نكب

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns deviation, turning aside, or inclining away from something, whether it be a path, truth, or a person. It also extends to concepts of avoidance, leaning, and physical ailments related to the shoulder or limbs. Additionally, it encompasses terms for specific winds and geographical features.

Derived headwords

نَكَبَverb

1.
to deviateboth
To turn aside or deviate from a path, course, or truth.
2.
to inclineboth
To lean or incline something, like a vessel.
3.
to strikeclassical
To be struck or hit by something, like stones.

نكب عن الشيء وعن الطريق ينكب نكبا ونكوبا، ونكب نكبا، ونكب، وتنكب: عدل — He deviated from the thing and from the path, deviating a deviation and a deviation, and he deviated, and he deviated, and he deviated: he turned aside.

نكبت الإناء نكبا ونكبته تنكيبا إذا أماله وكبه — He tilted the vessel, spilling its contents.

نكبت الحجارة نكبا أي لثمته — The stones struck him.

نُكُوبnoun

1.
deviationboth
The act of deviating or turning aside.
2.
inclinationboth
A leaning or tilting.
3.
calamityboth
A misfortune or disaster from the events of time.

ونكب فلان، فهو منكوب — And so-and-so was afflicted, and he is afflicted.

تَنَكَّبَverb

1.
to avoidboth
To shun, avoid, or keep away from.
2.
to deviateboth
To turn aside or deviate.
3.
to leanboth
To lean or incline oneself.

وتنكب فلان عنا تنكبا أي مال عنا — And so-and-so turned aside from us, meaning he leaned away from us.

تنكب عن وجهي أي تنح، وأعرض عني — Turn aside from my face, meaning move away and turn away from me.

تَنْكِيبnoun

1.
deviationclassical
The act of causing someone to deviate or turn aside.
2.
avoidanceclassical
The act of avoiding or shunning.

ونكب عن الصواب تنكيبا، ونكب غيره — And he deviated from the right course, causing deviation, and he caused others to deviate.

مُنْكَبّadjective

1.
deviatingclassical
One who deviates or turns aside from the right path.
2.
inclinedboth
Leaning or tilted.

وإننه لمنكاب عن الحق — And he is indeed one who deviates from the truth.

النَّكْبnoun

1.
deviationboth
A deviation or inclination, often in movement.
2.
lamenessboth
A limp or lameness affecting the shoulder area of an animal.

والنكب، بالتحريك: الميل في الشيء — And al-Nakb, with vowelization: the inclination in a thing.

والنكب: كالنكبة — And al-Nakb: is like al-Nakbah (calamity).

نَكْبَاءnoun

1.
windclassical
A wind that deviates from its usual course, often falling between two established winds.
2.
deviating windclassical
A specific type of wind that is between two cardinal winds, often with destructive qualities.

والنكْباء: كل ريح؛ وقيل كل ريح من الرياح الأربع انحرفت ووقعت بين ريحين، وهي تهلك المال، وتحبس القطر — And al-Nakbā': every wind; and it is said every wind of the four winds that deviates and falls between two winds, and it destroys wealth and withholds rain.

مَنَاكِبnoun

1.
shouldersboth
The joint of the shoulder, where the upper arm meets the shoulder blade.
2.
mountainsboth
The mountains of the earth.
3.
sidesboth
The sides or regions of the earth.
4.
wingsclassical
The part of a bird's wing between the primary feathers and the body.

ومنكبا كل شيء: مجتمع عظم العضد والكتف، وحبل العاتق من الإنسان والطائر وكل شيء — And the shoulder-joint of everything: the meeting of the bone of the upper arm and the shoulder blade, and the cord of the neck from a human, bird, and everything.

ومناكب الأرض: جبالها؛ وقيل: طرقها؛ وقيل: جوانبها — And the shoulders of the earth: its mountains; and it is said: its roads; and it is said: its sides.

مَنْكِبnoun

1.
shoulderboth
The joint of the shoulder.
2.
leaderclassical
A chief or leader, particularly of a group of informants or officials.

وابن سيده: المنكب من الإنسان وغيره: مجتمع رأس الكتف والعضد، مذكر لا غير، حكى ذلك اللحياني — And Ibn Sidah: al-Mankib from a human and others: the meeting of the head of the shoulder blade and the upper arm, masculine only, Lihyani narrated that.

والمُنْكَب العَرِيف، وقيل: عون العَرِيف — And al-Mankab is the informant, and it is said: the helper of the informant.

أَنْكَبadjective

1.
deviatingboth
Walking with a sideways or deviating gait.
2.
lameboth
Suffering from a lameness or ailment in the shoulder.
3.
without a bowclassical
A man who has no bow with him.

وبعير أنكب: يمشي متنكبا — And a camel that is an-nakab: walks deviatingly.

ورجل أنكب: لا قوس معه — And a man who is an-nakab: has no bow with him.

نَكْبَةnoun

1.
calamityboth
A misfortune or disaster from the events of time.
2.
injuryboth
An injury or affliction caused by something, like stones.

والنكبة: المصيبة من مصائب الدهر، وإحدى نكباته، نعوذ بالله منها — And al-Nakbah: a calamity from the calamities of time, and one of its calamities, we seek refuge in God from it.

وقد نكبته الحرة أي نالته حجارتها وأصابته — And the lava field struck him, meaning its stones reached him and hit him.

مَنْكُوبadjective

1.
afflictedboth
One who has been struck by misfortune or calamity.
2.
struckboth
Hit or injured by something, like stones.

ونكب فلان، فهو منكوب — And so-and-so was afflicted, and he is afflicted.

نَكِيبadjective

1.
struckclassical
Hit or injured by something, like a stone.
2.
hoof-printclassical
The circular mark of a hoof or shoe on the ground.

وتصك المرو، لما هجرت، ... بنكيب معر، دامي الأظل — And it strikes the flint, when it was abandoned, ... with a striking hoof-print, its shadow bleeding.

نَكَّابnoun

1.
leaderclassical
A chief or leader, particularly of a group of informants or officials.

ويقال له: النكابة في قومه — And he is called: al-Nakābah among his people.

نَكَابَةnoun

1.
leadershipclassical
The position or role of a chief or leader.
2.
information gatheringclassical
The role of an informant or someone who gathers information.

والنكابة: كالعرافة والنقابة — And al-Nakābah: is like al-ʿArāfah and al-Niqābah.

يَنْكُوبname

1.
name of a water sourceclassical
A known water source mentioned in classical Arabic texts.

وينكوب: ماء معروف؛ عن كراع — And Yunkūb: a known water source; according to Kurāʿ.

Parallel reading

إذا ما كنت ملتمسا أيامى، ... فنكب كل محترة صناع

If you were seeking my days, ... then deviate from every skilled, eager woman.

أراها قد نكبت وتبهرت؛ نكبت: عدلت

I see it has deviated and become dense; it deviated: it turned aside.

فعن أيها، ما شئتم، فتنكبوا عداه بعن، لأن فيه معنى اعدلوا وتباعدوا، وما زائدة.

So from whichever you wish, then deviate from its harm with 'an', because it contains the meaning of 'turn aside' and 'distance yourselves', and 'ma' is superfluous.

وسمعت العرب تقول نكب فلان عن الصواب ينكب نكوبا إذا عدل عنه.

And I heard the Arabs say: So-and-so deviated from the right path, deviating a deviation, if he turned aside from it.

فقال لهني مولاه: نكب عنا ابن أم عبد أي نحنا عنا.

So he said to Hunay, his freedman: Turn aside from us, son of Umm Abd, meaning push us away from us.

تنكب عنا أي مال عنا.

He turned aside from us, meaning he leaned away from us.

نكبه تنكيبا أي عدل عنه واعتزله.

He caused him to deviate, meaning he turned him aside from it and separated from him.

وتنكبه أي تجنبه.

And he avoided it, meaning he shunned it.

نكبه الطريق، ونكب به: عدل.

The road deviated him, and he deviated by it: he turned aside.

وطريق ينكوب: على غير قصد.

And a road that deviates: unintentionally.

عن الحق أنكب أي مائل عنه؛ وإنه لمنكاب عن الحق.

From the truth I deviate, meaning leaning away from it; and he is indeed one who deviates from the truth.

فقال بأصبعه السبابة يرفعها إلى السماء، وينكبها إلى الناس أي يميلها إليهم؛ يريد بذلك أن يشهد الله عليهم.

So he pointed with his index finger, raising it to the sky, and inclining it towards the people, meaning tilting it towards them; intending by that to make God a witness over them.

نكبت الإناء نكبا ونكبته تنكيبا إذا أماله وكبه.

He tilted the vessel, spilling its contents, and he tilted it, causing it to tilt, if he tilted it and overturned it.

نكبوا عن الطعام ؛ يريد الأكولة وذوات اللبن ونحوهما أي أعرضوا عنها، ولا تأخذوها في الزكاة، ودعوها لأهلها، فيقال فيه: نكب ونكب.

They turned aside from the food; meaning the choice edibles and milk-producing animals and the like, meaning turn away from them, and do not take them in Zakat, and leave them for their owners, so it is said about it: he turned aside and he turned aside.

تنكب عن وجهي أي تنح، وأعرض عني.

Turn aside from my face, meaning move away and turn away from me.

والنكْباء: كل ريح؛ وقيل كل ريح من الرياح الأربع انحرفت ووقعت بين ريحين، وهي تهلك المال، وتحبس القطر؛ وقد نكبت تنكب نكوبا.

And al-Nakbā': every wind; and it is said every wind of the four winds that deviates and falls between two winds, and it destroys wealth and withholds rain; and it has deviated, deviating a deviation.

ودبور نكب: نكباء.

And a north wind that deviates: is a nakbā'.

تخرج النكباء ما بين مطلع الذراع إلى القطب، وهو مطلع الكواكب الشامية، وجعل ما بين القطب إلى مسقط الذراع، مخرج الشمال، وهو مسقط كل نجم طلع من مخرج النكباء، من اليمانية، واليمانية لا ينزل فيها شمس ولا قمر، إنما يهتدى بها في البر والبحر، فهي شامية.

Al-Nakbā' emerges between the rising of al-Dhira' to the Pole, which is the rising of the Syrian stars, and it made what is between the Pole and the setting of al-Dhira' the exit of the North, which is the setting of every star that rises from the exit of al-Nakbā', from the Southern direction, and the Southern direction has no sun or moon descending in it, it is only navigated by in the desert and the sea, so it is Syrian.

فامشوا في مناكبها ؛ قال الفراء: يريد في جوانبها؛ وقال الزجاج: معناه في جبالها؛ وقيل: في طرقها.

So walk in its sides; Al-Farra' said: he means in its sides; and Al-Zajjaj said: its meaning is in its mountains; and it is said: in its roads.

وفي جناح الطائر عشرون ريشة: أولها القوادم، ثم المناكب، ثم الخوافي، ثم الأباهر، ثم الكلى؛ قال ابن سيده: ولا أعرف للمناكب من الريش واحدا، غير أن قياسه أن يكون منكبا.

And in the wing of a bird are twenty feathers: the first are the primaries, then the shoulders, then the coverts, then the secondaries, then the tertials; Ibn Sidah said: and I do not know a singular for al-Manākib of feathers, except that its measure is to be mankab.

خياركم ألينكم مناكب في الصلاة؛ أراد لزوم السكينة في الصلاة؛ وقيل أراد أن لا يمتنع على من يجيء ليدخل في الصف، لضيق المكان، بل يمكنه من ذلك.

The best of you are those who are softest in their shoulders in prayer; he meant the adherence to tranquility in prayer; and it was said he meant not to prevent someone who comes to join the row, due to lack of space, but rather to enable him to do so.

كان إذا خطب بالمصلى، تنكب على قوس أو عصا أي اتكأ عليها؛ وأصله من تنكب القوس، وانتكبها إذا علقها في منكبه.

When he preached in the prayer area, he would lean on a bow or a staff, meaning he would lean on it; and its origin is from leaning a bow, and he would carry it if he hung it on his shoulder.

والنكب: داء يأخذ الإبل في مناكبها، فتظلع منه، وتمشي منحرفة.

And al-Nakab: a disease that affects camels in their shoulders, causing them to limp and walk crookedly.

والمنكب من الأرض: الموضع المرتفع.

And al-Mankab of the earth: the elevated place.

ونكب فلان ينكب نكبا إذا اشتكى منكبه.

And so-and-so suffered, suffering a suffering, if he complained of his shoulder.

إني نكبت قرني «3»، فأخذت سهمي الفالج أي كببت كنانتي.

I overturned my quiver, and took my winning arrow, meaning I overturned my quiver.

أن أمير المؤمنين نكب كنانته، فعجم عيدانها.

That the Commander of the Faithful overturned his quiver, and tested its shafts.