نبش

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

The root نبش (nabasha) primarily concerns the act of digging up or excavating something that has been buried, especially the dead. It extends to extracting roots of plants and can metaphorically refer to delving into or disturbing matters.

Derived headwords

نَبَشَverb

1.
to exhumeboth
To dig up something after it has been buried, particularly the dead.
2.
to dig upboth
To excavate or unearth anything that has been buried.

نَبَشَverb

1.
to dig up plantsboth
To dig up herbs or plants, often by the roots.

ونبشت البقل والميت أنبش، بالضم، نبشا — And I dug up herbs and the dead, I dig up, with damma, digging up.

نَبَشَverb

1.
to delve into a matterclassical
To investigate or stir up a matter, especially when one becomes lax or hesitant.

نبش الرجل في الأمر — The man delved into the matter.

نَبْشnoun

1.
exhumationboth
The act of digging up the dead or anything buried.
2.
excavationboth
The act of digging up or unearthing.

نَبَّاشnoun

1.
grave robberboth
One who digs up the dead or buried things; a body snatcher.

نَبَّاشَةnoun

1.
grave robbingboth
The profession or act of digging up the dead or buried things.

أُنْبُوشnoun

1.
uprooted plantclassical
A plant dug up with its roots and foundations.
2.
plant rootclassical
The root or underground part of a plant, especially one that has been dug up.

والأنبوش والأنبوشة: الشجرة يقتلعها بعروقها وأصولها — And al-unbūsh and al-unbūshah: a tree that is uprooted with its veins and roots.

أُنْبُوشَةnoun

1.
uprooted plantclassical
A plant dug up with its roots and foundations.
2.
plant rootclassical
The root or underground part of a plant, especially one that has been dug up.
3.
rain-uprooted thingclassical
Something uprooted or dislodged by rain, appearing small from a distance.

وأنابيش العنصل: أصوله تحت الأرض، واحدتها أنبوشة — And anābīsh al-ʿunṣul: its underground roots, the singular of which is unbūshah.

أَنَابِيشnoun

1.
plant rootsclassical
The underground roots of plants, especially those dug up.
2.
uprooted thingsclassical
Things that have been uprooted, often appearing small from a distance.

كأن سباعا فيه غرقى غدية ... بأرجائه القصوى، أنابيش عنصل — As if hyenas were drowned in it in the morning... in its farthest reaches, roots of squill.

أُنْبُوشnoun

1.
root of dug-up herbclassical
The root of an herb that has been dug up.

أُنْبُوشnoun

1.
pierced unripe datesclassical
Unripe dates that have been pierced with a thorn to help them ripen.

نَبْشnoun

1.
a type of treeclassical
A tree resembling pine in its leaves, smaller and denser than pine, with red wood used for making saddle-bows and staffs.

نَبْشَةnoun

1.
a nameclassical
A proper name.

نَبَّاشَةnoun

1.
a nameclassical
A proper name.

نَابِشnoun

1.
a nameclassical
A proper name.

نُبَيْشَةname

1.
a nameclassical
A diminutive form of a name, referring to one of their famous knights.

Parallel reading

نبش الشيء ينبشه نبشا: استخرجه بعد الدفن

To dig up something, he digs it up, digging up: to extract it after burial.

ونبش الموتى: استخراجهم

And digging up the dead: their extraction.

والنباش: الفاعل لذلك، وحرفته النباشة

And the grave robber: the doer of that, and his profession is grave robbing.

والنبش: نبشك عن الميت وعن كل دفين

And the digging up: your digging up of the dead and of everything buried.

ونبشت البقل والميت أنبش، بالضم، نبشا

And I dug up herbs and the dead, I dig up, with damma, digging up.

والأنبوش، بغير هاء: ما نبش؛ عن اللحياني

And al-unbūsh, without ha: what is dug up; from Al-Lihyani.

والأنبوش والأنبوشة: الشجرة يقتلعها بعروقها وأصولها، وكذلك هو من النبات

And al-unbūsh and al-unbūshah: a tree that is uprooted with its veins and roots, and likewise it is from plants.

وأنابيش العنصل: أصوله تحت الأرض، واحدتها أنبوشة

And anābīsh al-ʿunṣul: its underground roots, the singular of which is unbūshah.

والأنبوش: أصل البقل المنبوش، والجمع الأنابيش

And al-unbūsh: the root of the dug-up herb, and the plural is anābīsh.

كأن سباعا فيه غرقى غدية ... بأرجائه القصوى، أنابيش عنصل

As if hyenas were drowned in it in the morning... in its farthest reaches, roots of squill.

والأنبوش أيضا: البسر المطعون فيه بالشوك حتى ينضج

And al-unbūsh also: unripe dates pierced with thorns until they ripen.

نبش الرجل في الأمر وفنش إذا استرخى فيه

The man delved into the matter and became lax if he became slack in it.

إن كنت غير صائدي فنبش

If you are not my hunter, then delve.

قال: ويروى فبنش أي اقعد

He said: And it is narrated 'fa-banash' meaning 'sit down'.

ونبيشة، على لفظ التصغير: أحد فرسانهم المذكورين

And Nubayshah, in the form of the diminutive: one of their mentioned knights.