ثقب

ثَقْبٌ ثقب ثقبة (S, A, Mgh, Msb. K) and ↓ ثُقْبٌ (Msb) and ↓ ثَقْبَةٌ (S, A, Mgh, Msb) A hole, perforation, or bore, that penetrates, or passes through, a thing; (A, Mgh, K;) accord. to Mtr, (Msb,) only such as is small; (Mgh, Msb;) such as is large being termed نَقْبٌ, with ن: (Mgh:) or a hole that is not deep: or, as some say, a hole descending into the earth: (Msb: [but this last explanation is not of general application:]) said to be opposed to شَقٌّ: (TA:) pl. [of mult.] (of the first word, S, Msb, K) ثُقُوبٌ (S, A, Msb, K) and [of pauc.] أَثْقُبٌ (K) and (of ثُقْبَةٌ, S, Msb) ثُقَبٌ (S, A, Msb) and ثُقُبٌ. (S [in which this last is said to be with damm, meaning, to the ق, not (as some have supposed) to the ث only,] and A.) ثُقْبٌ: see ثَقْبٌ. ثُقْبَةٌ: see ثَقْبٌ.