نوط

مَنَاطٌ ذ A place of suspension, or hanging. (Msb.) ― -b2- [Hence the saying,] فُلَانٌ مِنِّى مَنَاطَ الثُّرَيَّا (tropical:) [ Such a one is with respect to me as though he were in the place of suspension of the Pleiades ]; i. e., in distance: (Sb, S, K * [in the K, هذا is put for فُلَانٌ; and in the CK, مَناطُ is erroneously put for مناطَ]:) or the meaning is, in such a station: the prep. being understood, as in ذَهَبْتُ الشَأْمَ and دَخَلْتُ البَيْتَ: Z says, هُمْ مِنِّى مَنَاطَ الثُّرَيَّا (tropical:) [ they are &c.] by reason of their elevated state. (TA.)