ن • ص • ت

, aor. نَصِبَ , (L, K,) inf. n. نَصْتٌ; (L;) and ↓ انصت, inf. n. إِنْصَاتٌ, (S, L, K) which latter is the more approved; (L;) and ↓ انتصت; (L, K;) He was silent: (L, K:) or he was silent and listened: (S:) or he was silent to listen: (L:) or he was silent as one listening: (Er-Rághib:) or he listened: (Msb:) or انتصب signifies he stood, or paused, listening. (Msb.) ↓ أَنْصَتَهُ, and انصت لَهُ, (S, K,) and إِلَيْهِ, (Z,) and نَصَتَ لَهُ, (L,) He was silent, and listened to his speech. (S, K, &c.)

He made him silent; silenced him. (Sh, K.) انصتهُ عَنِّى He made him to be silent, [and to abstain] from [speaking of, or to,] me. (As.) See 1. -A2- انصت لِلَّهْوِ He inclined to play, or sport. (IAar, K.)

He asked him, or desired him, to be silent: (K:) or, to be silent and to listen to him. (TA.)

Silence: [or silence and listening, &c.] (K.)