نغب

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

The root نغب (n-gh-b) primarily relates to the act of swallowing or gulping, particularly liquids. It can describe a human swallowing saliva or water, a bird lapping water, or the act of taking a draught from a container. It also extends to meanings of hunger, desolation, and a reprehensible deed.

Derived headwords

نَغِبَverb

1.
to swallowboth
To swallow saliva or water.

نَغَبَverb

1.
to swallowboth
To swallow saliva or water.

يَنْغَبُverb

1.
to swallowboth
To swallow saliva or water.

يَنْغِبُverb

1.
to swallowboth
To swallow saliva or water.

نَغْبًاnoun

1.
swallowingboth
The act of swallowing.
2.
lappingclassical
The act of a bird lapping water.
3.
draughtboth
A draught or gulp taken from a container.

نَغَبَ الطائرverb

1.
to lap waterclassical
A bird lapping water, not drinking.

نَغَبَ الإنسان في الشربverb

1.
to gulpboth
A person gulping while drinking.

النَّغْبَةnoun

1.
draughtboth
A draught or gulp, taken once.
2.
hungerclassical
Hunger or a state of being hungry.
3.
desolationclassical
Desolation or emptiness of a place.
4.
reprehensible deedclassical
A reprehensible or wicked deed.

النَّغْبَةnoun

1.
draughtboth
A draught or gulp, taken once.

نَغَبْتُverb

1.
to take draughtsboth
To take draughts from a container.

نَغَبًاnoun

1.
draughtsclassical
The act of taking draughts, intended as 'naghman' (نغما) but with 'mim' substituted for 'ba'.

نَغَبnoun

1.
draughtsboth
Plural of 'naghbah' (نغبة), meaning draughts.

Parallel reading

نغب الإنسان الريق ينغبه وينغبه نغبا: ابتلعه.

A person swallows saliva, he swallows it and swallows it with a gulp: he swallows it.

ونغب الطائر ينغب نغبا: حسا من الماء؛ ولا يقال شرب.

And a bird laps water, it laps with a gulp: it sips from the water; and it is not said that it drinks.

نغب الإنسان ينغب وينغب نغبا: وهو الابتلاع للريق والماء نغبة بعد نغبة.

A person swallows, he swallows and swallows with a gulp: and it is the swallowing of saliva and water, gulp after gulp.

قال ابن السكيت: نغبت من الإناء، بالكسر، نغبا أي جرعت منه جرعا.

Ibn al-Sikkit said: I took draughts from the container, with a kasra, taking draughts, meaning I gulped from it gulps.

ونغب الإنسان في الشرب، ينغب نغبا: جرع؛ وكذلك الحمار.

And a person gulps in drinking, he gulps with a gulp: he gulps; and likewise a donkey.

والنغبة والنغبة، بالضم: الجرعة، وجمعها نغب؛

And the draught and the draught, with a damma: the gulp, and its plural is 'naghab' (نغب);

حتى إذا زلجت عن كل حنجرة ... إلى الغليل، ولم يقصعنه، نغب

Until when it slid past every throat ... to the thirst, and they did not quench it, it was gulped.

وقيل: النغبة المرة الواحدة.

And it is said: The draught is the single instance.

والنغبة: الاسم، كما فرق بين الجرعة والجرعة، وسائر أخواتها بمثل هذا؛

And the draught: it is the noun, just as the distinction is made between a gulp and a gulp, and the rest of its counterparts by such means;

فبادرت شربها عجلى مثابرة، ... حتى استقت، دون محنى جيدها، نغما

So I hastened to drink it, quickly and persistently, ... until I drew it up, without bending my neck, in draughts.

إنما أراد نغبا، فأبدل الميم من الباء لاقترابهما.

He only intended 'naghaban' (نغبا), so he substituted 'mim' for 'ba' due to their proximity.

والنغبة: الجوعة، وإقفار الحي.

And the draught: it is hunger, and the desolation of the dwelling.

وقولهم: ما جربت عليه نغبة قط أي فعلة قبيحة.

And their saying: I have never experienced a reprehensible deed from him, meaning a wicked deed.