قبس

1 قَبَسَ نَارًا ذ , aor. قَبِسَ , (Msb, K,) inf. n. قَبْسٌ, (T, K,) He took fire, مِنْهُ [ from him; ] (K;) as also ↓ اقتبسها: (S, K:) or he took fire from the main mass thereof; (Msb;) as also ↓ اقتبس [alone]. (Msb, K.) ― -b2- [Hence,] قَبَسَ عِلْمًا, (and مِنَ العِلْمِ, TA,) (assumed tropical:) He acquired knowledge, مِنْهُ [ from him; ] (Ks, K, TA;) as also ↓ اقتبسهُ: (Ks, S, K, TA:) or he learned knowledge; as also ↓ اقتبس. (Msb.) ― -b3- [Hence also, قَبَسَ حُمَّى (assumed tropical:) He caught a fever from another; as also ↓ اقتبسها.] You say, هٰذِهِ حُمَّى قَبْسٍ (assumed tropical:) This is a fever caught from another; not accidentally inbred: (A, TA:) but Sgh explains it differently, as signifying an accidental fever. (TA.) And الحُمَّى مِنْ غَيْرِهِ وَلَمْ ↓ اقتبس تَعْرِضْ لَهُ مِنْ نَفْسِهِ (assumed tropical:) [ He caught the fever from another; and it did not accidentally come to him from himself ]. (A, TA.) -A2- قَبَسَ مِنْهُ نَارًا, aor. قَبِسَ , inf. n. قَبْسٌ, [ He sought from him fire; (see its part. n., below;)] (S;) [and so ↓ اقتبسه, for اقتبس مِنْهُ نَارًا; for you say,] اِقْتَبَسْنَا فُلَانًا فَأَبَى ان يُقْبِسَنَا, meaning, [ We sought fire from such a one, and he refused ] to give us fire. (TA.) ― -b2- [And hence, قَبَسَ عِلْمًا (assumed tropical:) He sought knowledge; (see, again, its part. n., below;) and so ↓ اقتبسهُ; as appears from an explanation of the part. n. of this latter also; and from the saying,] أَتَانَا فُلَانٌ يَقْتَبِسُ العِلْمَ فَأَقْبَسْنَاهُ, meaning, (assumed tropical:) [ Such a one came to us seeking knowledge, and ] we taught him. (TA.) -A3- Also, قَبَسَ النَّارَ He lighted, or kindled, the fire. (IKtt.) -A4- See also 4, passim.