نَبْضٌ

[a verbal noun used as a subst., signifying The pulse].

Also, A pulsing vein, or artery: as in the saying جَسَّ الطَّبِيبُ نَبْضَهُ [The physician felt his pulsing vein, or artery: or his pulse]: but it is more chaste to say ↓ مَنْبِضَهُ q. v. (TA.)

See also نَبَضٌ.

[It is also used as an epithet. You say,] فُوءَادٌ نَبْضٌ, as also ↓ نَبَضٌ, and ↓ نَبِضٌ, (Sgh K,) and ↓ نَبِيضٌ, (A, TA,) (tropical:) A heart that is sharp in intellect, clever, acute, (A, Sgh, K,) and very brisk or lively or sprightly or prompt. (A, TA.)