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ثقّب ثقب ثقبة : see 1, in two places. ― -b2- [Hence,] (tropical:) He (a bird) soared high, piercing the region of the air next to the clouds: (A, TA:) or reached, or ascended to, the midst of the sky. (TA.) ― -b3- ثقّبهُ الشَّيْبُ , (JK, A, K,) inf. n. تَثْقِيبٌ ; (JK, K;) and ثقّب فِيهِ ; (IAar, K;) (tropical:) Hoariness appeared upon him: (K:) or began to appear upon him: (A, TA:) or became intermixed in his hair; or appeared and spread upon him; or his blackness and whiteness of hair became equal. (A, TA.) And ثقّب الشَّيْبُ بِاللِّحْيَةِ (tropical:) Hoariness commenced in the sides of the beard. (A.) ― -b4- ثقّب عُودُ العَرْفَجِ (tropical:) The stalk of the عرفج [q. v.], the plant being rained upon, became soft: (S:) or the sap ran in it, and it put forth leaves. (JK, A.) When it has become blackish, one says of it, قَبِلَ : when it has increased a little, أَدْبَى ; in which state it is fit to be eaten: and when its خُوص are perfect, أَخْوَصَ . (S.) -A2- ثقّب , (A, K,) inf. n. تَثْقِيبٌ , (S, K,) also signifies (tropical:) He made a lamp, and a fire, to burn, shine, glisten, or gleam, very brightly, as though piercing through the darkness, and dispelling it; and so ↓ اثقب ; (A, TA;) and the latter, he kindled a fire (TA) with tinder, (A, TA,) or camel's dung, or the like: (A:) or both signify he made a fire to burn brightly; to burn, blaze, or flame, up; (S, K;) and so ↓ تثقّب : (K:) or, accord. to AZ, النَّارَ ↓ اثقب , inf. n. اـِثْقَابٌ , signifies he scraped a hole for the fire, in the ground, then put upon it, [i. e. the fire] dung, such as is called بَعْر , and small pieces of fire-wood or similar fuel, and then buried it in the dust; and so النَّارَ ↓ تثقّب , and بِهَا ↓ تثقّب ; as also مسّك بِالنَّارِ , inf. n. تَمْسِبكٌ : and النَّارَ ↓ تثقّب signifies also he struck fire: and ↓ اثقب , inf. n. as above, he made a spark to fall from a زَنْد , q. v. (TA.)

أَثْقَبَ see 2, in three places.

تَثَقَّبَ see 1, first sentence: ― -b2- and see also 2, in four places: -A2- and 7, in two places.

انثقب أنثقب انثقب ٱنثقب It was, or became, perforated, bored, or pierced; and in like manner, [but properly, as quasi-pass. of 2, signifying it was, or became, perforated, &c., much or in many places,] ↓ تثقّب . (K.) You say, الجِلْدُ ↓ تثقّب The skin was, or became, pierced with holes by the [ticks called] حَلَم . (S, A.)

ثَقْبٌ ثقب ثقبة (S, A, Mgh, Msb. K) and ↓ ثُقْبٌ (Msb) and ↓ ثَقْبَةٌ (S, A, Mgh, Msb) A hole, perforation, or bore, that penetrates, or passes through, a thing; (A, Mgh, K;) accord. to Mtr, (Msb,) only such as is small; (Mgh, Msb;) such as is large being termed نَقْبٌ , with ن : (Mgh:) or a hole that is not deep: or, as some say, a hole descending into the earth: (Msb: [but this last explanation is not of general application:]) said to be opposed to شَقٌّ : (TA:) pl. [of mult.] (of the first word, S, Msb, K) ثُقُوبٌ (S, A, Msb, K) and [of pauc.] أَثْقُبٌ (K) and (of ثُقْبَةٌ , S, Msb) ثُقَبٌ (S, A, Msb) and ثُقُبٌ . (S [in which this last is said to be with damm, meaning, to the ق , not (as some have supposed) to the ث only,] and A.) ثُقْبٌ : see ثَقْبٌ . ثُقْبَةٌ : see ثَقْبٌ .

ثِقَابٌ ثقاب : see what next follows.

ثَقُوبٌ ثقب ثقوب (tropical:) Fuel; or a thing with which fire is kindled, or made to burn brightly, or to burn, blaze, or flame, up; (JK, S, A;) as also ↓ ثِقَابٌ ; (K;) consisting of small sticks, (S, TA,) or dung, such as is called بَعْر ; (A, TA;) and tinder. (JK, A, TA.)

ثَقِيبٌ ثقيب (tropical:) A man very red; (JK, A, K;) so as to be likened to the flame of fire: (A:) fem. with ة . (JK, A.) ― -b2- See also ثَاقِبٌ , in three places.

ثَاقِبٌ ثاقب (tropical:) A star, and a lamp, and fire, (A,) or a flame of fire, or a shooting star, (S,) shining brightly: (S:) or shining, glistening, or gleaming, very brightly, as though piercing through the darkness, and dispelling it. (A, TA.) النَّجْمُ الثَّاقِبُ [in the Kur lxxxvi. 3] means (tropical:) The star, or asterism, brightly shining; (Fr, Bd, L;) as though it pierced through the darkness, or the celestial spheres, by its light: (Bd:) or the star, or asterism, that is high, above the others: or the planet Saturn: (L, K:) or the Pleiades, or any star or asterism, brightly shining; because it pierces through the darkness by its light. (Jel.) ― -b2- (assumed tropical:) A زَنْد (q. v.) that emits fire, when struck. (TA.) ― -b3- (tropical:) Applied to حَسَب [i. e. nobility, or grounds of pretension to respect or honour], it means Famous and exalted: (Lth, JK, A, * TA:) or bright; brilliant. (As, TA.) ― -b4- And hence, (tropical:) applied to knowledge [as meaning Penetrating, or brilliant]. (As, TA.) You say also ثَاقِبُ العِلْمِ , for ثَاقِبٌ فِى العِلْمِ , meaning (tropical:) Brilliant [or penetrating] in knowledge; as also ↓ مِثْقَبٌ : (TA:) which latter signifies also (tropical:) learned, and sagacious, or intelligent; (TA;) penetrating in judgment: (K:) and ثَاقِبُ الرَّأْىِ (tropical:) a man of sound and penetrating judgment, sagacity, or intelligence. (A, TA.) ― -b5- أَتَتْنِى عَنْهُمْ عَيْنٌ ثَاقِبَةٌ , (JK,) or عَنْكَ , (A, TA,) (tropical:) There came to me, from them, or from thee, certain, or sure, news or information. (JK, A, TA.) ― -b6- نَاقَةٌ ثَاقِبٌ (tropical:) A she-camel having much milk; abounding with milk; (AZ, JK, S, A, K;) as also ↓ ثَقِيبٌ ; (AZ, JK, K;) and ↓ ثَقِيبَةٌ : (TA, voce نَقِيبَةٌ :) pl. (of the former, A) نُوقٌ ثُقُبٌ , (so in a copy of the A,) or ثُقَّبٌ . (TA.) One says also, مِنَ الاـِبِلِ ↓ اـِنَّهَا لَثَقِيبٌ , meaning Verily she is one that vies with the other camels abounding with milk, and surpasses them in abundance thereof. (TA.)

أَثْقَبُ [More, and most, piercing, or penetrating: &c.] ― -b2- [Hence,] أَثْقَبُ حَطَبٍ نَارًا (assumed tropical:) [The most excellent of fire-wood in yielding fire]. (TA in art. مظ .)

أُثْقُوبٌ (assumed tropical:) A man (TA) who enters, or penetrates, much into affairs. (K, TA.)

مَثْقَبٌ مثقب (assumed tropical:) A great road, (K, TA,) which people [as it were] pierce, or perforate, by their tread. (TA.) [See also what next follows.]

مِثْقَبٌ مثقب An instrument with which one perforates, bores, or pierces; a drill, or the like: (S, A, Msb, K:) pl. مَثَاقِبُ . (A.) ― -b2- And hence, (tropical:) A road passing through a mountain; as though perforating it: (A, TA:) or a road passing through a stony and rugged tract: (L, TA:) and, with the article ال , particularly applied to the road of El- 'Irák, (A, K,) from El-Koofeh (K) to Mekkeh: (A, K:) or a road between El-Yemámeh and ElKoofeh: (L, TA:) and a road between Syria and El-Koofeh: (K:) or, accord. to El-Bekree and the Marásid, a road called after a man named مثقب . (MF, TA.) Hence the saying, هُوَ طَلَّاعُ المَثَاقِبِ , (tropical:) i. q. طَلَّاعُ الثَّنَايَا [q. v. voce ثَنِيَّةٌ ]. (A, TA.) ― -b3- See also ثَاقِبٌ .

دُرٌّ مُثَقَّبٌ در مثقب (S, A) i. q. ↓ مَثْقُوبٌ [i. e. Bored, perforated, or pierced, pearls]: (S, TA:) the pl. of the latter is مَثَاقِيبُ . (TA.) ― -b2- اـِهَابٌ مُثَقَّبٌ A hide pierced with holes by [the ticks called] حَلَم . (A, TA.) ― -b3- حَنَّ كَمَا حَنَّ اليَرَاعُ المُثقَّبُ [He, or it, uttered plaintive sounds like the reed pierced with holes; i. e., the musical reed]. (A, TA.)

مَثْقُوبٌ مثقوب : see مُثَقَّبٌ .