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نرب

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

نَيْرَبٌ ذ (S, K) and ↓ نَيْرَبَةٌ (as in several copies of the K, [and I am inclined to think that this is the correct reading, as it may certainly be correctly used in the sense here given, being properly an inf. n., agreeably with analogy,] or ↓ مَنْرَبَةٌ (as in others, which is said in the TA to be the correct word, and to be given on the authority of AA, [but it exhibits an incongruity of letters: see 1:]) Mischief; malicious and mischievous misrepresentation, calumny, or slander. (S, K.) ― -b2- نَيْرَبٌ, fem. with ة; and ذُو نَيْرَبٍ; A mischievous man; (K;) one who utters malicious and mischievous misrepresentations, calumnies, or slanders. (TA.) ― -b3- نَيْرَبٌ A strong man. (K.)

Derived headwords

نَيْرَبٌ
  1. 1.
ذُو نَيْرَبٍ