Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

نَقَزَ, (Ṣ, A,) aor. ـُ {يَنْقُزُ}, (Ṣ, TA,) and ـِ, (TA,) inf. n. نَقْزٌ and نَقَزَانٌ (Ṣ, Ḳ,) and نُقَازٌ, (TA,) He (an antelope, Ṣ and A) leaped, jumped, sprang, or bounded, (Ṣ, A, Ḳ,) as alsoنقّز↓, (M, TA,) in his running, (Ṣ,) or on his نَوَاقِز, i. e., his legs: (A:) or he (generally referring to a raven or crow, or a sparrow, or locust, or the like,) leaped, jumped, sprang, or bounded, upwards; he hopped: (TA:) or he put his legs together in leaping, jumping, springing, or bounding: when the legs are spread, the action is termed نَفْزٌ. (IDrd, TA.)

see 1.

Also, inf. n. تَنْقِيزٌ, He made to leap, jump, spring, or bound: (Ṣ:) and نقّزت she (a woman) danced, or dandled, her child; (Ḳ,* TA;) as also نفّزت. (Ṣ, &c., art. نفز.)

نَوَاقِزُ, [pl. of نَاقِزَةٌ,] The legs of an antelope, (A,) or of a beast of carriage. (Ḳ.) See also نَافِزَةٌ.