نرب

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concepts of malice, slander, and malicious gossip. It extends to the act of stirring up trouble, mixing words deceitfully, and describes a person who is malicious or a troublemaker.

Derived headwords

النيربnoun

1.
Malice, slanderclassical
Evil, malicious talk, and slander, often aimed at causing discord.
2.
Troublemakerclassical
A person characterized by malice and slander.

نيربverb

1.
To sow discordclassical
To engage in malicious talk, slander, and to stir up trouble.
2.
To mix wordsclassical
To confuse or mix up speech, often with deceitful intent.

ينيربverb

1.
To sow discordclassical
To engage in malicious talk, slander, and to stir up trouble.
2.
To mix wordsclassical
To confuse or mix up speech, often with deceitful intent.

نيربnoun

1.
Mixing of speechclassical
The act of confusing or mixing words, likened to how wind mixes dust.

نيربadjective

1.
Malicious, slanderousclassical
Describing someone who is full of malice and slander.

نيربةnoun

1.
Malice, slanderclassical
A state or instance of malice and slander.

الميربةnoun

1.
Slander, gossipclassical
Malicious gossip or slander.

Parallel reading

النيرب: الشر والنميمة

Al-Nairab: evil and slander.

ولست بذي نيرب في الصديق، ... ومناع خير، وسبابها

And I am not one who engages in slander against a friend, ... nor one who prevents good, nor one who insults them.

ولست بذي نيرب في الكلام، ... ومناع قومي، وسبابها

And I am not one who engages in slander in speech, ... nor one who prevents my people, nor one who insults them.

ولا من إذا كان في معشر، ... أضاع العشيرة، واغتابها

And not one who, when in a company, ... disgraces his kin, and slanders them.

ولكن أطاوع ساداتها، ... ولا أعلم الناس ألقابها

But I obey its leaders, ... and I do not inform people of their titles.

ونيرب الرجل: سعى ونم.

And the man's 'nayraba' means: he strove and slandered.

ونيرب الكلام: خلطه.

And 'nayraba' of speech means: mixing it.

وهو خلط القول، كما تنيرب الريح التراب على الأرض فتنسجه

And it is the mixing of speech, just as the wind stirs up dust on the ground and weaves it.

إذا النيرب الثرثار قال فأهجرا

When the slanderous chatterer speaks, he becomes estranged.

والنيرب: الرجل الجليد.

And Al-Nairab: the steadfast man.

ورجل نيرب وذو نيرب أي ذو شر ونميمة

And a 'nayrib' man and a man of 'nayrib' means one full of evil and slander.

ومرة نيربة.

And a woman 'nayribah'.

أبو عمرو: الميربة النميمة.

Abu Amr: Al-Mayrabah is slander.