نطح

دَائِرَةُ النَّاطِحِ ذ A certain circular or spiral curl of hair on a horse, which is deemed unlucky. (L.) [See نَطِيحٌ.] ― -b2- نَاطِحٌ (tropical:) A difficulty; a distressing event; an affliction; a calamity: pl. نَوَاطِحُ. (S, K.) Ex. أَصَابَهُ نَاطِحٌ A difficulty, or distressing event, befell him. (S.) نَوَاطِحُ الدَّهْرِ The difficulties, &c., of fortune. (S.) ― -b3- النَّطْحُ وَالنَّاطِحُ (tropical:) [ The two stars called ] الشَّرَطَانِ, [q. v.,] which are [ the two stars in ] the two horns of Aries: (S, K:) [ the first of the Mansions of the Moon: the latter is b, and the former a:] ISd says, that ↓ النَّطْحُ is a star which is one of the Mansions of the Moon, and from [ the auroral rising of ] which one augurs evil: and IAar says, that one says, نَطْحٌ and النَّطْحُ, without and with ال; and the like in the case of the name of any of the Mansions of the Moon. (TA.) The Arabs said اـِذَا طَلَعَ النَّطْحُ طَابَ السَّطْحُ (tropical:) [ When En-Nat-h rises aurorally, the house-top becomes pleasant as a place on which to sit in the evening, or on which to sleep]. (A.) ― -b4- مَا لَهُ نَاطِحٌ وَلَا خَابِطٌ He has neither sheep, or goat, nor camel. (S, K.)