قبص

1 قَبَصَهُ ذ , aor. قَبِصَ , (M, A, K,) inf. n. قَبْصٌ, (S, M,) He took it with the ends of his fingers; (S, M, A, K;) the action which it denotes being less than that termed قَبْضٌ; (M;) the latter signifying the “ taking with the whole of the hand; ” (Bd, xx. 96;) as also ↓ قبصّهُ, (Ibn-'Abbád, K,) inf. n. تَقْبِيصٌ. (TA.) Thus, accord. to one reading, [in the Kur, xx. 96,] فَقَبَصْتُ قَبْصَةً مِنْ أَثَرِ الرَّسُولِ; (S, M, A, TA;) and, accord. to another, قُبْصَةً; (TA;) [in each] with ص [in both instances] instead of ض, with which the passage is commonly read; (TA;) meaning, [ And I took with the ends of my fingers somewhat ] of the dust from the footstep of the horse of the messenger Gabriel. (Jel.) [But see قبض.] You say also, قُبْصَةً ↓ اـِقْتَبَصْتُ [ I took for myself somewhat with the ends of my fingers ]. (A.) And مِنْ أَنْوَارِكَ ↓ جِئْتُ لِأَقْتَبِسَ وَأَقْتَبِصَ مِنْ اآثَارِكَ (tropical:) [ I came to acquire of thy lights of knowledge, and pick up somewhat of thy traditions ]. (A.)