Lane's Lexicon (Edward Lane, 1863)

8 اـِنْتَأََ see 6, in two places.

نَؤُوشٌ ذ Strong; overcoming; or prevailing; (K;) possessing might or strength, courage, valour, or prowess. (TA.) You say also, قَدَرٌ نَؤُوشٌ An overcoming decree; as also نَوَّاشٌ. (TA.) See also art. نوش.

فَعَلَهُ نَئِيشًا ذ He did it lastly, or latterly, or last of all. (S, A, K.) And جَاآءَ نَئِيشًا He came lastly, or latterly, or last of all: (A:) or slowly, tardily, or late. (TA.) And لَحِقَنَا نَئِيشًا مِنَ النَّهَارِ He overtook us after the day had declined; (Ibn- 'Abbád, K;) i. e., he held back from us, and then followed us in haste, fearing escape. (TA.) ― -b2- نَئِيشٌ also signifies Motion in a state of slowness or tardiness. (Zj.) -A2- Th also explains نَئِيشٌ as signifying Distant or remote. (TA.)

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1 نَبَّ ذ , aor. نَبِ3َ , inf. n. نَبِيبٌ (S, K) and نَبٌّ and نُبَابٌ; and ↓ نَبْنَبَ; He (a goat) uttered a sound, or cry, [or rattled, ] and was excited by desire of the female: (S:) or uttered a sound, or cry, [or rattled, ] when excited by desire of the female, (K,) or at rutting-time. (TA.) لَا تَنِبُّوا عِنْدِى نَبِيبَ التُّيُوسِ (assumed tropical:) Do not cry out [ in my presence like as he-goats rattle at rutting-time ]. Said by 'Omar to some persons who had come to make a complaint to him. (TA.) ― -b2- [Hence,] نَبَّ (assumed tropical:) He desired sexual intercourse. (TA.) ― -b3- نَبَّ عَتُودُهُ (assumed tropical:) He was proud, or behaved proudly, and magnified himself. (K.)

2 نبّب ذ , inf. n. تَنْبِيبٌ, It (a plant) produced a knotted stem. (K.) ― -b2- اـِنِّى أَرَى الشَّرَّ نَبَّبَ (assumed tropical:) [ Verily I see evil, or the evil, to have grown, like a plant producing knotted stems ]. (TA.)

4 انببهُ طُولُ العُزْبَةِ ذ (assumed tropical:) [ Length of celibacy made him to be desirous of sexual intercourse ]. (TA.) ― -b2- انبّ, inf. n. اـِنْبَابٌ, if not a mistake for انبت, inf. n. انبات, meaning “ he became pubescent, ” probably signifies He was excited, and uttered libidinous sounds, with the desire of sexual intercourse. (TA.) See R. Q. 1.

5 تنبّب ذ It (water) was made to flow; or was set a flowing. (K.)

R. Q. 1 see 1. ― -b2- نَبْنَبَ (tropical:) He (a man, TA) talked nonsense, ( and uttered libidinous sounds, TA,) in concubitu: (K:) implying his acting like a he-goat at rutting-time. (TA.) ― -b3- He prolonged his work, to do it well. (K.)

نَبَّةٌ ذ A disagreeable, or abominable, smell. (K.) Probably a mistake for بَنَّةٌ; and therefore not mentioned by the leading lexicographers. (TA.)

نُبِّىٌّ ذ A table (مَائِدَة) made of palm-leaves. (K, voce بَتِّىٌ, q. v.)

أَنْبُبٌ ذ or أُنْبُبٌ: see أُنْبُوبٌ and أُنْبُوبَةٌ.

أُنْبُوبٌ ذ see أُنبُوبَةٌ. ― -b2- أُنْبُوبُ قَرْنٍ (assumed tropical:) That part of a horn that is above the knotty portion, to the extremity: [i. e., the smooth part ]. (TA:) ― -b3- أُنْبُوبٌ (tropical:) The spout, or tube, of a jug. (TA.) ― -b4- (assumed tropical:) A pipe of a tank, or cistern, through which the water flows: either from تَنَبَّبَ, or from أُنْبُوبٌ as signifying “ an internodal portion ” of a reed, or cane. (TA.) ― -b5- أَنَابِيبُ الرِّئَةِ (tropical:) The [ bronchi, or] air-passages of the lungs. (K.) ↓ أَنْبُبٌ or أُنْبُبٌ is said to signify the same, in an instance mentioned by IAar, in which a poet speaks of the substance resembling lights which a camel in heat protrudes from his mouth, and which is called غِيلَة, as coming forth بَيْنَ الأَُنْبُبِ: in which case, the word, if أَنْبُب, may be a pl., regularly أَنُبّ, of which the sing. is نَبٌّ; or, if with dammeh to the hemzeh, it may be a contraction of أُنْبُوب, used as a coll. gen. n., in a pl. sense. (TA.) ― -b6- أُنْبُوبٌ A way, or road. (K.) [Ex.] اـِلْزَمِ الأُنْبُوبَ Keep to the way, or road. (As.) ― -b7- أُنْبُوبُ جَبَلٍ (tropical:) A track, or streak, (طَرِيقَةٌ,) in a mountain, (K,) appearing distinctly therein: of the dial. of Hudheyl: (TA:) Ex. ذَهَبَ فِى كُلِّ انبوبٍ [ He went along every track of the mountain, or mountains ]. (TA.) [As a coll. gen. n., used in the pl. sense: ex.] Málik Ibn-Khalid El-Khuzá'ee says, فِى رَأْسِ شَاهِقَةٍ أُنْبُوبُهَا خُضْرٌ [ On the top of a lofty mountain, the streaks of which are green ]. (TA.) ― -b8- أُنْبُوبٌ (tropical:) A row of trees (K) &c. (TA.) [See أُسْكُوبٌ.] ― -b9- أُنْبُوبٌ An elevated tract of land: (K:) one that is fine (رقيق) and elevated: pl. أَنَابِيبُ. (TA.)

أُنْبُوبَةٌ ذ An internodal portion of a reed or cane; such a portion thereof as intervenes between two joints, or knots: (Lth, S:) i. q. كَعْبٌ, [which signifies as above, and also a joint, or knot, ] with reference to a reed, or cane, or a spear-shaft: (K:) as also ↓ أُنْبُوبٌ (Lth, K) and ↓ أُنْبُبٌ, which latter is probably a contraction: (K:) [see below:] or the pl. of انبوبة is أُنْبُوبٌ and أَنَابِيبُ: (S:) [or انبوب is a coll. gen. n., of which the n. un. is انبوبة, and the pl. انابيب: see also art. انب]. ― -b2- [Hence,] اِجْعَلِ الأَمْرَ أُنْبُوبَةً وَاحِدَةً Make thou the affair, or case, [ uniform, or] one uniform thing. (Fr. in TA in art. بأج.) ― -b3- [Also, A sheath of a plant. See أُمْصُوخَةٌ. ― -b4- And Any kind of tube. See قَصَبٌ.]

1 نَبَأَ ذ . (K,) inf. n. نَبْءٌ, (TA,) He uttered a low voice, or sound: or he (a dog) cried, or barked. (K.) [See نَبَحَ.] -A2- نَبَأَ, aor. نَبَاَ , inf. n. نَبْءٌ and نُبُوْءٌ, He was exalted, or elevated. -A3- نَبَأَ عَلَيْهِمْ, (K,) inf. n. نَبْءٌ and نُبُوْءٌ, (S,) He assaulted them; came forth upon them: (K:) like نَبَعَ and نَبَهَ: he came upon them. (AZ, S.) [See also نَابِئٌ.] ― -b2- نَبَأَ He went forth from a land to another land. (S, K.) [See نَابِئٌ.] ― -b3- نَبَأَتْ بِهِ الأَرْضُ i. q. جَاآءَتْ به, The land brought, or led him: (S, L:) [accord. to Golius, The land brought, or produced, it: but it is a phrase well known to the learned among the Arabs in the present day, as similar to نَادَاهُ تُرَابُهُ “ his dust, or earth, (i. e. the place of his burial,) called him: ” and the explanation which I have given is confirmed by the citation, in the S, of the following verse, of Hanash Ibn-Málik, immediately after نبأت به in the sense of جاءت به:] فَنَفْسَكَ أَحْرِزْ فَاـِنَّ الحُتُو فَ يَنْبَأْنَ بِالمَرْءِ فِى كُلِّ وَادْ [ Then take good care of thyself; for deaths (of various kinds) bring (or lead ) a man into every valley (or place ): i. e., fate brings him to the place where he is destined to be buried, whereever it be]. (S.) ― -b4- نَبَأَ, aor. نَبَاَ : see 4.

2 نبّأ ذ : see 4.

3 نابأهُ ذ He acquainted or informed him, and the latter did the same. (K.) ― -b2- Also, simply, He acquainted or informed him. (TA.) ― -b3- نَابَأَهُمْ He quitted their neighbourhood; withdrew to a distance from them. (K.) [See also art. نبو.]

4 انبأهُ اـِيَّاهُ ذ , and بِهِ, (and عَنْهُ, S, K, art. كود;) and ↓ نبّأهُ (S, * K) and ↓ نَبَأَهُ, (S, * TA,) each followed by ايّاه or به; (TA;) He informed him, or told him, of it: (K:) or these verbs, followed by ايّاه, signify he made him to know it; and followed by به, he informed him, or told him, of it. (TA.) ― -b2- Es-Semeen says, that انبأ and نبّأ and اخبر and خبّر, when they convey the meaning of knowledge, are triply transitive, or may govern three objective complements, the greatest number that any verb can govern: (TA:) [ex. أَنْبَأْتُ زَيْدًا عَمْرًا قَائِمًا I acquainted Zeyd that 'Amr was standing ]. ― -b3- It is also said, that ↓ نبّأ has a more intensive signification than انبأ: ex. مَنْ أَنْبَأَكَ هٰذَا قَالَ نَبَّأَنِى العَلِيمُ الخَبِيرُ [ Who hath acquainted thee with this? He said, The Knowing, the Intelligent ( God ), hath apprized me: Kur, lxvi. 3]. (TA.) ― -b4- Sb has mentioned أَنَا أَنَبُؤُكَ [for انا أَنْبَؤُكَ] as used for the sake of conformity in sound with a preceding word. (M, TA.) [See art. جوأ.] -A2- رَمَى فَأَنْبَأَ He cast, or shot, but did not split, or cleave, or make a slight cut, or scratch: (S, K:) or, did not penetrate. (K.)

5 تنبّأ ذ , (S, K,) said to have been pronounced with ء universally; (Sb, S;) but in the L, تنبّى; (TA;) He arrogated to himself the gift of prophecy, or office of a prophet. (L, K.)

10 استنبأ النَّبَأَ ذ He sought, or searched after, information, or news. (K.) ― -b2- وَيَسْتَنْبِئُونَكَ أَحَقٌّ هُوَ (in the Kur, x. 54) means And they will ask thee to inform them, [saying,] Is it true? (Bd.)

نَبَأٌ ذ Information; a piece of information; intelligence; an announcement; news; tidings; a piece of news; an account; a narrative, or narration; a story: or what is related from another or others: syn. خَبَرٌ: (S, Msb, K:) it is generally held to be syn. with خَبَرٌ; but accord. to Er-Rághib, signifies an announcement of great utility, from which results either knowledge or a predominance of opinion, and true: (TA:) pl. أَنْبَاآءُ. (K.) ― -b2- النَّبَأُ العَظِيمُ [Kur, lxxviii. 2,] accord. to some, The Kur-án: others say, the resurrection: and others, the case of the Prophet. (TA.) ― -b3- الأَنْبَاآءُ, in the Kur, xxviii. 66, (فَعَمِيَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ الأَنْبَاآءُ) signifies The allegations, pleas, or excuses. (TA.)

نَبْأَةٌ ذ An eminence, or protuberance, in the earth, or ground. (TA.) ― -b2- نَبْأَةٌ A low voice, or sound: (S, K:) or the cry, or barking, of dogs. (K.)

نَبِىْءٌ ذ , (S, K,) pronounced with ء in the dial. of the people of Mekkeh, (S,) whose pronunciation of it is disapproved by Sb on account of its uncommonness; (TA;) by others, نَبِىٌّ, without ء; (S, K, TA;) A prophet: (TA:) of the measure فَعِيلٌ used in the sense of the measure مُفْعل [i. e. مُفْعِلٌ or مَفْعَلٌ] (IB) or فَاعِلٌ (S, Es-Sunoosee) or مَفْعُولٌ; (Es-Sunoosee) i. e., who acquaints or informs mankind, (S, K, TA,) or who is acquainted or informed, respecting God and things unseen: or accord. to some, it is derived from نَبْوَةٌ and نَبَاوَةٌ signifying “ elevation; ” (see art. نبو;) in which case it is originally without ء: or, accord. to others, from نَبِىْءٌ in a sense given below; that of “ a conspicuous way. ” (TA.) It is a less special word than رَسُولٌ [when thereby is meant an apostle of God]; for every رسول is a نبىّ, but not every نبىّ is a رسول. (TA.) Pl. أَنْبِيَاآءُ (S, K, without ء, because the ء is changed into ى in the sing., S,) and نُبَأآءُ (S, K, like كُرَمَاآءُ [pl. of كَرِيمٌ] TA,) and أَنْبَاآءٌ [K, these two preserving the original radical ء] and نَبِيُّونَ, (K,) without ء: (TA:) but some pronounced the first and last of these pls., in the Kur-án, with ء; though the more approved pronunciation is without ء. (TA.) The dim. is نُبَيّئٌ, (S, K,) with those who make the pl. نُبَأآءٌ [or أَنْبَاآءٌ]; but with those who make the pl. أَنْبِيَاآء, it is نُبَىٌّ. (K.) ― -b2- An Arab of the desert said to Mohammad, يَا نَبِىْءَ اللّٰهِ, and the latter disapproved of his pronouncing نبىء in this case with ء, because, as it signifies An emigrant, he meant thereby to call him an emigrant from Mekkeh to El-Medeeneh. (S, K, TA.) ― -b3- نَبِىْءٌ A conspicuous, an evident, or a clear, way. (K.) Hence, accord. to some, the apostle [or rather prophet] is so called, because he is the conspicuous, evident, way, that conducts to God. (MF.) ― -b4- نَبِىْءٌ and ↓ نَابِئٌ An elevated, or a protuberant, or gibbous, place. (K.) ― -b5- Hence it is said in a trad., لَا تُصَلُّوا عَلَى النَّبِىْءِ [ Pray not upon the place that is elevated, or protuberant ]. (K.)

نُبُوْءَةٌ ذ , (K, in the CK نُبُوَّة) in which the ء is sometimes softened in pronunciation, and sometimes [or rather generally] changed into و which is incorporated into the preceding و so that the word is written and pronounced نُبُوَّةٌ, (TA,) Prophecy; the gift of prophecy; the office, or function, of a prophet. (MA, K.) Dim. نُبَيِّئَةٌ. (S, K.)

نَابِئٌ ذ act. part. n. of نَبَأَ. ― -b2- A bull [app. a ثَوْرٌ وَحْشِىٌّ] that goes forth from one land or country to another. (TA.) ― -b3- A torrent that comes forth from another land or tract. (S.) ― -b4- A man coming forth unexpectedly from an unknown quarter. (S, A.) ― -b5- [See also نَبِىْءٌ.]

هَلْ عِنْدَكُمْ نَابِئَةُ خَبَرٍ ذ , i. q. جَائِبَةُ خَبَرٍ, [ Have ye any current news? or — news from a distant place? &c.: see جائبة]. (A.)

1 نَبَتَ ذ , (S, M, K,) aor. نَبُتَ , inf. n. نَبْتٌ and نَبَاتٌ; [which two ns. see mentioned as substs.;] and ↓ تنبّت; (M;) and ↓ انبت; (Fr, S, K;) [respecting which last see below;] It (a thing, M, or a leguminous [or other] plant, S, K,) grew; grew forth; sprouted; vegetated; or germinated. (S, M, K.) As disallows ↓ انبت in this sense; but AO allows it, alleging the words of Zuheyr, البَقْلُ ↓ حَتَّى اـِذَا أَنْبَتَ [ Until, when the leguminous plants grew ]. نَبَتَ and ↓ أَنْبَتَ are said to be like مَطَرَتِ السَّماآءُ and أَمْطَرَت. In the Kur, xxiii. 20, Ibn-Ketheer, Aboo-'Amr and El-Hadremee read تُنْبِتُ: others, تَنْبُتُ: but ISd says, that, accord. to the former reading, some hold ب, which follows تُنْبِتُ, to be redundant; and others hold that مَا تُنْبُتُ is understood after تُنْبِتُ. Fr holds them to be syn. (TA.) ― -b2- نَبَتَ عَلَىَ حَالَةٍ حَسَنَةٍ He, or it, grew in a good manner, condition, or state. (L.) ― -b3- نَبَتَ, inf. n. نُبُوتٌ, (tropical:) It (a girl's breast) became swelling, prominent, or protuberant. (K.) ― -b4- نَبَتَتِ الأَرْضُ, and ↓ أَنْبَتَت, The land produced, or gave growth to, plants, or herbage. (S, K.)

2 نبّت ذ , inf. n. تَنْبِيتٌ, (tropical:) He fed or nourished, or reared or brought up, a child: (S, K:) he nourished a girl, and nursed her up well, hoping that she might profit excellently. (TA.) ― -b2- نَبِّتْ أَجَلَكَ بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْكَ [(tropical:) Plant the term of thy life before (lit. between) thine eyes; i. e., keep it ever before thee]. (S.) ― -b3- نبّت, inf. n. تَنْبِيتٌ, He planted a tree. (M, S, K.) ― -b4- He sowed seed, (M,) or grain. (A.)

4 انبتهُ ذ , (S, K,) inf. n. اـِنْبَاتٌ [for which نَبَاتٌ occurs, as shown below], (TA,) He (God) caused it, or made it, (a plant) to grow, vegetate, or germinate. (S, K.) ― -b2- انبت, inf. n. اـِنْبَاْتٌ; for which inf. n. نَبَاتٌ occurs in the Kur, iii. 32; and lxxi. 16; (tropical:) He (God) caused a child to grow. (TA.) ― -b3- See 1. ― -b4- انبت His (a boy's) hair of the pubes grew forth; (S, K;) he having nearly attained the age of puberty. (TA.) He (a boy) became hairy: and in like manner a girl. (Msb.)

5 تَنَبَّتَ see 1.

10 استنبتهُ ذ [ He endeavoured to make it grow, or vegetate, or germinate ]. (TA, art. بلس.) استنبتهُ بالبَذْرِ [ He grew it, or raised it, by means of seed ], and بِالنَّوَى [ by means of date-stones ], and بالغَرْسِ [ by means of planting ]. (Mgh, art. حرث.)

نَبْتٌ ذ and ↓ نَبَاتٌ [properly coll. gen. ns.] are syn., (S, K,) [signifying A plant, a herb: and plants, herbs, or herbage: ] whatever God causes to grow, vegetate, or germinate, in the earth: (Lth:) the latter is an inf. n. used as a subst.: (Lth:) or it is a subst. which is used in the place of an inf. n. of أَنْبَتَ: (Fr:) n. un. of the former نَبْتَةٌ; (AHn;) [and of the latter نَبَاتَةٌ of which the pl. نَبَاتَاتٌ is mentioned in the K in this art., and frequently occurs in other works]. ― -b2- أَهْلُ بَيْتٍ وَأَهْلُ نَبْتٍ A people of the highest rank, or nobility, and a people whose property has grown to the most flourishing state by means of their own exertions. (L, from a trad.)

نِبْتَةٌ ذ The manner, form, state, or condition, in which a thing grows, or germinates. (L.) ― -b2- اـِنَّهُ لَحَسَنُ النِّبْتَةِ Verily he, or it, is of a goodly manner, &c., of growth. (L.)

نَبَاتٌ ذ : see نَبْتٌ. ― -b2- سُكَّر نَبَات [ Sugar-candy; so called in the present day;] an admirable kind of sugar, of which are made pieces resembling crystal, intensely white and lustrous: app. Persian, and post-classical. (MF.)

خَبِيتٌ نَبِيتٌ ذ Vile, and contemptible, or despicable: (Lh, K:) said of a man, and of a thing. (TA.) In some copies of the K, and in the L, instead of حَقِيرٌ, we read فَقِيرٌ, [accord. to which, the meaning is vile, and poor ]. (TA.)

نَبِيتَةٌ ذ sing. of نَبَائِتُ, which latter signifies the ridges that are raised along the edges of rivulets such as are called فُلْجَان (in the CK, فَلْجَان) to retain the water: النبائت being expl. by أَعْضَادُ الفُلْجَانِ: so in the L, &c.: in several copies of the K we read, in the place of اعضاد, اغصان: but this is a mistake. (TA.)

نَابِتٌ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ ذ What is fresh, or new, of anything, when it is growing forth small. (TA.)

نَبَتَتْ لَهُمْ نَابِتَةٌ ذ There grew up unto them young offspring, (S, K,) that became conjoined to the old, and increased their number. (TA.) Dim. نُوَيْبِتَةٌ. (L.) ― -b2- اـِنَّ بَنِى فُلَانٍ لَنَابِتَةُ شَرٍّ [ Verily the sons of such a one are an evil offspring ]. (S.) ― -b3- مَا أَحْسَنَ نَابِتَةَ بَنِى فُلَانٍ How good is the manner, condition, or state, in which grow (مَا تَنْبُتُ عَلَيْهِ, see 1,) the camels &c., (أَمْوَال) and children of the sons of such a one! ― -b4- نَابِتَةٌ (TA) and نَوَابِتُ [pl. of the former] (S, K) Inexperienced young men. (S, K.) You say, هٰذَا قَوْلُ النَّابِتَةِ, and النَّوَابِتِ, This is the saying of inexperienced young men. (TA.) ― -b5- النَّوَابِتُ The name of a certain sect who introduced strange innovations in El-Islám. (A, TA.) El-Jáhidh couples them with the رَافِضَة. (MF.)

مَنْبَتٌ ذ : see مَنْبِتٌ.

مَنْبِتٌ ذ (tropical:) Origin, or race, [from which a man springs;] syn. أَصْلٌ. (L.) So in the phrase اـِنَّهُ لَفِى مَنْبِتِ صِدْقٍ (tropical:) Verily he belongs to an excellent race; is of an excellent origin ]: and so in the phrase فِى أَكْرَمِ المَنَابِتِ [ of the most generous of origins, or races. ] (TA.) ― -b2- مَنْبِتٌ A place in which plants, or herbs, grow: (S, K:) dev. from the constant course of speech: analogically it should be ↓ مَنْبَتٌ: (K:) as the aor. of the verb from which it is derived is not يَنْبِتُ, with kesreh: but there are other examples like it; as مَسجِدٌ and مَطْلِعٌ &c.: ↓ مَنْبَتٌ, however, also sometimes occurs. (TA.) [Pl. مَنَابِتُ.]

أَرْضٌ مِنْبَاتٌ ذ [ Land abounding with plants, or herbage ]. (K, voce رَحَبَةٌ, &c.)

مَنْبُوتٌ ذ (contr. to analogy, S, [for مُنْبَتٌ,]) A plant caused to grow, or germinate. (S, K.)

مُتَنَبِّتٌ ذ Firmly rooted; syn. مُتَأَصِّلٌ. (TA.)

تَنْبِيتٌ ذ and ↓ تِنْبِيتٌ, (K,) the latter so written, not as being so originally, but for the sake of agreement in sound [with respect to the first and second vowels], (AHei,) a subst., signifying What grows or germinates, of slender ( i. e. small, TA,) trees, [or shrubs, ] and large: (K:) ex., بَيْدَاآءُ لَمْ يَنْبُتْ بِهَا تَنْبِيتُ [ A desert in which there grew not aught of shrubs or of large trees ]: (TA:) young shoots of palmtrees: (IKtt:) the prickles and branches that are cut off from a palm-tree, to lighten it. (AHn, as from 'Eesa Ibn-'Omar.) ― -b2- Pieces of the hump of a camel. (L.)

تِنْبِيثٌ ذ : see تَنْبِيثٌ.

يَنْبُوتٌ ذ [coll. gen. n.] A certain species of trees: (S:) poppy-plants; syn. شَجَرُ الخَشْخَاش: and other trees of a large kind: or the trees called خرّوب [see below]: (K:) or a kind of thorny trees, having branches and leaves, with a fruit of the kind called جِرْو, i. e., round; called in 'Omán غاف: n. un. with ة: AHn says that there are two species of ينبوت; one of these is a kind of thorny and short trees, also called خَرُّوب [q. v.] having a fruit resembling a bubble, in which are red grains, having an astringent effect upon the bowels, used as a medicine; the other species is a large species of trees: ISd says, An Arab of the desert, of the tribe of Rabeea, described to me the ينبوتة as [ a tree ] resembling a large apple-tree, the leaves of which are smaller than those of the apple, having a fruit smaller than the زُعْرُور, intensely black and intensely sweet, with grains, or stones, which are put into scales, or balances: [evidently meaning the carob, or locust-tree, (see خَرُّوب,) whence our term “ carob, ” applied to a small weight, the twenty-fourth part of a grain]. (L [See غَافٌ and فُرْفُورٌ].)

1 نَبَثَ ذ , aor. نَبُثَ , inf. n. نَبْثٌ; (and ↓ انتبث, K;) i. q. نَبَشَ; (AZ, S, K;) i. e., He dug with the hand. (AZ, S.) ― -b2- نَبَثَ, aor. نَبُثَ , inf. n. نَبْثٌ, He took forth, or dug out, dust, or earth, from a well or a river. (L.) ― -b3- نَبَثُوا عَنِ الأَمْرِ (tropical:) They searched, or sought, for, or after, the thing; inquired respecting it; sought for information respecting it; searched into, inquired into, investigated, scrutinized, or examined, it. (TA.) -A2- نَبَثَ, [aor. نَبُثَ ,] inf. n. نَبْثٌ, (tropical:) He was angry. (K.)

6 تَنَابَثُوا عَنِ الأَسْرَارِ ذ (tropical:) They searched into each other's secrets. (A.)

8 انتبث ذ : see 1. ― -b2- He took; received into his hand. (K.) ― -b3- He tucked up the skirts of his shirt, or the like, when sitting on the ground. (K.) ― -b4- It (سَوِيق or the like) increased in size (رَبَا) in the water: (K:) as also انتبذ. (TA.)

10 استنبث أَخَاهُ عَنْ سِرِّهِ ذ (tropical:) He examined his brother respecting his secret. (A.)