ه ن ب س

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to the act of stealthily seeking or investigating information, akin to spying or probing.

Derived headwords

الهِنْبِسَةnoun

1.
Stealthy investigationclassical
The act of secretly seeking or inquiring about news or information.

التَهَنُّبُسnoun

1.
Stealthy investigationclassical
The act of secretly seeking or inquiring about news or information. This is a verbal noun form.

تَهَنَّبَسَverb

1.
To investigate stealthilyclassical
To secretly seek or inquire about news or information, often in a probing manner.

أهمله الجوهري، وقال ابن القطاع: هو التحسس عن الأخبار

Al-Jawhari neglected it, and Ibn al-Qatta' said: it is to seek out news.

وقد تهنبس

And he investigated stealthily.

هكذا بالحاء في الأصول، ويروى التجسس، بالجيم

Thus with 'Ha' in the sources, and it is narrated as 'Tajassus' with 'Jim'.

ويقال: مر يتهنبس أخبار الناس

And it is said: He passed by, stealthily seeking people's news.

وأورده الصاغاني وصاحب اللسان، ولم يعزياه، وهو في الجمهرة لابن دريد

Al-Saghani and the author of Al-Lisan mentioned it, without attributing it, and it is in Al-Jamhara by Ibn Duraid.