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نبد

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the act of rising, emerging, or becoming prominent, often in a sudden or forceful manner. It can describe physical phenomena like bubbling or eruption, as well as more abstract concepts of appearance or prominence.

Derived headwords

نَبَدَverb
  1. 1.
    to rise upclassical

    To emerge or rise from a lower position, often with a sense of suddenness or force.

  2. 2.
    to settle and become stillclassical

    To become calm, still, and settled, especially after agitation or movement. This sense is used in contrast to rising or stirring.

نَبَدٌnoun
  1. 1.
    rising upclassical

    The act or instance of rising, emerging, or becoming prominent.

  2. 2.
    stillnessclassical

    A state of calmness, stillness, and settledness.

نَابِذٌadjective
  1. 1.
    risingclassical

    That which rises, emerges, or becomes prominent.

Parallel reading

جاءته جارية بسويق فجعل إذا حركته ثار له قشار وإذا تركته نبد
A slave girl came to him with some *sawīq* (a type of flour porridge), and he noticed that when he stirred it, scum would rise to the surface, but when he left it, it would settle and become still.
أي سكن وركد
meaning it became still and settled.