نحب

نُحْبَةٌ ذ (tropical:) i. q. قُرْعَةٌ [ A lot used in sortilege: or lots collectively: or sortilege itself;] (K;) from نَاحَبَهَ “ he cited him before a judge; ” “ he contended with him for glory; ” and “ he laid a bet, or wager, with him; ” because it is, as it were, a judge, or that which decides, in a case of sortilege. (TA.) ― -b2- لَوْ عَلِمَ النَّاسُ مَا فِى الصَفِّ الأَوَّلِ لَا@قْتَتَلُوا عَلَيْهِ وَمَا تَقَدَّمُوا اـِلَّا بِنُحْبَةٍ [ If men knew what advantage is attained by being in the first row of the congregation in the mosque, they would fight for it, and not advance but by lot ]. (TA, from a trad.)