نعب

1 نَعَبَ ذ , aor. نَعَبَ and نَعِبَ , inf. n. نَعْبٌ and نَعِيبٌ (S, K) and نُعَابٌ (K) and نَعَبَانٌ and تَنْعَابٌ (S, K) He (a raven, or crow, غُرَاب,) uttered a cry, cried out, or croaked: (S:) or uttered the cry, or croak, that is asserted to be ominous of separation: [but see below:] or moved about his head without crying: (Msb:) he (a raven, or crow, or other animal,) cried out: or stretched out his neck, and moved about his head, in crying out. (K.) The نَعِيب of the raven, or crow, is said to be ominous of good; and its نَعِيق, of evil. (Kifáyet el-Mutahaffidh.) ― -b2- نَعِيبٌ also signifies (assumed tropical:) The neighing of a horse. (TA.) ― -b3- نَعَبَ الدِّيكُ (tropical:) [ The cock crowed ] is sometimes said, metaphorically. (S.) ― -b4- نَعَبَ المُؤَذِّنُ (tropical:) The chanter of the call to prayer stretched out his neck, and moved about his head, in his cry. (A, L, K.) ― -b5- نَعَبَ, aor. نَعَبَ , inf. n. نَعْبٌ, He (a camel, K) went with a quick pace: (S, K:) or, with a certain kind of pace; (K:) or he (a camel) moved about his head, in proceeding at a quick rate; like a بُخْتِى camel, raising his head: (TA:) or, inf. n. نَعَبَانٌ, he stretched out his neck. (A.) Accord. to some, نَعْبٌ signifies The moving of a she-camel's head forwards in her march, or pace. [S, accord to an excellent copy, in which the original words are thus given: يُقَالُ اـِنَّ النَّعْبَ تَحَرُّكُ رَأْسِهَا الخ: in another copy تُحَرّكُ رَأْسَهَا; making نَعْب an epithet of a she-camel that so moves her head.]