَضَعَ. Thus the verb bears two contr. significations. (K.) ― -b14- [He set, or put, absolutely: often used in this sense.] ― -b15- نَصَبَهُ, aor. ; and ↓ انصبه, (inf. n. إِنْصَابٌ, TA,) It (disease) pained him; occasioned him pain. (K.) ― -b16- نَصَبَ السَّيْرَ, aor. , (inf. n. نَصْبٌ, TA,) (assumed tropical:) He strove, or exerted himself, unusually in his pace: (K:) or نَصَبَ signifies he pursued his journey with diligence, or energy: (TA:) or he travelled on all the day, at a gentle pace: (S, K:) or he journeyed on all the night. (TA.) En-Nadr says, النَّصْبُ is the first pace; then, الدَّبَبُ, [but see وَسَجَ;] then, العَنَقُ; then, التَّزَيُّدُ; then, العَسْجُ; then, الرَّتْكُ; then, الوَخْدُ; then, الهَمْلَجَةُ. (TA.) -A2- نَصِبَ, aor. , inf. n. نَصَبٌ, He was fatigued, tired, or wearied, (S, K.) ― -b2- نَصِبَ, inf. n. نَصَبٌ, He suffered difficulty, trouble, distress, or affliction. (TA.) ― -b3- نَصِبَ He strove; laboured; or toiled. (K.) ― -b4- فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَٱنْصَبْ [Kur, xciv. 7,] signifies And when thou shalt have finished thy prescribed prayers, fatigue thyself in supplication: (Katádeh, Jel:) or when thou shalt have finished the obligatory prayers, fatigue thyself in the performance of the voluntary. (TA.) See نَاصِبٌ.
  • نصّبت الخَيْلُ آذَانَهَا Form II The horses erected their ears often, or exceedingly
    The horses erected their ears often, or exceedingly. The teshdeed is to render the signification frequentative or intensive. (S.) ― -b2- See 1, and 3.
  • ناصبه الشَّرَّ Form III He made an open show of evil conduct, mischief, or malevolence, to him
    , (inf. n. مُنَاصَبَةٌ, TA,) (tropical:) He made an open show of evil conduct, mischief, or malevolence, to him; (K;) and in like manner, of enmity, (TA,) and of war; (S, TA;) as also ↓ نَصَبَهُ, (K,) unaugmented. (TA: in the CK, ↓ نصّبه.) See also نَصَبَ لَهُ.
  • انصبه Form IV He fatigued, tired, or wearied, him
    He fatigued, tired, or wearied, him: (S, K:) it (an affair) fatigued him, &c.: (TA:) it (grief, or anxiety,) fatigued, tired, or wearied, him; (CK, TA;) as also ↓ نَصِبَ لَهُ; (TA;) and perhaps ↓ نَصَبَهُ is also used in this sense, with reference to grief, or anxiety. (K.) See 1. -A2- انصب الحَدِيثَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللّٰهِ He ascribed, or attributed, the tradition to the Apostle of God; syn. أَسْنَدَهُ إِلَيْهِ and رَفَعَهُ. (TA.) -A3- انصبه He assigned him, or gave him, a نَصِيب; i. e., a lot, or portion. (K.) -A4- انصب السِّكِّينَ He made, or put, a handle (نِصَاب) to the knife. (S, K.)
  • تنصّبتِ الأُتُنُ حَوْلَ الحِمَارِ Form V The she-asses stood round the he-ass
    The she-asses stood round the he-ass. (S, K.) ― -b2- See 8.
  • تناصبوه Form VI They divided it into lots, or portions, among themselves
    They divided it into lots, or portions, among themselves. (TA.)
  • انتصب Form VIII He, or it, became set up, put up, set upright, or erected
    and ↓ تنصّب, quasi-pass. of نَصَبَ and نَصَّبَ, He, or it, became set up, put up, set upright, or erected; stood up, or upright, or erect; became elevated, raised, or reared: (K:) became even and erect. (TA, art. نص.) ― -b2- He stood erect, raising his head. (TA.) ― -b3- [It was, or became, erect, vertical, or perpendicular.] ― -b4- [انتصب شَعَرُهُ His hair, being full-grown, stood out: see مُنْتَصِبٌ.] ― -b5- انتصب (TA) and ↓ تنصّب (K) (tropical:) It (dust) rose high. (K, TA.) ― -b6- إِنْتَصِبْ Set up thy cooking-pot [upon the مِنْصَب, or trivet,] to cook, said to a cook. (IAar.) ― -b7- انتصبت أَشْنَانُهُ إِلَى قُدَّامٍ [Its teeth stood out forwards: see مُنْتَصِبٌ:] said of a mouth. (TA, art. دفق.) ― -b8- [اِنْتِصَابٌ is often used absolutely as meaning An erection of the penis.] ― -b9- انتصب الحَرْفُ The letter [meaning the final letter of a word] was written, or pronounced, with نَصْب: [see نَصَبَ الحَرْفَ]. (S.)
  • نَصْبٌ A sign, or mark, set up to show the way; or a standard set up
    : see نَصَبَ, (of which it is the inf. n.,) throughout. ― -b2- 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: (K:) i. e., set up [as a sign] to a people: (TA:) or نُصُبٌ is pl. of نَصِيبَةٌ, like as سُفُنٌ is of سَفِينَةٌ. (Lth, TA.) Also, ↓ نُصْبَةٌ, A pole, or mast; syn. سَارِيَةٌ; (K;) set up to show the way: (TA:) also, ↓ أَنَاصِيبُ and ↓ تَنَاصِيبُ (pls. which have no sings., TA,) Signs, or marks, or stones, set up to show the way; syn. أَعْلَامٌ and صُوًى: (K:) stones set up on the tops of isolated small mountains, whereby travellers are to be directed: (TA:) also, ↓ يَنْصُوبٌ [pl. يَنَاصِيبُ] signifies A sign, or mark, set up to show the way in a desert. (Fr.) In the Kur, lxx., last verse but one, some read نَصْبٍ, meaning as above: others نُصُبٍ, meaning “ idols. ” (Zj.) ― -b3- نَصْبٌ also signifies A goal; or limit; syn. غَايَةٌ: (K:) or rather, some say that it has this signification [in the verse of the Kur. above referred to]; but the former meaning, of “ a sign, &c., ” is the more correct. (TA.) ― -b4- See also نُصْبٌ and نُصُبٌ, below. ― -b5- نَصْبٌ, with respect to rhyme in a verse, is The being free from anything that would mar it, (Akh, K,) 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. (Akh.) 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. (IJ, ISd.) ― -b6- 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. ― -b7- نَصْبٌ [A peculiar mode of singing, or chanting: or a peculiar kind of song, or chant]: (See 1.)
  • هٰذَا نُصْبُ عَيْنِى This is a conspicuous object of my eye; a thing in full view of my eye
    , and عينى ↓ نَصْبُ, or the latter is a barbarism, (K,) disallowed by Kt; but it is allowed by Mtr; and said to have been heard from the Arabs [of the classical ages]; This is a conspicuous object of my eye; a thing in full view of my eye: said of a thing that is manifest, or conspicuous, [standing before one,] and even when it is lying, or thrown down. (TA.) ― -b2- جَعَلْتُهُ نصبَ عينى I made him, or it, a conspicuous object, or a thing in full view, of my eye. (TA.) ― -b3- Mtr says, that نَصْب, in this case, is an inf. n. used in the sense of a pass. part. n., and means an object [as it were set, or set up,] conspicuously seen of the eye, so as not to be forgotten, nor to be unheeded, nor to be placed behind the back, or uncared for, or disregarded. (MF.) ― -b4- نُصْبٌ (S, K) and ↓ نَصْبٌ and ↓ نُصُبٌ (K) Evil; (S;) trial; affliction; misfortune: (S, K:) so in the Kur, xxxviii., 40: (S:) disease: (K:) affliction occasioned by disease. (Lth.) See also نَصَب.
  • نِصْبٌ Open entry
    : see نَصِيبٌ.
  • نَصَبٌ Fatigue; weariness; toil
    [as a subst.] Fatigue; weariness; toil. ― -b2- Difficulty; trouble; distress; affliction. (TA.) See the verb: and see نَصْبٌ.
  • نَصِبٌ Diseased; sick; and in pain
    Diseased; sick; and in pain. (K.)

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