ثقب1 ثَقَبَ, (S, A, K, &c.,) aor. ـُ (JK, Msb,) inf. n. ثَقْبٌ, (JK, S, Msb,) He made a hole in a thing (JK, * S, * A, Mgh, Msb, K) with a مِثْقَب; (A, Msb;) meaning, a hole of small size; (Mgh;) such as passed through; he perforated, bored, or pierced, it: (A, Mgh, K:) and in like manner, ↓ ثقّب, (K,) but this signifies he did so much, or to several, or many, things; (S, TA;) and ↓ تثقّب. (K, TA) You say, ثَقَبَ الدُّرَّ [He bored, or perforated, or pierced, the pearls]; (A, TA;) and الاُّذُنَ [the ear]. (Mgh.) And ثَقَبَ القَرْحَ He pierced, or punctured, the purulent pustule, in order that the fluid, or water, in process of excretion, might issue. (A, TA.) and ثَقَبَ الحَلَمُ الجِلْدَ The [ticks called] حَلَم pierced  holes in the skin. (A, TA.) And البَرَاقِعَ ↓ ثَقَّبْنَ (A, Mgh) They made holes in the face-veils, (Mgh,) لِعُيُونِهِنَّ [for their eyes]: (A:) said of women. (Mgh.) b2:  [Hence,] ثَقَبَ الكَوْكَبُ, (K, and Ham p. 701,) [aor. ـُ inf. n. ثُقُوبٌ, (JK, Ham,) (tropical:)  The star shone brightly [as though it pierced through the darkness: see ثَاقِبٌ]: (K:) or shone and glistened intensely. (Ham ubi suprà.) And ثَقَبَتِ النَّارُ, (S, L, K,) aor. ـُ (S, L,) inf. n. ثُقُوبٌ (S, L, K) and ثَقَابَةٌ, (S, L,) (tropical:)  The fire burned brightly; burned, blazed, or flamed, up. (S, L, K.) And ثَقَبَ الزَّنْدُ, (JK, TA,) aor. ـُ inf. n. ثُقُوبٌ, (TA,) (assumed tropical:)  [The زند emitted fire]: said when the spark falls (JK, TA) upon [or from] the زند [or wooden instrument for producing fire]. (JK.) b3:  ثَقَبَتِ الرَّائِحَةُ (tropical:)  The odour diffused itself, and rose. (K, TA.) b4:  ثَقَبَ رَأْيُهُ, (K,) inf. n. ثُقُوبٌ, (TA,) (tropical:)  His judgment was penetrating; syn. نَفَذَ. (K.) b5:  ثَقَبَتِ النَّاقَةُ, (JK, S, K,) aor. ـُ inf. n. ثُقُوبٌ, (JK, TA,) (tropical:)  The she-camel had  much milk; abounded with milk. (JK, S, K.) A2:  ثَقُبَ, aor. ـُ (K,) inf. n. ثَقَابَةٌ, (JK, A, K,) (tropical:)  He (a man, JK, A) was, or became, very red; (JK, A, K;) so as to be likened to the flame of fire. (A, TA.) 2 ثقّب: see 1, in two places. b2:  [Hence,] (tropical:)  He (a bird) soared high, piercing the region of the air next to the clouds: (A, TA:) or reached, or ascended to, the midst of the sky. (TA.) b3: ثقّبهُ الشَّيْبُ, (JK, A, K,) inf. n. تَثْقِيبٌ; (JK, K;) and ثقّب فِيهِ; (IAar, K;) (tropical:)  Hoariness appeared upon him: (K:) or began to appear upon him: (A, TA:) or became intermixed in his hair; or appeared and spread upon him; or his blackness and whiteness of hair became equal. (A, TA.) And ثقّب الشَّيْبُ بِاللِّحْيَةِ (tropical:)  Hoariness commenced in the sides of the beard. (A.) b4:  ثقّب عُودُ العَرْفَجِ (tropical:)  The stalk of the عرفج [q. v.], the plant being rained upon, became soft: (S:) or the sap ran in it, and it put forth leaves. (JK, A.) When it has become blackish, one says of it, قَبِلَ: when it has increased a little, أَدْبَى; in which state it is fit to be eaten: and when its خُوص are perfect, أَخْوَصَ. (S.) A2:  ثقّب, (A, K,) inf. n. تَثْقِيبٌ, (S, K,) also signifies (tropical:)  He made a lamp, and a fire, to burn, shine, glisten, or gleam, very brightly, as though piercing through the darkness, and dispelling it; and so ↓ اثقب; (A, TA;) and the latter, he kindled a fire (TA) with tinder, (A, TA,) or camel's dung, or the like: (A:) or both signify he made a fire to burn brightly; to burn, blaze, or flame, up; (S, K;) and so ↓ تثقّب: (K:) or, accord. to Az, النَّارَ ↓ اثقب, inf. n. إِثْقَابٌ, signifies he scraped a hole for the fire, in the ground, then put upon it, [i. e. the fire] dung, such as is called بَعْر, and small pieces of fire-wood or similar fuel, and then buried it in the dust; and so النَّارَ ↓ تثقّب, and بِهَا ↓ تثقّب; as also مسّك بِالنَّارِ, inf. n. تَمْسِبكٌ: and النَّارَ ↓ تثقّب signifies also he struck fire: and ↓ اثقب, inf. n. as above, he made a spark to fall from a زَنْد, q. v. (TA.) 4 أَثْقَبَ see 2, in three places.5 تَثَقَّبَ see 1, first sentence: b2:  and see also 2, in four places: A2:  and 7, in two places.7 انثقب It was, or became, perforated, bored, or pierced; and in like manner, [but properly, as quasi-pass. of 2, signifying it was, or became, perforated, &c., much or in many places,] ↓ تثقّب. (K.) You say, الجِلْدُ ↓ تثقّب The skin was, or became, pierced with holes by the [ticks called]حَلَم. (S, A.) ثَقْبٌ (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.ثِقَابٌ: see what next follows.ثَقُوبٌ (tropical:)  Fuel; or a thing with which fire is kindled, or made to burn brightly, or to burn, blaze, or flame, up; (JK, S, A;) as also ↓ ثِقَابٌ; (K;) consisting of small sticks, (S, TA,) or dung, such as is called بَعْر; (A, TA;) and tinder. (JK, A, TA.) ثَقِيبٌ (tropical:)  A man very red; (JK, A, K;) so as to be likened to the flame of fire: (A:) fem. with ة. (JK, A.) b2:  See also ثَاقِبٌ, in three places.ثَاقِبٌ (tropical:)  A star, and a lamp, and fire, (A,) or a flame of fire, or a shooting star, (S,) shining  brightly: (S:) or shining, glistening, or gleaming, very brightly, as though piercing through the darkness, and dispelling it. (A, TA.) النَّجْمُ الثَّاقِبُ [in the Kur lxxxvi. 3] means (tropical:)  The star, or asterism, brightly shining; (Fr, Bd, L;) as though it pierced through the darkness, or the celestial spheres, by its light: (Bd:) or the star, or asterism, that is high, above the others: or the planet Saturn: (L, K:) or the Pleiades, or any star or asterism, brightly shining; because it pierces through the darkness by its light. (Jel.) b2:  (assumed tropical:)  A زَنْد (q. v.) that emits fire, when struck. (TA.) b3: (tropical:)  Applied to حَسَب [i. e. nobility, or grounds of pretension to respect or honour], it means Famous and exalted: (Lth, JK, A, * TA:) or bright; brilliant. (As, TA.) b4:  And hence, (tropical:)  applied to knowledge [as meaning Penetrating, or brilliant]. (As, TA.) You say also ثَاقِبُ العِلْمِ, for ثَاقِبٌ فِى العِلْمِ, meaning (tropical:)  Brilliant [or penetrating] in knowledge; as also ↓ مِثْقَبٌ: (TA:) which latter signifies also (tropical:)  learned, and sagacious, or intelligent; (TA;) penetrating in judgment: (K:) and ثَاقِبُ الرَّأْىِ (tropical:)  a man of sound and penetrating judgment, sagacity, or intelligence. (A, TA.) b5: أَتَتْنِى عَنْهُمْ عَيْنٌ ثَاقِبَةٌ, (JK,) or عَنْكَ, (A, TA,) (tropical:)  There came to me, from them, or from thee, certain, or sure, news or information. (JK, A, TA.) b6:  نَاقَةٌ ثَاقِبٌ (tropical:)  A she-camel having much milk; abounding with milk; (Az, JK, S, A, K;) as also ↓ ثَقِيبٌ; (Az, JK, K;) and ↓ ثَقِيبَةٌ: (TA, voce نَقِيبَةٌ:) pl. (of the former, A) نُوقٌ ثُقُبٌ, (so in a copy of the A,) or ثُقَّبٌ. (TA.) One says also, مِنَ الإِبِلِ ↓ إِنَّهَا لَثَقِيبٌ, meaning Verily she is one that vies with the other camels abounding with milk, and surpasses them in abundance thereof. (TA.) أَثْقَبُ [More, and most, piercing, or penetrating: &c.] b2:  [Hence,] أَثْقَبُ حَطَبٍ نَارًا (assumed tropical:)  [The most excellent of fire-wood in yielding fire]. (TA in art. مظ.) أُثْقُوبٌ (assumed tropical:)  A man (TA) who enters, or penetrates, much into affairs. (K, TA.) مَثْقَبٌ (assumed tropical:)  A great road, (K, TA,) which people [as it were] pierce, or perforate, by their tread. (TA.) [See also what next follows.]مِثْقَبٌ An instrument with which one perforates, bores, or pierces; a drill, or the like: (S, A, Msb, K:) pl. مَثَاقِبُ. (A.) b2:  And hence, (tropical:)  A road passing through a mountain; as though perforating it: (A, TA:) or a road passing through a stony and rugged tract: (L, TA:) and, with the article ال, particularly applied to the road of El-'Irák, (A, K,) from El-Koofeh (K) to Mekkeh: (A, K:) or a road between El-Yemámeh and ElKoofeh: (L, TA:) and a road between Syria and El-Koofeh: (K:) or, accord. to El-Bekree and the Marásid, a road called after a man named مثقب. (MF, TA.) Hence the saying, هُوَ طَلَّاعُ المَثَاقِبِ, (tropical:)  i. q. طَلَّاعُ الثَّنَايَا [q. v. voce ثَنِيَّةٌ]. (A, TA.) b3:  See also ثَاقِبٌ.دُرٌّ مُثَقَّبٌ (S, A) i. q. ↓ مَثْقُوبٌ [i. e. Bored, perforated, or pierced, pearls]: (S, TA:) the pl. of the latter is مَثَاقِيبُ. (TA.) b2:  إِهَابٌ مُثَقَّبٌ A hide pierced with holes by [the ticks called] حَلَم. (A, TA.) b3:  حَنَّ كَمَا حَنَّ اليَرَاعُ المُثقَّبُ [He, or it, uttered plaintive sounds like the reed pierced with holes; i. e., the musical reed]. (A, TA.) مَثْقُوبٌ: see مُثَقَّبٌ.