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نصب

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

1 نَصَبَ ذ , aor. نَصُبَ , inf. n. نَصْبٌ; (S, K;) and ↓ نصّب; (K;) He set up, put up, set upright, erected, a thing: (S:) he elevated, raised, reared, a thing. (K.) ― -b2- He set up, a stone as a sign, or mark. (Msb.) ― -b3- نَصَبَ رَأْسَهُ He raised his head. (TA.) ― -b4- نَصِبَ, aor. نَصَبَ , inf. n. نَصَبٌ, He (a goat) had erect ears. (S: the inf. n. only mentioned.) ― -b5- نَصَبْتُ فُلاَنًا لِكَذَا I set, or set up, such a one as an obstacle to such a thing, or as a butt for such a thing, like the butt of archers. (TA, art. عرض.) ― -b6- نُصِبَ فُلَانٌ لِعِمَارَةِ البَلَدِ (tropical:) [ Such a one was set up, or appointed, for the putting, or keeping, of the town, or district, in a flourishing or prosperous state, with respect to building, culture, population, &c. ]. (A.) ― -b7- نَصَبَ, aor. نَصُبَ , inf. n. نَصْبٌ, (S, K,) or نَصَبَ نَصْبَ العَرَبِ, (S,) (assumed tropical:) He sang, or chanted, a kind of song, or chant, peculiar to the Arabs, (S, K, &c.,) of the description termed حُدَاء, (K,) [ by which camels are urged, or excited, ] or a kind of song (K) resembling what is thus termed, (S,) but finer, or more delicate. (S, K.) What is termed نَصْبٌ is The kind of singing, or chanting, above described: (S, K:) or a kind of حُدَاء resembling singing: (AA:) or a kind of modulation: (Sh:) or a kind of song, or chant, of the Arabs: (ISd:) or, of the Arabs of the desert: (TA:) or poetry such as is commonly recited, well regulated and set to an air: (Nh:) so called because, in [ singing or chanting ] it, the voice is raised, or elevated. (The Fáïk.) ― -b8- نَصَبَ الحَرْفَ, [aor. نَصِبَ , (not نَصُبَ ,) inf. n. نَصْبٌ,] He wrote, or pronounced, the [ final ] letter with نَصْب; (S;) which is, in the case of the final inflection of a word, like فَتْح in the non-inflection: (S, K:) [ i. e., he wrote it, or pronounced it, with نَصَبَ or نَصَبَ :) so called because the sound of a word of which the final letter is so pronounced rises to the highest cavity of the mouth. (Lth.) A conv. term of grammar. (S, K.) نَصَبَ الكَلِمَةَ [ He wrote, or pronounced, the word with نَصْب, i. e., making its vowel of inflection نَصَبَ نَصَبَ &c., according to the rules of grammar: ] he made the word to have fet-hah as its vowel of inflection. (Msb.) ― -b9- نَصَبَ لَه الحَرْبَ, (inf. n. نَصْبٌ, TA,) He made war upon him: syn. وَضَعَ. (K.) ― -b10- Of anything that is raised, and with which one goes to meet, or encounter, a thing, one says نُصِبَ, and of the agent, نَصَبَ. (M, K.) ― -b11- نَصَبَ لَهُ, aor. نَصُبَ , inf. n. نَصْبٌ, (tropical:) He acted with hostility, or enmity, towards him. (S, K.) See also 3. ― -b12- نَصَبْتُ لَهُ رَأْيًا (tropical:) I gave him counsel from which he should not deviate. (A.) ― -b13- نَصَبَ, aor. نَصُبَ , (inf. n. نَصْبٌ, TA,) He put down a thing: syn. وَضَعَ. Thus the verb bears two contr. significations. (K.) ― -b14- [ He set, or put, absolutely: often used in this sense.] ― -b15- نَصَبَهُ, aor. نَصِبَ ; and ↓ انصبه, (inf. n. اـِنْصَابٌ, TA,) It (disease) pained him; occasioned him pain. (K.) ― -b16- نَصَبَ السَّيْرَ, aor. نَصُبَ , (inf. n. نَصْبٌ, TA,) (assumed tropical:) He strove, or exerted himself, unusually in his pace: (K:) or نَصَبَ signifies he pursued his journey with diligence, or energy: (TA:) or he travelled on all the day, at a gentle pace: (S, K:) or he journeyed on all the night. (TA.) En-Nadr says, النَّصْبُ is the first pace; then, الدَّبَبُ, [but see وَسَجَ;] then, العَنَقُ; then, التَّزَيُّدُ; then, العَسْجُ; then, الرَّتْكُ; then, الوَخْدُ; then, الهَمْلَجَةُ. (TA.) -A2- نَصِبَ, aor. نَصَبَ , inf. n. نَصَبٌ, He was fatigued, tired, or wearied, (S, K.) ― -b2- نَصِبَ, inf. n. نَصَبٌ, He suffered difficulty, trouble, distress, or affliction. (TA.) ― -b3- نَصِبَ He strove; laboured; or toiled. (K.) ― -b4- فَاـِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَا@نْصَبْ [Kur, xciv. 7,] signifies And when thou shalt have finished thy prescribed prayers, fatigue thyself in supplication: (Katádeh, Jel:) or when thou shalt have finished the obligatory prayers, fatigue thyself in the performance of the voluntary. (TA.) See نَاصِبٌ.

Derived headwords

نَصَبَverb
  1. 1.
نَصَبَ رَأْسَهُ
نَصَبْتُ فُلاَنًا لِكَذَا
نُصِبَ فُلَانٌ لِعِمَارَةِ البَلَدِ
نَصَبَ نَصْبَ العَرَبِ
نَصَبَ الحَرْفَ
نَصَبَ الكَلِمَةَ
نَصَبَ لَه الحَرْبَ
نَصَبَ لَهُ
نَصَبْتُ لَهُ رَأْيًا
نَصَبَ السَّيْرَ
فَاـِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَا@نْصَبْ