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ندب

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

نَدْبٌ ذ A man who is light, or active, ( and quick, TA,) in the accomplishment of an affair, or a want; (S, K;) as also ↓ مِنْدَبَى (K) and ↓ مِنْدِبَى: (TA:) a man who, when he is sent to accomplish a great, or an important, affair, finds it light to him: (A:) clever, ingenious, or acute in mind; excellent: pl. نُدُوبٌ and نُدَبَاءُ: (K:) the former agreeable with analogy; the latter formed from the imaginary sing. نَدِيبٌ; like سُمَحَاءُ, pl. of سَمْحٌ. (TA.) ― -b2- نَدْبٌ, as applied to a horse, Sharp-spirited; (Lth, S;) contr. of بَلِيدٌ (Lth) excellent. (TA.) ― -b3- نَدْبٌ Lightness, or activity. (MF.) ― -b4- أَرَاكَ نَدْبًا فِى الحَوَائِجِ [ I see thee to be clever in accomplishing affairs, or wants. (A.) -A2- See نَدَبٌ.

Derived headwords

نَدْبٌ
  1. 1.
أَرَاكَ نَدْبًا فِى الحَوَائِجِ