ن • ق • ث

, aor. نَقُثَ ; and ↓ نقّث, (inf. n. تَنْقِيثٌ, S,) and ↓ انتقث; He hastened, was quick. (S, K.) خَرَجْتُ أَنْقُثُ I went forth hastening. (S.) خَرَجَ يَنْقُثُ السَّيْرَ, and ↓ يَنْتَقِثُ, He went forth hastening in his pace. (TA.) نَقَثَ, حَدِيثَهُ [aor. نَقُثَ ,] He mixed, or confounded, his discourse, like as one mixes food. (K.) -A2- نَقَثَهُ بِالكَلَامِ, [aor. نَقُثَ ,] (and ↓ انتقثهُ, TA,) He hurt him by words. (K.) -A3- نَقَثَ الأَرْضَ, aor. نَقُثَ , inf. n. نَقْثٌ. He dug up the earth with a hoe or shovel. (AZ.) نَقَثَ شَيْيءًا; (or, accord. to the TA. عَنْ شَىْءٍ,) and ↓ انتقث, He dug up the earth from a thing. (K.) نَقَثَ العَظْمَ (aor. نَقُثَ , inf. n. نَقْثٌ, TA;) and ↓ انتقثهُ; and ↓ تنقّثه; (TA;) He took out, or extracted, the marrow from the bone. (K.) See also نَقَتَ. (TA.) نَقَثَ, inf. n. نَقْثٌ; and ↓ نقّث, inf. n. تَنْقِيثٌ; He removed a thing. Ex. لَا تُنَقِّثُ مِيرتَنَا She used not to remove our wheat, or provision, nor to take it forth, nor scatter it; but kept it faithfully. (TA, from a trad.)

He endeavoured to make a woman incline to him, and to render her affectionate to him: (K:) as though he drew forth her love, like as one draws forth the marrow from a bone. (TA.) تنقّث ضَيْعَتَهُ i. q. تَعَهَّدَهَا. (TA.) See 1.

(in measure like قَطَامِ) The hyena. (K.)

i. q. نَبِيثَتُهَا. (TA voce قَاحَةٌ, in art. قوح.)

Malicious, or mischievous, misrepresentation; calumny; slander. (IAar.)