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نهب

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

6 تناهب الفَرَسَانِ ذ (tropical:) The two horses emulated, or contended with, each other. (TA.) See also 3. ― -b2- تَنَاهَبَا المَاآءَ i. q. تَجَاشَعَاهُ, q. v. (TA, in art. جشع.) ― -b3- تَنَاهَبَتِ الاـِبِلُ الأَرْضَ (tropical:) The camels took much of the ground with their legs: (K:) [app. meaning, took wide strides over it: not, as rendered by Golius, “ multum pulveris pedibus suis rapuerunt; ” nor, as rendered by Freytag, “ multum terræ pedibus abstulerunt ”]. ― -b4- الاـِبِلُ يَنْهَبْنَ السُّرَى, and يَتَنَاهَبْنَهُ, [ The camels perform the night-journey with large strides ]: and [in like manner] تناهبتِ الأَرْضَ. Camels that do so are termed اـِبِلٌ نَوَاهِبُ. (A.)

Derived headwords

تناهب الفَرَسَانِverb
  1. 1.
تَنَاهَبَا المَاآءَ
تَنَاهَبَتِ الاـِبِلُ الأَرْضَ
يَنْهَبْنَ السُّرَى
تناهبتِ الأَرْضَ
اـِبِلٌ نَوَاهِبُ