نبح

Root entry · 22 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the sound made by dogs, known as barking. It extends to describe similar vocalizations from other animals like gazelles, goats, and snakes, and is metaphorically used for loud or persistent speech, or even the clamor of a crowd. The root also encompasses related concepts like a group of barking dogs and specific types of shells.

Derived headwords

النَّبْحnoun

1.
barkingboth
The sound made by a dog.
2.
clamorclassical
The loud noise or outcry of animals or people.

نَبَحَverb

1.
to barkboth
To make the characteristic sound of a dog.
2.
to make a soundclassical
To vocalize loudly, as some animals (gazelle, goat, snake) do.

نَبِيحnoun

1.
barking soundboth
A specific type of barking sound, often associated with dogs.

نُبَاحnoun

1.
barkingboth
The act or sound of barking.

نُبُوحnoun

1.
barkingboth
The sound of barking.
2.
clamor of animalsclassical
The collective sounds or commotion of animals.
3.
crowdclassical
A large group of people, signifying abundance and power.

تَنَبَّحَverb

1.
to bark loudlyboth
To bark persistently or with great volume.

النَّوَابِحnoun

1.
group of barking dogsclassical
A collective of dogs that are barking.
2.
place nameclassical
A location mentioned in poetry.

النَّبُوحnoun

1.
barking soundboth
The sound of barking.
2.
clamorclassical
The noise and commotion of living beings.
3.
large groupclassical
A numerous gathering of people, signifying strength and prestige.

أَنْبَحَverb

1.
to make barkboth
To cause a dog to bark.

اسْتَنْبَحَverb

1.
to bark (as if lost)classical
To make a barking sound when lost, hoping to attract another dog's attention.
2.
to barkboth
To bark.

كَلْبٌ نَبَّاحadjective

1.
loud-barking dogboth
A dog that barks with a loud voice.

كَلْبٌ نَبَّاحَةadjective

1.
loud-barking dogboth
A dog that barks with a loud voice.

رَجُلٌ مَنْبُوحadjective

1.
insulted manclassical
A man who is subjected to insults, likened to being barked at by dogs.

نَبَحَتْهُ الكِلابverb phrase

1.
dogs barked at himboth
Dogs made their barking sound towards him.
2.
insults followed himclassical
His insults were directed at him, metaphorically like dog barks.

نَبَّاحadjective

1.
loud-voicedboth
Having a strong and loud voice.
2.
much barkingclassical
Characterized by frequent or loud barking.

النَّبَّاحnoun

1.
loud barkerboth
One who barks loudly.

النَّبَاحnoun

1.
loud barkingboth
The act of barking loudly.
2.
much chirpingclassical
The sound of a hoopoe, described as loud chirping.

النَّبَاحَةnoun

1.
small shellclassical
A small, young shell, often used in jewelry.

نَبَحَ الهُدْهُدverb phrase

1.
hoopoe chirpedclassical
The hoopoe made its characteristic sound, described as barking when it ages and its voice deepens.

النَّبُوحnoun

1.
sound of animalsclassical
The collective sounds and clamor of animals.

النَّبُوحnoun

1.
large group of peopleclassical
A numerous gathering of people, signifying abundance and power.

النَّبَاحnoun

1.
small shellsclassical
Small shells, possibly from Mecca, used in necklaces and amulets to ward off the evil eye.

Parallel reading

النَّبْحُ: صَوْتُ الكَلْبِ

Barking: the sound of the dog.

نَبَحَ الكَلْبُ وَالظَّبْيُ وَالتَّيْسُ وَالحَيَّةُ يَنْبَحُ وَيَنْبَحُ نَبْحًا وَنَبِيحًا وَنُبَاحًا، بِالضَّمِّ، وَنُبَاحًا، بِالكَسْرِ، وَنُبُوحًا وَتَنَبَّاحًا.

The dog, gazelle, goat, and snake bark, making sounds of nabhan, nabihan, nubahan (with damma), nubahan (with kasra), nubuhan, and tanabahan.

وَالظَّبْيُ يَنْبَحُ فِي بَعْضِ الأَصْوَاتِ

And the gazelle barks in some of its sounds.

وَأَنْشَدَ: وَيَنْبَحُ بَيْنَ الشِّعْبِ نَبْحًا كَأَنَّهُ ... نُبَاحُ سُلُوقٍ، أَبْصَرَتْ مَا يُرِيبُهَا

And he recited: And it barks between the pass, a barking as if it were... the bark of a Saluq, having seen what alarms it.

التَّيْسُ عِنْدَ السِّفَادِ يَنْبَحُ وَالحَيَّةُ تَنْبَحُ فِي بَعْضِ أَصْوَاتِهَا

The goat barks during mating, and the snake makes a barking sound in some of its vocalizations.

وَأَنْشَدَ: يَأْخُذُ فِيهِ الحَيَّةُ النَّبُوحَا

And he recited: The snake takes the nubuh sound in it.

وَالنَّوَابِحُ وَالنَّبُوحُ: جَمَاعَةُ النَّابِحِ مِنَ الكِلَابِ.

And an-Nawābiḥ and an-Nabūḥ: a group of barking dogs.

النَّبَاحُ صَوْتُ الأُسُودِ يَنْبَحُ نُبَاحَ الجَرْوِ.

An-Nabāḥ is the sound of lions, they bark the bark of a puppy.

وَالنَّبَاحُ: الهُدْهُدُ الكَثِيرُ القَرْقَرَةِ.

And an-Nabāḥ: the hoopoe that makes much chirping.

وَكَلْبٌ نَابِحٌ وَنَبَّاحٌ

And a barking and a loud-barking dog.

هَؤُلَاءِ قَوْمٌ انْتَظَرُوا قَوْمًا فَانْتَظَرُوا نُبَاحَ الكَلْبِ لِيُنْذِرَ بِهِمْ.

These are people who waited for some people, so they waited for the dog's bark to alert them.

وَأَنْبَحَهُ: جَعَلَهُ يَنْبَحُ

And anbaḥahu: he made it bark.

وَاسْتَنْبَحَ الكَلْبُ إِذَا كَانَ فِي مَضَلَّةٍ فَأَخْرَجَ صَوْتَهُ عَلَى مِثْلِ نُبَاحِ الكَلْبِ، لِيَسْمَعَهُ الكَلْبُ فَيَتَوَهَّمَهُ كَلْبًا فَيَنْبَحَ فَيُسْتَدَلَّ بِنِبَاحِهِ فِيهِ فَيَهْتَدِيَ

And the dog estanbaḥa if it was lost and made its sound like a dog's bark, so that another dog would hear it and mistake it for a dog, and bark, and by its barking, it would be guided and find its way.

وَكَلْبٌ نَبَّاحٌ وَنَبَّاحِيٌّ: ضَخْمُ الصَّوْتِ

And a nabāḥ and nabāḥī dog: large of voice.

وَرَجُلٌ مَنْبُوحٌ: يُضْرَبُ لَهُ مَثَلُ الكَلْبِ وَيُشَبَّهُ بِهِ

And a man manbūḥ: a proverb is struck for him like a dog, and he is likened to it.

وَالمَنْبُوحُ: المَشْتُومُ.

And al-Manbūḥ: the insulted one.

يُقَالُ: نَبَحَتْنِي كِلَابُكَ أَيْ لَحِقَتْنِي شَتَائِمُكَ، وَأَصْلُهُ مِنْ نُبَاحِ الكَلْبِ، وَهُوَ صِيَاحُهُ.

It is said: Your dogs nabaḥatni, meaning your insults have reached me, and its origin is from the dog's bark, which is its cry.

وَيُقَالُ فِي مَثَلٍ: فُلَانٌ لَا يَعْوِي وَلَا يَنْبَحُ؛ يَقُولُ: مِنْ ضَعْفِهِ لَا يُعْتَدُّ بِهِ وَلَا يُكَلَّمُ بِخَيْرٍ وَلَا شَرٍّ.

And in a proverb it is said: So-and-so neither howls nor barks; meaning: due to his weakness, he is not considered and neither good nor bad is spoken to him.

وَرَجُلٌ نَبَّاحٌ: شَدِيدُ الصَّوْتِ، وَقَدْ حُكِيَتْ بِالجِيمِ.

And a nabāḥ man: loud of voice, and it has been narrated with a jīm.

وَنَبَحَ الهُدْهُدُ يَنْبَحُ نُبَاحًا: أَسَنَّ فَغَلُظَ صَوْتُهُ.

And the hoopoe nabaha, nabāḥan: it aged and its voice deepened.

وَالنُّبُوحُ: أَصْوَاتُ الحَيِّ؛

And an-Nubūḥ: the sounds of the living beings.

وَالنُّبُوحُ: الجَمَاعَةُ الكَثِيرَةُ مِنَ النَّاسِ

And an-Nubūḥ: a large group of people.

وَالنَّبَاحُ: صَدَفٌ بَيْضٌ صِغَارٌ، وَفِي التَّهْذِيبِ: مَنَاقِفُ يُجَاءُ بِهَا مِنْ مَكَّةَ تُجْعَلُ فِي القَلَائِدِ وَالْوِشْحِ، وَيُدْفَعُ بِهَا العَيْنُ، الوَاحِدَةُ نَبَاحَةٌ.

And an-Nabāḥ: small white shells, and in at-Tahdhīb: small objects brought from Mecca, made into necklaces and adornments, and used to ward off the evil eye, the singular is nabāḥah.

وَالنَّوَابِحُ: مَوْضِعٌ

And an-Nawābiḥ: a place.