نبح

4 انبحهُ ذ and ↓ استنبحهُ, He made him (a dog) to bark: (S, K:) الكَلْبَ ↓ استنبح he excited, or induced, the dog to bark: said of man when, having lost his way, he imitates the bark of that animal, in order that a dog may hear him, and, imagining him to be a dog, may bark, and so guide him. (L.) Said also of a guest, [or one who would be a guest, and who desires to guide himself to a place of entertainment]. (A.) [See an ex. cited, from the poet El-Akhtal, voce اـِرْدَبٌّ.]