نحب

نَحْبٌ ذ A vow. (S, K.) ― -b2- قَضَى نَحْبَهُ He died: or he was slain in an expedition undertaken for the sake of God's religion: originally meaning he accomplished his vow: see Kur, xxxiii. 23: (Msb:) as though he had constrained himself [by a vow] to fight until he died: (TA:) or it signifies he ended his term, or period of life; ended his days: (Fr, Zj:) [or he finished his time: (as implied in the S): or he yielded his soul: or he accomplished his want: ] from significations given below. (TA.) ― -b3- نَحْبٌ A great bet, or wager: syn. خَطَرٌ عَظِيمٌ. (K.) So in the following verse of Jereer: بِطِخْفَةَ جَالَدْنَا المُلُوكَ وَخَيْلُنَا عَشِيَّةَ بِسْطَامٍ جَرَيْنَ عَلَى نَحْبِ [ In Tikhfeh we contended with the sword with the kings; and our horses, in the evening of Bistám, ran for a great bet ]. (TA.) ― -b4- نَحْبٌ A proof; a demonstration; an evidence: syn. بُرْهَانٌ. (K.) ― -b5- A necessity; want; needful thing; an object of want or need: syn. حَاجَةٌ. (K.) See قَضَى نَحْبَهُ. ― -b6- (tropical:) Death. (K.) See قَضَى نَحْبَهُ, above. ― -b7- A term; fixed period; the period of life. (K.) See قَضَى نَحْبَهُ, above. ― -b8- The soul: syn. نَفْسٌ. (AO, K.) ― -b9- Mind; purpose; aspiration; desire; ambition: syn. هِمَّةٌ. (K.) -A2- خِمْسٌ نَحْبٌ A laborious journey: syn. دَائِبٌ. (S.) ― -b2- سَيْرٌ نَحْبٌ, (TA,) and ↓ سير مُنَحِّبٌ (K) (tropical:) A quick pace, or journey. (K, TA.) ― -b3- The same epithets are likewise applied, in the same sense, to a man. (TA.) ― -b4- نَحْبٌ A quick (or light, K,) pace, or mode of going, travelling, or journeying, (AA, S, K,) with much exertion and perseverance. (TA.) ― -b5- سَارَ فُلَانٌ عَلَى نَحْبٍ Such a one went on, travelled, or journeyed, with energy; [lit., for a great bet, or wager; ] as though he had laid a [great] bet, and therefore strove, or exerted himself. (S.) ― -b6- نَحْبٌ Length. (AA, K.) ― -b7- يوم نحب [so in the TA: perhaps, يَوْمُ نَحْبٍ, but more probably يَوْمٌ نَحْبٌ] A long day. (Er-Riyáshee.) ― -b8- نَحْبٌ A space of time: a time. (S, K.) See قَضَى نَحْبَهُ, above. ― -b9- Sleep: syn. نَوْمٌ. (L, K: in some copies of the K, يَوْمٌ TA.) ― -b10- Fatness. (K.) ― -b11- I. q. شِدَّةٌ [ Vehemence; violence; &c.: or distress; difficulty; adversity; &c. ]. (K.) ― -b12- A game of hazard: syn. قِمَارٌ. (K.) -A3- A great camel. (K.) Perhaps a mistake for نَجْبٌ. (TA.)