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نغب

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

نُغْبَةٌ ذ and ↓ نَغْبَةٌ A gulp; or as much as is swallowed at once; of water &c.: (S, K:) or the ↓ latter signifies a single act of gulping: (K:) differing from the former like as [its syn.] جَرْعَةٌ does from جُرْعَةٌ: (TA:) pl. of the former نُغَبٌ: (S:) for which نُغَمٌ occurs in a verse. (TA.) ― -b2- Ex. وَاهًا مَا أَبْرَدَهَا مِنْ نُغْبَةٍ مَا أَبْرَدَهَا عَلَى الفُؤَادِ تَعْسًا لِلْيَدَيْنِ وَالفَمِ (tropical:) [ Excellent! How cool a gulp is it! How cool is it to the heart! May the hands and mouth perish! ] said on hearing of the death of an enemy, or of any trial or affliction that has befallen him. (A.) -A2- نُغْبَةٌ A foul action. (S, K.) So in the following saying, مَا جُرِّبَتْ عَلَيْهِ نُغْبَةٌ قَطُّ [ A foul action was never found to be chargeable upon him. ] (S.)

Derived headwords

نُغْبَةٌ
  1. 1.
وَاهًا مَا أَبْرَدَهَا مِنْ نُغْبَةٍ مَا أَبْرَدَهَا عَلَى الفُؤَادِ
تَعْسًا لِلْيَدَيْنِ وَالفَمِ
مَا جُرِّبَتْ عَلَيْهِ
نُغْبَةٌ قَطُّ