نبض

Root entry · 17 derived lemmas

The root نبض (nabḍa) primarily relates to the concept of movement, pulsation, and throbbing, often associated with the heart or blood vessels. It extends to meanings of agitation, trembling, and even the plucking of hair or the drawing of a bowstring. The root also encompasses related actions like flowing and the sound produced by a bow.

Derived headwords

نَبَضَverb

1.
to pulsate, throbboth
To move and beat, referring to the pulse or a vein.
2.
to be agitatedclassical
To be disturbed or agitated, used for intestines.
3.
to flowclassical
To flow, used for water, similar to نضب (naḍaba).

نَبْضnoun

1.
pulsation, throbbingboth
The movement and beating of the heart or a vein; the pulse.
2.
movementboth
General movement or motion.
3.
plucking of hairclassical
The act of plucking hair.

نَبْضًاnoun

1.
pulsationboth
A verbal noun indicating the act of pulsating or throbbing.

نَبَضَانًاnoun

1.
pulsationboth
A verbal noun indicating the act of pulsating or throbbing.

نَابِضadjective

1.
pulsatingboth
Describing something that pulsates or throbs, often used as a dominant characteristic.
2.
nerveclassical
A nerve, used as a dominant characteristic.

مَنَابِضnoun

1.
heartbeatsclassical
The places where the heart beats; the pulse points.

تَنْبِضُverb

1.
to pulsateboth
She/it pulsates or throbs.
2.
to be agitatedclassical
She/it is agitated or disturbed.

تَنْبِضُ أحرادهاverb phrase

1.
its intestines were agitatedclassical
Its intestines were agitated or disturbed.

مُنْبِضnoun

1.
source of painclassical
A source of pain or ache.

مِنْدَفnoun

1.
cotton carderclassical
A tool for carding cotton, a cotton-gin.

المِنْبَضnoun

1.
cotton carderclassical
A tool for carding cotton, a cotton-gin.

المَنَاضِبnoun

1.
cotton cardersclassical
Plural of المنبض, referring to tools for carding cotton.

أَنْبَضَverb

1.
to draw a bowstringclassical
To draw the string of a bow to make it sound.
2.
to pluck and releaseclassical
To pluck the bowstring and release it to make a sound.

الإِنْبَاضnoun

1.
drawing a bowstringclassical
The act of drawing a bowstring and releasing it to produce a sound.
2.
premature actionclassical
An action taken before its proper time; hastiness.

تَنْبِيضnoun

1.
drawing a bowstringclassical
The act of drawing and releasing a bowstring, often with a sound.
2.
threat or promiseclassical
A threat or a promise, implying an action rather than mere words.

نَبَضَ الماءverb phrase

1.
water flowedclassical
Water flowed, similar to نضب (naḍaba).

مُنْبَض عَسَلَةnoun phrase

1.
source of honeyclassical
A source or origin of honey.

Parallel reading

نبض العرق ينبض نبضا ونبضانا: تحرك وضرب.

The vein pulsated, throbbing with a pulsation and a throbbing: it moved and struck.

والنابض: العصب، صفة غالبة.

And the pulsating one: the nerve, a dominant characteristic.

والمنابض: مضارب القلب.

And the places of pulsation: the beats of the heart.

ونبضت الأمعاء تنبض: اضطربت

And the intestines pulsated, they were agitated.

ثم بدت تنبض أحرادها، ... إن متغناة وإن حاديه

Then they appeared, their intestines agitated, ... whether singing or being led.

والنبض: الحركة.

And the pulsation: the movement.

وما به نبض أي حركة، ولم يستعمل متحرك الثاني إلا في الجحد.

And there is no movement in him, meaning no motion, and the second vowel was only used in negation.

وقولهم: ما به حبض ولا نبض أي حراك، ووجع منبض.

And their saying: there is no movement nor pulsation in him, meaning no motion, and a source of pain.

والنبض: نتف الشعر؛ عن كراع.

And the pulsation: plucking hair; according to Kura'.

والمنبض: المندفة.

And the carder: the cotton-gin.

الجوهري: المنبض المندف مثل المحبض، قال الخليل: وقد جاء في بعض الشعر المنابض المنادف.

Al-Jawhari: The carder is the cotton-gin, like the carder. Al-Khalil said: And in some poetry, the carders have come, the cotton-gins.

وأنبض القوس مثل أنضبها: جذب وترها لتصوت.

And he drew the bowstring, like drawing its string, to make it sound.

وأنبض بالوتر إذا جذبه ثم أرسله ليرن.

And he drew the bowstring when he pulled it then released it to resonate.

والإنباض أن تمد الوتر ثم ترسله فتسمع له صوتا.

And the drawing of the bowstring is to extend the string then release it, so you hear a sound from it.

وفي المثل: لا يعجبك الإنباض قبل التوتير، وهذا مثل في استعجال الأمر قبل بلوغه إناه.

And in the proverb: Do not be impressed by the drawing of the bowstring before it is strung, and this is a proverb about hastening a matter before it reaches its maturity.

وفي المثل: إنباض بغير توتير.

And in the proverb: Drawing the bowstring without stringing.

لئن نصبت لي الروقين معترضا، ... لأرمينك رميا غير تنبيض

If you set up the two horns against me, ... I will shoot you with a shot that is not a drawing of the bowstring.

نبض الماء مثل نضب: سال.

Water pulsated, like it dried up: it flowed.

وما يعرف له منبض عسلة كمضرب عسلة.

And no source of honey is known for him, like the source of honey.