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نبص

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of making a soft, whistling, or clicking sound, often with the lips, typically to attract or call animals like birds or dogs. It also extends to the idea of speaking or uttering a word, particularly a weak or indistinct sound.

Derived headwords

نَبَصَverb
  1. 1.
    to call softlyboth

    To call or attract an animal, such as a dog or bird, by making a soft, whistling, or clicking sound with the lips.

  2. 2.
    to make a soundclassical

    To produce a weak or faint sound, often with the lips.

نَبْصnoun
  1. 1.
    a soft callclassical

    The act of calling or attracting an animal with a soft, lip-based sound.

  2. 2.
    a weak soundclassical

    A faint or indistinct sound, especially one made with the lips.

نَبِيصnoun
  1. 1.
    a soft callclassical

    A sound made with the lips to call an animal, particularly a bird.

  2. 2.
    a weak soundclassical

    A faint or indistinct sound.

نَبْصَةnoun
  1. 1.
    a wordclassical

    A word, especially one that is spoken faintly or indistinctly.

نَبِيصnoun
  1. 1.
    sound of lipsclassical

    The sound produced by the lips, especially when trying to attract a bird to mate.

نَبْصَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    making a soft soundclassical

    Describing something that makes a soft, lip-produced sound, particularly in the context of attracting a bird for mating.

Parallel reading

نبص الغلام بالكلب والطائر
The boy called the dog and the bird with a soft sound.
ينبص نبيصا
He makes a soft sound.
نبص بالطائر والصيد والعصفور
He made a sound with the bird, the game, and the sparrow.
ينبص به نبيصا
He makes a sound with it.
وكذلك نبص الطائر والصيد والعصفور
And likewise the bird, the game, and the sparrow made a sound.
ينبص نبيصا إذا صوت صوتا ضعيفا
It makes a sound when it makes a weak sound.
وما سمعت له نبصة
And I did not hear a word from him.
أي كلمة
Meaning a word.
وما ينبص بحرف
And he does not utter a letter.
أي ما يتكلم
Meaning he does not speak.
والسين أعلى
And the 'sin' (letter) is higher (in pronunciation).
النَّبْصَاءُ مِنَ القِيَاسِ المُصَوِّتَةُ مِنَ النَّبِيصِ
The 'nabṣā'' from the measure is the one that makes a sound from the 'nabīṣ'.
وهو صوت شفتي الغلام إذا أراد تزويج طائر بأنثاه
And it is the sound of the boy's lips when he wants to mate a male bird with its female.