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نض

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

10 استنضّ الثِّمَادَ ذ He sought repeatedly and perseveringly the [ small quantities, or remains, termed ] ثِمَاد of water, and took of them little by little. (TA [in which, however, الثِّمَارَ is erroneously put for الثِّمَادَ].) ― -b2- [Hence,] هُوَ يَسْتَنِضُّ مَعْرُوفًا (tropical:) He seeks, or demands, bounty, or a benefit, as it were drop by drop; syn. يَسْتَقْطِرُهُ: (K, TA:) or extracts, or elicits, it: (TA:) or seeks, or demands, its accomplishment. (A, TA.) And هُوَ يَسْتَنِضُّ حَقَّهُ, (S, K,) or حقّه ↓ يَنْتَضُّ, (so in a copy of the Msb,) (assumed tropical:) He seeks, or demands, the accomplishment of his right, or due, (S, Msb, K,) and takes, or receives, (S,) part after part, (S, Msb,) مِنْ فُلَانٍ from such a one: (S:) or extracts, or elicits, it, part after part. (K.) And مَنْهُ حَقِّى ↓ تَنضَّضْتُ [in one copy of the K ↓ تَنَضْنَضْتُ] (assumed tropical:) I took, or exacted, or received, fully, or wholly, from him, my right, or due, (K, TA,) part after part: (TA) [as also تَنَضَّضْتُهُ مِنْه.] And الحَاجَةُ ↓ تَنَضَّضْتُ [in one copy of the K ↓ تَنَضْنَضْتُ] A I sought, or demanded, the accomplishment of the want. (K.)

Derived headwords

استنضّ الثِّمَادَverb
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هُوَ يَسْتَنِضُّ
هُوَ يَسْتَنِضُّ حَقَّهُ
مِنْ فُلَانٍ
مَنْهُ حَقِّى