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 Qur'an, 86:3 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.)

(assumed tropical:) A زَنْد (q. v.) that emits fire, when struck. (TA.)

(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.)

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.)

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.)

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:) plural (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.)