نبز

1 نَبَزَهُ ذ , aor. نَبِزَ , inf. n. نَبْزٌ, He called him, or named him, by a by-name, surname, or nickname; he by-named him, surnamed him, or nicknamed him; syn. لَقَّبَهُ; (S, Msb, K;) mostly signifying he called him, or named him, by a nickname, a name of reproach, or an opprobrious appellation; (TA;) as also ↓ نبّزهُ: (K:) or the latter is with teshdeed to denote muchness, or frequency, or repetition, of the action, or its application to many objects: you say, بِالصَّبْيَانِ ↓ فُلَانٌ يُنَبِّزُ Such a one by-names, surnames, or [rather] nicknames, the children; syn. يُلَقِّبْهُمْ. (S.) ― -b2- النَّبْزُ is also syn. with اللَّمْزُ; (K;) or is like the latter: (TA;) [i. e., نَبَزَهُ also signifies He upbraided, or reproached, him; or the like. ]