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نقب

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

أَنْقَابٌ ذ , a pl. without a sing., The ears: (M, K,) or, accord. to some, its sing. is نُقْبٌ. (TA.) El-Katámee says, كَانَتْ خُدُودُ هِجَانِهِنَّ مُمَالَةً أَنْقَابُهُنَّ اـِلَى حُدَاآءِ السُّوَّقِ [ The cheeks of their white camels were with their ears inclined to the singing of the drivers ]. But أَنَقًا بِهِنَّ, “ by reason of their pleasure, ” is also read, for أَنْقَابُهُنَّ: (TA:) [so that the meaning is The cheeks of their white camels were inclined, by reason of their pleasure. to the singing of the drivers ].

Derived headwords

أَنْقَابٌ
  1. 1.
كَانَتْ خُدُودُ هِجَانِهِنَّ مُمَالَةً
أَنْقَابُهُنَّ اـِلَى حُدَاآءِ السُّوَّقِ
أَنَقًا بِهِنَّ