نخب

Root entry · 20 derived lemmas

The root نخب (n-kh-b) primarily relates to selection, choosing the best, and extraction. It extends to concepts of choice individuals, cowardice, and weakness, often metaphorically linked to a lack of heart or vitality. It also encompasses physical actions like plucking or biting, and has specific uses related to sexual intercourse and anatomical terms.

Derived headwords

اِنْتَخَبَverb

1.
to choose, selectboth
To select something or someone, to pick out the best from a group.
2.
to extract, pluck outclassical
To pull out or extract something, often forcefully.

انتخب الشيء: اختاره — He chose the thing.

انتخب من القوم مائة رجل — He selected one hundred men from the people.

انتخبت أفضلهم نخبة — I selected the best of them as the elite.

نُخْبَةnoun

1.
elite, chosen onesboth
The best part of a group, the chosen individuals, the elite.
2.
selection, choiceboth
The act of choosing or selecting, or the result of it.
3.
cowardclassical
A cowardly person, one lacking courage.
4.
vulva, vaginaclassical
A term referring to the female genitalia.

والنخبة: ما اختاره، منه — And the nukhbah is what is chosen from it.

ونخبة القوم ونخبتهم: خيارهم — And the nukhbah of the people are their best.

هم نخبة القوم، بضم النون وفتح الخاء — They are the nukhbah of the people, with damma on the noon and fatha on the kha.

يقال نخبة، بإسكان الخاء — It is said nukhbah, with sukun on the kha.

وفي حديث علي، عليه السلام، وقيل عمر: وخرجنا في النخبة — And in the hadith of Ali, peace be upon him, and it was said to Umar: 'And we went out with the nukhbah'.

النخبة، بالضم: المنتخبون من الناس، المنتقون — The nukhbah, with damma: the chosen ones from the people, the selected ones.

ونخبة المتاع: المختار ينتزع منه — And the nukhbah of the goods: the chosen item extracted from it.

ويقال للجبان نخبة — And a coward is called a nukhbah.

والنخبة: خوق الثفر — And the nukhbah: the opening of the anus.

والنخبة: الاست — And the nukhbah: the vulva.

وهل أنت إلا نخبة من مجاشع؟ — Are you anything but a nukhbah from the Majashih?

نَخْبnoun

1.
extraction, pluckingclassical
The act of extracting or plucking out.
2.
cowardice, weaknessclassical
Fearfulness and weakness of heart.
3.
goods, merchandiseclassical
A term for goods or merchandise.

والنخب: النزع — And the nukhb: the plucking out.

والنخب: الجبن وضعف القلب — And the nukhb: cowardice and weakness of heart.

والنخب البضاع — And the nukhb: the merchandise.

اِنْتِخَابnoun

1.
selection, choosingboth
The act of selecting or choosing.
2.
extraction, pluckingclassical
The act of extracting or plucking out.

والانتخاب: الانتزاع — And the intikhab: the extraction.

والانتخاب: الاختيار والانتقاء — And the intikhab: the choosing and selecting.

مُنْتَخَبadjective

1.
chosen, selectedboth
Chosen or selected, especially from a group.
2.
cowardlyclassical
Cowardly, lacking courage.

رجل نخب، ونخبة، ونخب، ومنتخب — A man nukhb, and nukhbah, and nukhb, and muntakhab.

مَنْخُوبadjective

1.
emaciated, weakclassical
Emaciated, having lost flesh, weak.
2.
cowardlyclassical
Cowardly, lacking a heart or courage.

والمنخوب: الذاهب اللحم المهزول — And the mankhub: the one who has lost flesh, the emaciated.

والمناخيب قيل: أراد الضعاف من الرجال الذين لا خير عندهم — And al-manakhib, it is said: it refers to the weak men who have no good in them.

نَخِيبadjective

1.
cowardlyclassical
Cowardly, lacking a heart or courage.
2.
corrupt, wickedclassical
Corrupt in action or deed.

بئس العون على الدين قلب نخيب، وبطن رغيب — What a bad helper for religion is a cowardly heart and a greedy stomach.

النخيب: الجبان الذي لا فؤاد له، وقيل: هو الفاسد الفعل — The nakhib: the coward who has no heart, and it is said: he is corrupt in deed.

يَنْخُوبadjective

1.
cowardlyclassical
Cowardly, lacking a heart or courage.

رجل نخب، ونخبة، ونخب، ومنتخب، ومنخوب، ونخب، وينخوب، ونخيب — A man nukhb, and nukhbah, and nukhb, and muntakhab, and mankhub, and nukhb, and yankhub, and nakhib.

نَخَبَverb

1.
to pluck, extractclassical
To pluck or extract something.
2.
to bite, stingclassical
To bite or sting, like an insect.

نخبها الناخب ينخبها وينخبها نخبا — The selector selected her, he selects her and selects her with nakhban.

نخبت النملة تنخب إذا عضت — The ant nakhbat if it bites.

نَخْبَةnoun

1.
bite, stingclassical
A bite or sting, especially from an insect.

حتى نخبة النملة — Even the nukhbah of the ant.

ولا نخبة نملة، إلا بذنب — Nor the nukhbah of an ant, except due to a sin.

نَخَبَverb

1.
to be weak, exhaustedclassical
To become weak or exhausted.

وكلمته فنخب علي إذا كل عن جوابك — And I spoke to him, and he became weak (nakhab) with me if he was tired of your answer.

نَخْبnoun

1.
hole, openingclassical
A hole or opening in the skin.

والنخب: خرق الجلد — And the nukhb: the piercing of the skin.

أَنْخَبَverb

1.
to have a cowardly offspringclassical
To have a son who is cowardly.
2.
to have a brave offspringclassical
To have a son who is brave.

وأنخب الرجل: جاء بولد جبان — And ankhaba the man: he came with a cowardly son.

وأنخب: جاء بولد شجاع — And ankhaba: he came with a brave son.

مُنَاخِيبnoun

1.
weaklings, feeble onesclassical
Weak or feeble men.

المناخيب قيل: أراد الضعاف من الرجال الذين لا خير عندهم — Al-manakhib, it is said: it refers to the weak men who have no good in them.

نَخَّابnoun

1.
pericardium, heart sacclassical
The membrane enclosing the heart.

والنخاب: جلدة الفؤاد — And the nikhāb: the skin of the heart.

يَنْخُوبَةnoun

1.
vulva, vaginaclassical
A term referring to the female genitalia.

والينخوبة: أيضا الاست — And the yankhubah: also the vulva.

إذا طرقت ينخوبة من مجاشع — If a yankhubah from the Majashih is approached.

مُنَاخِبnoun

1.
weaklingclassical
A weak or feeble person.

وقد يقال في الشعر على مفاعل: مناخب — And it may be said in poetry in the form mafa'il: manakhib.

نَخَبَاتnoun

1.
cowardsclassical
Plural of nukhbah, referring to cowardly people.

ولل نخبات مر — And for the nukhbat there is a passage.

مَنْخَبَةname

1.
name of a womanclassical
The name of a woman, Umm Suwayd.

والمنخبة: اسم أم سويد — And al-mankhabah: the name of Umm Suwayd.

نَخْبname

1.
name of a placeclassical
A place name.

واستقبل نخبا ببصره — And he met Nakhb with his gaze.

ونخب: واد بأرض هذيل — And Nakhb: a valley in the land of Hudhayl.

Parallel reading

انتخب الشيء: اختاره.

To choose a thing: to select it.

والنخبة: ما اختاره، منه.

And the nukhbah: what is chosen from it.

ونخبة القوم ونخبتهم: خيارهم.

And the nukhbah of the people are their best.

يقال هم نخبة القوم، بضم النون وفتح الخاء.

It is said they are the nukhbah of the people, with damma on the noon and fatha on the kha.

ويقال: جاء في نخب أصحابه أي في خيارهم.

And it is said: he came among the nukhb of his companions, meaning among their best.

والنخب: النزع.

And the nukhb: the plucking out.

والانتخاب: الانتزاع.

And the intikhab: the extraction.

والانتخاب: الاختيار والانتقاء؛ ومنه النخبة، وهم الجماعة تختار من الرجال، فتنتزع منهم.

And the intikhab: the choosing and selecting; and from it is the nukhbah, and they are a group chosen from men, and extracted from them.

وفي حديث علي، عليه السلام، وقيل عمر: وخرجنا في النخبة ؛ النخبة، بالضم: المنتخبون من الناس، المنتقون.

And in the hadith of Ali, peace be upon him, and it was said to Umar: 'And we went out with the nukhbah'; the nukhbah, with damma: the chosen ones from the people, the selected ones.

وفي حديث ابن الأكوع: انتخب من القوم مائة رجل.

And in the hadith of Ibn al-Akwa': 'He selected one hundred men from the people.'

وأنخب الرجل: جاء بولد جبان؛ وأنخب: جاء بولد شجاع، فالأول من المنخوب، والثاني من النخبة.

And ankhaba the man: he came with a cowardly son; and ankhaba: he came with a brave son, the first is from mankhub, and the second from nukhbah.

والمنخوب: الذاهب اللحم المهزول؛ وقول أبي خراش: بعثته في سواد الليل يرقبني، ... إذ آثر، الدفء والنوم، المناخيب

And the mankhub: the one who has lost flesh, the emaciated; and the saying of Abu Khirash: 'I sent him in the dead of night to watch me, ... when warmth and sleep were preferred by the weaklings.'

بئس العون على الدين قلب نخيب، وبطن رغيب ؛ النخيب: الجبان الذي لا فؤاد له، وقيل: هو الفاسد الفعل؛

What a bad helper for religion is a cowardly heart and a greedy stomach; the nakhib: the coward who has no heart, and it is said: he is corrupt in deed;

حتى نخبة النملة ؛ النخبة: العضة والقرصة.

Even the nukhbah of the ant; the nukhbah: the bite and the sting.

يقال نخبت النملة تنخب إذا عضت.

It is said the ant nakhbat if it bites.

ولا نخبة نملة، إلا بذنب، وما يعفو الله أكثر

Nor the nukhbah of an ant, except due to a sin, and what Allah forgives is more.

فاستقبل نخبا ببصره ؛ هو اسم موضع هناك.

And he met Nakhb with his gaze; it is a place name there.

ونخب: واد بأرض هذيل؛ قال أبو ذؤيب: لعمرك، ما خنساء تنسأ شادنا، ... يعن لها بالجزع من نخب النجل

And Nakhb: a valley in the land of Hudhayl; Abu Dhu'ayb said: 'By your life, Khansa' does not forget her young gazelle, ... which appears to her in the gorge from the water of Nakhb.'