قنص

1 قَنَصَهُ ذ , (S, M, A, K,) aor. قَنِصَ , (M, A, K,) inf. n. قَنْصٌ (S, M,) and قَنَصٌ; (M;) and ↓ اقتنصهُ; and ↓ تقنّصهُ; (S, M, A, K;) He took, captured, or caught, it; made it his prey; snared, insnared, or entrapped, it; hunted, or chased, it; or sought to take, capture, or catch, it; syns. صَادَهُ, (S, M, A, K,) and اِصْطَادَهُ, (S, K,) and تَصَيَّدَهُ; (S;) namely, a wild animal, or a number of wild animals. (M, A.) [Hence] you say, هُوَ يَقْنِصُ الفُرْسَانَ, and ↓ يَقْتَنِصُهُمْ, (tropical:) He captures the horsemen. (TA.)