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نب
Root entry · 1 derived lemma1 نَبَّ ذ , aor. نَبِ3َ , inf. n. نَبِيبٌ (S, K) and نَبٌّ and نُبَابٌ; and ↓ نَبْنَبَ; He (a goat) uttered a sound, or cry, [or rattled, ] and was excited by desire of the female: (S:) or uttered a sound, or cry, [or rattled, ] when excited by desire of the female, (K,) or at rutting-time. (TA.) لَا تَنِبُّوا عِنْدِى نَبِيبَ التُّيُوسِ (assumed tropical:) Do not cry out [ in my presence like as he-goats rattle at rutting-time ]. Said by 'Omar to some persons who had come to make a complaint to him. (TA.) ― -b2- [Hence,] نَبَّ (assumed tropical:) He desired sexual intercourse. (TA.) ― -b3- نَبَّ عَتُودُهُ (assumed tropical:) He was proud, or behaved proudly, and magnified himself. (K.)
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نَبَّverb
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لَا تَنِبُّوا عِنْدِى نَبِيبَ
نَبَّ عَتُودُهُ