نَحْوٌ ذ The like of a thing: syn. مِثْلٌ. (TA.) ― -b2- Quantity, &c.; syn. مِقْدَارٌ. (TA.) ― -b3- A division, &c.; syn. قِسْمٌ. (TA.) ― -b4- نَحْوَهُ: see نَحَا. ― -b5- نَحْوُ الثَّلَاثَةِ About three. فِى نَحْوِ ثَلَاثِ سَاعَاتٍ In about three hours. ― -b6- عَرَفْتُهُ فِى نَحْوِ كَلَامِهِ and فى لَحْنِ كلامه and فى مِعْرَاضِ كلامه signify the same. (Msb in art. عرض.) See the last of these, voce عَرُوضٌ. ― -b7- اِتَّئِدْ عَلَى نَحْوِكَ, i. e. أَوِّنْ عَلَى قَدْرِكَ [or مِقْدَارِكَ]: see art. اون.
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