قَبَسَ(n. ac. قَبْس) a. [acc. & Min], Took, got, acquired, obtained from; sought from; learnt from. b. see IV (b) أَقْبَسَa. Gave fire to. b. Taught, imparted (knowledge) to; taught instructed. إِقْتَبَسَa. see I (a)b. Borrowed passages from, quoted (author). قَبْسَةa. The borrowing fire. b. Loan; borrowed passage, quotation. c. Eagerness, alacrity. قِبْسa. Origin. قَبَسa. Fire; live-coal; fire-brand. مَقْبِس (pl. مَقَاْبِسُ) a. Fire-brand; charcoal. b. Brazier. مِقْبَسa. see 4 قَاْبِس (pl. أَقْبَاْس) a. A taker, a borrower of fire. b. (pl. قَوَاْبِسُ), Seeker of knowledge, learner; teacher. قَاْبُوْسa. Handsome, comely. مِقْبَاْسa. see 4 N. Ag. إِقْتَبَسَa. see 21 N. P. إِقْتَبَسَa. see 4 N. Ac. إِقْتَبَسَa. Acquisition, acquirement ( of knowledge ).