Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

نَخَسَهُ, aor. ـُ {يَنْخُسُ}, (Ṣ, A, Mṣb, Ḳ,) and ـَ, (Lḥ, Ṣ, A, Mgh, Ḳ,) and ـِ, (Lḥ, TA,) inf. n. نَخْسٌ, (Ṣ, Mgh, Mṣb,) He goaded, or pricked, him, namely, a beast, (A, Mgh, Mṣb, Ḳ,) with a stick (Ṣ, Mgh, Mṣb, Ḳ,) or the like, (A, Mgh, Mṣb, Ḳ,) in the hinder part, or the side, (A, Ḳ,) so that he became excited. (Mṣb.)

نَخَسَ بِهِ He goaded his beast. (Mgh.)

نَخَسُوا بِهِ, (A, L, TA,) or نَخَسُوهُ, (Ḳ,) 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. (Ḳ.)

And نَخَسَ بِالرَّجُلِ † He excited, or roused, the man, and disquieted, or disturbed, him. (L, TA.)

You say also,أَنْخَسَ↓ بِهِ, meaning, أَبْعَدَهُ ‡ [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 ‡ [app. meaning He spoke, and they put him away]. (A, TA.)

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

نَخَّاسٌ A goader of beasts. (Mṣb.)

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