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Form 1نَسَأَ17 senses · 3 main

muḍāriʿـَيَفْعَلُmaṣdarنَسْءٌ نَسَآءٌ

Core sense — he urged on a camel; he postponed a thing; he sold on creditgenerated

1.1he chid a camel and the like; he urged, or drove, it on—نسّأ

maṣdar also تَنْسِئَةٌ.

1.1.1he postponed, or delayed, a thing—نَسَأَ

maṣdar نَسْءٌ and مَنْسَأَةٌ [and نَسُوْءٌ, mentioned in art. وضأ] and انسأ.

Explained by أَخَّرَ, and also by كَلَأَ; the two words are synonymous.

[See an example of the use of انسا without a final ء in art. عقب, under عُقْبَة.]

1.1.2God postponed the end of his life, that is, prolonged his life—نَسَأَ اللّٰهُ فى أَجَلِهِ

انسأ اللّٰهُ أَجَلَهُ has the same meaning.

According to IKtt, نسأ اللّٰهُ اجله and انسأ فى اجله. All four of these ways of expressing it are allowable, and so are نسّأ اللّٰه اجله, نَسَأَهُ اللّٰه فى اجله and أَنْسَأَهُ اللّٰه أَجَلَهُ.

1.1.3his life was prolonged—أُنْسِئَ لَهُ فِى عُمُرِهِ

1.1.4he delayed the watering of the camels, keeping them from water beyond the usual time—نَسَأَ الإِبِلَ

1.1.5he increased the time between the two waterings of the camels by a day—نَسَأَ فِى ظِمْءِ الإِبِلِ

Or: by a day, or two days, or more.

1.1.6he kept back, or drove back, the camels from the tank, or cistern—نَسَأَ الإِبِلَ عَنِ الحَوْضِ

1.1.7What is the matter with him? May God disgrace him! or put him back!—مَالَهُ نَسَأَهُ اللّٰهُ

Whom God puts back, He disgraces.

1.1.8he sold a thing with the payment postponed; he sold it on credit—نَسَأَ

1.1.9he made the sale to him on credit—نَسَأَهُ البَيْعَ

انسأَهُ البيع has the same meaning.

he postponed for him the time of payment of the price of the thing sold—انسأَهُ المَبِيعَ

1.1.10he postponed for him the time of payment of his debt—نَسَأَ عَنْهُ دَيْنَهُ

Maṣdar نَسَآءٌ, انسأهُ دينه and انسأهُ الدَّيْنَ.

1.1.11her menstrual discharge came later than its usual time, so it was hoped that she was pregnant—نُسِئَتْ

Or: her discharge came later than its usual time and her pregnancy began; or she began to be pregnant; or she conceived.

A verb like عُنِىَ [that is, passive in form but intransitive in sense]; muḍāriʿ تُنْسَأُ.

1.2he mixed the milk with water—نَسَأَ اللَّبَنَ

1.2.1he mixed the milk with water for him—نسأ لَهُ اللَّبَنَ

نسأهُ اللّبن has the same meaning.

1.2.2he gave him نَسْء to drink—نَسَأَهُ

That is, wine, or milk.

1.2.3she licked her young one just after its birth—نَسَأَتْ

Said of an antelope.

1.3it became fat, or began to grow fat—نَسَأَ

Said of a camel, a sheep and the like.

That is, when its soft hair, after falling off, began to grow again.

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, aor. نَسَاَ , (S, K,) inf. n. نَسْءٌ ; (S;) and نسّأ , (S, K,) inf. n. تَنْسِئَةٌ , (S,) He chid (S, K) a camel (S) &c. (L) he urged, or drove, it. (S, K.) نَسَأَ , aor. نَسَاَ , inf. n. نَسْءٌ (S, K) and مَنْسَأَةٌ (K) [and نَسُوْءٌ , mentioned in the TA, art. وضأ ;] and انسأ ; (S, K;) He postponed, or delayed, a thing. (S, K. Explained in the S, K by أَخَّرَ , and in the K by كَلَأَ , also, both of which words, accord. to the TA, are syn.) [See an ex. of the use of انسا , without a final ء , in art. عقب , voce عُقْبَة .] نَسَأَ اللّٰهُ فى أَجَلِهِ , and انسأ اللّٰهُ أَجَلَهُ , God postponed the end of his life; i. e., prolonged his life: (so in the Fs:) accord. to IKtt, نسأ اللّٰهُ اجله , and انسأ فى اجله . (TA.) All of these four modes of expression are allowable: (MF:) as also نسّأ اللّٰه اجله : (Z:) and نَسَأَهُ اللّٰه فى اجله , and أَنْسَأَهُ اللّٰه أَجَلَهُ . (As, S.) أُنْسِئَ لَهُ فِى عُمُرِهِ , His life was prolonged. (TA, from a trad.) نَسَأَ الإِبِلَ , inf. n. نَسْءٌ , He delayed or deferred the watering of the camels; or kept them from water beyond the accustomed time. (L.) نَسَأَ فِى ظِمْءِ الإِبِلِ , (S, K,) inf. n. نَسْءٌ , (S,) He increased the time between the two drinkings, or waterings, of the camels, by a day: (A:) or by a day, or two days, or more. (A, L, K.) نَسَأَ الإِبِلَ عَنِ الحَوْضِ He kept back, or put back, or drove back, the camels from the tank, or cistern. (S, L, K. *) مَالَهُ نَسَأَهُ اللّٰهُ What aileth him! May God render him ignominious! (Kr, L,) or put him backward! (L.) Whom he puts backward, He renders ignominious. (L.) نَسَأَ , inf. n. نَسْءٌ , He sold a thing with postponement of the payment; he sold it upon credit. (TA.) نَسَأَهُ البَيْعَ , and انسأَهُ البيع , He made the sale to him to be on credit. (S, K.) انسأَهُ المَبِيعَ He postponed for him the period of the payment of the price of the thing sold. (A.) نَسَأَ عَنْهُ دَيْنَهُ , inf. n. نَسَآءٌ ; (Akh, S;) and انسأهُ دينه , (S, * K,) and انسأهُ الدَّيْنَ ; (Akh, S;) He postponed for him the period of the payment of his debt. (S, TA.) نُسِئَتْ , a verb like عُنِىَ , [i. e., pass. in form, but neut. in sense,] aor. تُنْسَأُ , inf. n. نَسْءٌ , Her menstrual discharge was later than its usual time, and it was therefore hoped that she was pregnant: (Kh, S, K:) or her menstrual discharge was later than its usual time, and her pregnancy commenced: (TA:) or she began to be pregnant: (As, S:) or she conceived. (As.) نَسَأَ اللَّبَنَ , (S, K, *) inf. n. نَسْءٌ , (TA,) He mixed the milk with water. (S, K. *) نسأ لَهُ اللَّبَنَ , and نسأهُ اللّبن , He mixed the milk with water for him. (TA.) نَسَأَهُ He gave him to drink نَسْء , q. v.; (K;) i. e. wine, or milk. (TA.) نَسَأَتْ She (an antelope) licked her young one just after its birth. (K.) نَسَأَ , (S, K,) inf. n. نَسْءٌ , (S,) It (a camel, sheep, &c.,) became fat: (TA:) or began to grow fat; when its soft hair ( وَبَر ), after falling off, began to grow again. (S, K.)

Form 2نَسَّاَ1 sense

Core sense — he postponed it, he delayed itgenerated

2.1

See form 1.

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see 1.

Form 4أَنْسَاَ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — he granted him a delay in payment, he gave him creditgenerated

4.1

See form 1.

4.1.1he granted him a delay of payment, or credit, in a sale or in the case of a debt—انسأهُ

4.1.2I made my way lead me far off—أَنْسَأْتُ سُرْبَتِى

[See art. سرب.]

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see 1. انسأهُ He granted him a delay of payment, or granted him credit, in a sale, or in the case of a debt. (A.) أَنْسَأْتُ سُرْبَتِى I made my way to lead me far off. (S.) [See art. سرب .]

Form 5تَنَسَّاَ1 sense

Core sense — he withdrew far offgenerated

5.1

See form 8.

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see 8.

Form 8انتسأ4 senses · 1 main

Core sense — it was postponed, or delayed; he withdrew far offgenerated

8.1

It was postponed, or delayed; the same as تَأَخَّرَ.

8.1.1it went far off in the pasture—انتسأ

Said of a camel.

8.1.2

Said of a party of people: they went far off.

8.1.3he withdrew far off from him, or from it—انتسأ عَنْهُ

ٱنْتَسُوا and تَنَسَّوا occur in two readings of a tradition in place of ٱنْتَسِئُوا, which is the correct reading, in this sense.

[So it appears that تنسّأ, according to some, also means he withdrew, and so on.]

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It was postponed, or delayed; syn. تَأَخَّرَ . (A.) انتسأ He (a camel, S,) went far off in the pasture. (S, K.) It (a party of people) went far off. (TA.) انتسأ عَنْهُ He retired, or withdrew far off, from him or it. (S.) ٱنْتَسُوا and تَنَسَّوا occur in two readings of a trad., for ٱنْتَسِئُوا , (which is the correct reading,) in this sense. (TA.) [Hence it appears that تنسّأ , accord. to some, also signifies he retired, &c.]

Form 10استنسأهُ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — he asked him to grant a delay in paymentgenerated

10.1

He asked him to postpone, or to grant him a delay in, the payment of his debt. [See also form 1.]

10.1.1he asked him to make the sale on credit, for payment at a future time—استنسأهُ البَيْعَ

10.1.2he asked his creditor to grant him a delay in the payment of his debt—استنسأ غَرِيمَهُ

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He asked him to postpone or to grant him a delay in, the payment of his debt. (S, K.) [See also 1.] استنسأهُ البَيْعَ He asked him to make the sale to be on credit, or for payment at a future period. (A.) استنسأ غَرِيمَهُ He asked his creditor to grant him a delay in the payment of his debt. (A.)

Derived nouns 10

Nounنَسْءٌ5 senses · 3 main

Core sense — a woman supposed to be pregnant; watery milk; wine; fatnessgenerated

1a woman who is supposed to be pregnant—نُسْءٌ

نِسْءٌ, نَسُوْءٌ and نُسُوْءٌ have the same meaning; or the meaning is: a woman in whom pregnancy has appeared.

a woman whose menstrual discharge is later than its usual time, so that she is hoped to be pregnant—نَسْءٌ

Also نَسُوْءٌ, and نَسِىْءٌ according to J and IM, though F rejects this.

Plural [of نسء] أَنْسَآءٌ and نُسُوْءٌ; نِسْوَةٌ نِسَآءٌ is also said; and sometimes the singular, being originally a maṣdar, is used as a plural.

2thin, watery milk; or milk mixed with water—نَسْءٌ

نَسِىْءٌ has the same meaning. [See form 1.]

2.1

Both words, or only the first: wine; drink that takes away the reason.

But نِسِىْءٌ is quoted in this sense from IAar, who is said to have pronounced it so, wrongly, for نَسِىْءٌ.

3fatness, or its beginning—نَسْءٌ

Its completeness, which follows upon eating dry food, is called إِقْتِرَارٌ.

3.1[Fatness, or its beginning, ran through the beasts of carriage]—جَرَى النَّسْءُ فى الدَّوَابِّ

Also read مَارَ.

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and نُسْءٌ and نِسْءٌ A woman who is supposed to be pregnant; (K;) as also نَسُوْءٌ (A, K) and نُسُوْءٌ : (A:) or in whom pregnancy has appeared: (K:) or, نَسْءٌ (K) and نَسُوْءٌ , (TA,) as also نَسِىْءٌ , accord. to J and IM, but this is rejected by F, (TA,) a woman whose menstrual discharge is later than its usual time, and who is therefore hoped to be pregnant: (S, K:) pl. [of نسء ] أَنْسَآءٌ and نُسُوْءٌ : and نِسْوَةٌ نِسَآءٌ is also said; and sometimes the sing. ( نَسْءٌ ), being originally an inf. n., is used as a pl. (TA.) نَسْءٌ and نَسِىْءٌ Thin, watery, milk: (K:) or milk mixed with water. (T, S.) [See 1.] Also, both words, (TA,) or the former only; (K, MF;) but نِسِىْءٌ is quoted in this sense, from IAar, who is said to have pronounced it thus, erroneously, for نَسِىْءٌ ; (TA;) Wine; (IAar;) drink that dispels the reason. (K.) نَسْءٌ Fatness: or its commencement; (K;) its completeness, (consequent upon eating dry food, being called إِقْتِرَارٌ . (S.) جَرَى النَّسْءُ فى الدَّوَابِّ , (S,) or مَارَ , (TA,) [Fatness, or its commencement, ran through the beasts of carriage].

Nounنِسْءٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — one who mixes, or converses, with othersgenerated

1he is one who mixes, or converses, with women—هُوَ نِسْءُ نِسَآءٍ

One who mixes, or converses, with others.

1.1

See نَسْءٌ.

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One who mixes, or converses, with others: ex. هُوَ نِسْءُ نِسَآءٍ He is one who mixes, or converses, with women. (K.) See نَسْءٌ .

Nounنُسْءٌ1 sense

Core sense — a woman who is supposed to be pregnantgenerated

This word, and نَسُوْءٌ, نُسُوْءٌ, نَسِىْءٌ and نِسِىْءٌ: see نَسْءٌ.

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and نَسُوْءٌ and نُسُوْءٌ and نَسِىْءٌ and نِسِىْءٌ : see نَسْءٌ .

Nounنَسَآءٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — length of lifegenerated

Length of life.

1.1[Let anyone who is pleased by length of life — though nothing in life lasts long — lighten his debts, take his morning meal early, delay his evening meal, and take little enjoyment in women]—مَنْ سَرَّهُ النَّسَآءُ وَلَا نَسَآءَ فَلْيُخَفِّفِ الرِّدَآءَ وَلْيُبَاكِرِ الغَدَآءَ وَلْيُؤَخِّرِ العَشَآءَ وَلْيُقِلَّ غِشْيَانَ النِّسَآءِ

The Fakeeh of the Arabs [El-Ḥārith Ibn-Keledeh, as stated in the Mz at the close of the 39th نوع, where the following is quoted] says this.

الرداء here means debt. The saying is cited with some variations in art. ردى.

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Length of life. (Akh, S, K.) The Fakeeh of the Arabs [El-Hárith Ibn-Keledeh, as said in the Mz, close of 39th نوع , where the following is quoted,] says, مَنْ سَرَّهُ النَّسَآءُ وَلَا نَسَآءَ فَلْيُخَفِّفِ الرِّدَآءَ وَلْيُبَاكِرِ الغَدَآءَ وَلْيُؤَخِّرِ العَشَآءَ وَلْيُقِلَّ غِشْيَانَ النِّسَآءِ [Let him whom length of life rejoiceth (but there is no long endurance in life) lighten his debts, and make his morning-meal early, and delay his evening-meal, and take little enjoyment in women]: (S, * TA:) الرداء here means debt. (T, M, TA, in art. ردى , where this saying is cited with some variations.)

Nounنَسِىْءٌ6 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a month the pagan Arabs postponed; a delay in paymentgenerated

Of the measure فَعِيلٌ in the sense of the measure مَفْعُولٌ.

A month which the Arabs, in the time of paganism, postponed; doing this is forbidden in the Qur'ān 9:37.

1.1[I am he whose saying, or decree, is not to be rejected]—أَنَا الَّذِى لَا يُرَدُّ لِى قَضَآءٌ

Also, as a maṣdar of نَسَأَ (which it is also said to be): the postponing of a month, that is, the postponing of the sacredness of a month and the transferring of it to another month.

[I am not to be accused of a sin, nor charged with a fault, nor is my saying, or decree, to be rejected]—إِنِّى لَا أُحَابُ وَلَا أُعَابُ وَلَا يُرَدُّ قَوْلِى

When the Arabs returned from Minā [after completing the pilgrimage], a man of the tribe of Kināneh would customarily stand up and say this.

Or ولا يردّ مَا قَضَيْتُ بِهِ, with the same meaning.

[Postpone a month for us]—أَنْسِئْنَا شَهْرًا

That is: postpone the sacredness of El-Moḥarram for us and transfer it to Ṣafar. They disliked having three months in a row in which they could make no raids, since they lived by raiding; so he freed El-Moḥarram from restriction for them. [But this, as appears from what is said in the Qur'ān 9:37, was not done every year.]

The tribes of Ṭeiyi and Khathʿam did not observe the sacred months, so the نَاسِئ (the postponer) declared it lawful to kill them during those months when they were the aggressors.

1.2

[The term نَسِىْء appears also to have been applied to the postponement of the time of the pilgrimage, which was another custom of the pagan Arabs.]

The Arabs liked the day of their return from pilgrimage always to fall at one season of the year, so they postponed it eleven days every year, while still keeping sacred the two months in which the pilgrimage took place, the month next after those two, and the month of Rejeb, at whatever season it fell.

[For the same purpose they at one time inserted an extra month in the third, sixth and eighth of every eight years. See the Qur'ān 9:36, where the prohibition of this custom is implied; and Sale's Preliminary Discourse, section 7.]

1.3

See نَسْءٌ.

1.4a postponement, or delay, in the time of payment of a debt, or of the price of a thing sold—نَسِىْءٌ

The first is a noun, and also a maṣdar; [and each of the others seems to be used sometimes as a maṣdar too].

نَسِيْئَةٌ and نُسْأَةٌ, the latter of the measure of كُلْأَةٌ, have the same meaning.

1.5he sold it on credit, for payment at a future time—بَاعَهُ بِنَسِيْئَةٍ

بِنُسْأَةٍ, and also بِكُلْأَةٍ, have the same meaning.

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, of the measure فَعِيلٌ in the sense of the measure مَفْعُولٌ , (S,) A month which the Arabs, in the time of paganism, postponed: (K:) the doing of which is forbidden in the Kur, ix. 37. (S.) Also, as an inf. n. of نَسَأَ , (which it is also said to be in the L,) The postponing of a month: i. e., the postponing of the sacredness of a month; transferring it to another month. When the Arabs returned from Mina, [after the accomplishment of the pilgrimage,] it was customary for a man of the tribe of Kináneh to arise and say, أَنَا الَّذِى لَا يُرَدُّ لِى قَضَآءٌ [“ I am he whose decree is not to be rejected ”]; (S;) or إِنِّى لَا أُحَابُ وَلَا أُعَابُ وَلَا يُرَدُّ قَوْلِى , or ولا يردّ مَا قَضَيْتُ بِهِ ; [“ Verily I am not to be accused of a sin, nor am I to be charged with a fault, nor is my saying, (or decree,) to be rejected; ”] (TA;) whereupon they would say, أَنْسِئْنَا شَهْرًا [“ Postpone for us a month ”]; i. e., “ Postpone for us the sacredness of El-Mo- harram, and transfer it to Safar: ” for they disliked that three months during which they might not make predatory expeditions should come upon them consecutively, as their subsistence was obtained by such expeditions: so he made ElMoharram free from restriction to them. (S.) [But this, as appears from what is said in the Kur, ix. 37, was not done every year.] The tribes of Teiyi and Khath'am did not observe the sacred months; therefore the نَاسِئ (or postponer) proclaimed it lawful to slay them therein, when they were aggressors. (TA.) [The term نَسِىْء appears also to have been applied to The postponement of the time of the pilgrimage; which was another custom of the Pagan Arabs, mentioned under this word in the TA.] The Arabs, liking that the day of their return from pilgrimage should always be at one season of the year, postponed it every year eleven days; at the same time keeping sacred the two months in which the pilgrimage took place, and the month next after those two, and also the month of Rejeb, at whatever season this fell. (TA.) [For the same purpose, at one time, they used to intercalate a month in the third and sixth and eight of every eight years. See Kur, ix. 36, where the prohibition of this custom is implied; and Sale's Prel. Disc., § vii.]. See نَسْءٌ . نَسِىْءٌ (K, TA) and نَسِيْئَةٌ and نُسْأَةٌ , (S, K,) like كُلْأَةٌ , (S,) A postponement, or delay, as to the time of the payment of a debt, or of the price of a thing sold, &c. (S, K, TA.) The first is a subst.; (K;) and also an inf. n.; (L;) [and each of the others seems to be sometimes used as such]. بَاعَهُ بِنَسِيْئَةٍ , and بِنُسْأَةٍ , (as also بِكُلْأَةٍ , S,) He sold it on credit; for payment to be made at a future period. (S, K, TA.)

Nounنَسِيْئَةٌ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a debt whose payment is deferred; a sale on creditgenerated

See نَسِىْءٌ.

1.1

A debt whose payment the creditor defers to a future time.

1.2

A sale on credit, in which the payment is deferred to a definite time.

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: see نَسِىْءٌ . Also, A debt of which the payment is deferred by the creditor to a future period. (TA.) A sale upon credit, in which the payment is deferred to a certain, or definite, period. (TA.)

Nounنَاسِئٌ2 senses

Core sense — one who postpones the sacredness of a month; anything growing fatgenerated

Plural نَسَأَةٌ and نَاسِئُونَ.

One whose office it was to perform the act called نَسِىْء, that is, the postponing of a month.

He was also called قَلَمَّسٌ, plural قَلَامِسُ.

2anything fat, or beginning to grow fat—نَاسِئٌ

In the K it is said كُلُّ نَاسِئٍ سَمِينٌ; in the L, كلّ سمين ناسئ, which is more proper.

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, pl. نَسَأَةٌ (S) and نَاسِئُونَ , (TA,) One whose office it was to perform the act called نَسِىْء ; i. e., the postponing of a month: (S, TA:) he was also called قَلَمَّسٌ , pl. قَلَامِسُ . (TA.) نَاسِئٌ Anything fat: or beginning to grow fat: in the K it is said, كُلُّ نَاسِئٍ سَمِينٌ : in the L, كلّ سمين ناسئ , which is more proper. (TA.)

Nounمَنْسَأَةٌ3 senses · 2 main

Core sense — a means of postponing, or of prolonginggenerated

See form 1.

1.1[Union with kindred is a means of increasing wealth and a means of prolonging one's memory]—صِلَةُ الرَّحِمِ مَثْرَاةٌ فِى المَالِ مَنْسَأَةٌ فِى الأَثَرِ

See مِنْسَأَةٌ.

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: see 1. صِلَةُ الرَّحِمِ مَثْرَاةٌ فِى المَالِ مَنْسَأَةٌ فِى الأَثَرِ [Union with kindred is a means of multiplying wealth, a means of prolonging one's memorial]. (TA, from a trad.) See مِنْسَأَةٌ .

Nounمِنْسَأَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a staff, or stick; a shepherd's great staffgenerated

1a staff, or stick; a shepherd's great staff—مَنْسَأَةٌ

Also used without ء.

So called because a beast is urged, or driven, with it.

For مِنْسَأَتَهُ in the Qur'ān 34:13 some read مِنْ سَأَتِهِ, that is, "from, or of, the end of his staff"; سأَة originally means the bent part at each end of a bow, and is used here figuratively. The author of the K disapproves of this reading, but it is supported by good authorities.

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(S, K) and مَنْسَأَةٌ , (K,) and also without ء , (S, K,) A staff, or stick: so called because a beast is urged or driven with it: (K:) a pastor's great staff. (TA.) For مِنْسَأَتَهُ , in the Kur, xxxiv. 13, some read مِنْ سَأَتِهِ ; i. e. “ from, or of, the end of his staff; ” سأَة originally signifying the “ bent part at each end of a bow; ” (Fr, TA, &c.;) and being here used tropically. (TA.) This reading is disapproved by the author of the K. but is supported by good authorities. (TA.)

Nounمُنْتَسَأٌ1 sense

Core sense — an interval, a distance, a spacegenerated

1I am far from you—إِنَّ لِى عَنْكَ لَمُنْتَسَأٌ

An interval, a distance, a space.

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An interval; a distance; a space. (S.) إِنَّ لِى عَنْكَ لَمُنْتَسَأٌ Verily I am far from thee. (S.)