Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

نَتَشَ, (Ṣ, A, Ḳ,) aor. ـِ {يَنْتِشُ}, inf. n. نَتْشٌ, (A, Ḳ,) He extracted; or drew, or pulled, out, or forth; (Ṣ, A, Ḳ;) a thing, (Ṣ,) or a thorn, (A, Ḳ,) and the like, (Ḳ,) and hair, (TA,) with the مِنْتَاش: (Ṣ, A, Ḳ, TA:) he plucked out hair or the like. (IDrd, Ḳ.)

He plucked, or pulled, flesh, and the like, by pinching it with his fingers, (Lth, Ḳ,) and by taking hold upon it with his teeth. (Lth, TA.)

نَتَشَ الجَرَادُ الأَرْضَ, aor. and inf. n. as above, The locusts ate the herbage of the earth. (TA.)

مَا نَتَشْتُ مِنْ فُلَانٍ شَيْئًا I did not obtain, (Ṣ,) or take, (A,) from such a one anything. (Ṣ, A.)

هُوَيَنْتِشُ لِعِيَالِهِ, (Lḥ, TA,) inf. n. as above, (Ḳ,) ‡ He gains, or earns, or seeks sustenance, for his family, or house-hold. (Lḥ, Ḳ,* TA.)

هُوَ يَنْتِشُ مِنْ كُلِّ عِلْمٍ † He takes [or acquires] of every science. (A,* TA.)

مَا أَحَذَ إِلَّا نَتْشًا He took not save a little. (TA.)

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