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نبك

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes elevated landforms, such as small hills, mounds, or rises. It also encompasses geographical names and terms related to the shape and composition of these landforms, like being pointed or rocky.

Derived headwords

النَّبْكَةnoun
  1. 1.
    pointed hillockboth

    A small hill with a defined, pointed top. It might be reddish and contain stones.

  2. 2.
    uneven terrainclassical

    Land characterized by ups and downs, or undulations.

  3. 3.
    mound of clayclassical

    A mound made of clay, with a pointed top.

  4. 4.
    pointed moundclassical

    A mound whose top is pointed, like the tip of a spear.

نَبَكnoun
  1. 1.
    pointed hillocksboth

    The plural of 'nabkah', referring to small, pointed hills or mounds.

نَبَاكnoun
  1. 1.
    pointed hillocksboth

    Another plural form for 'nabkah', referring to small, pointed hills or mounds.

نَابِكadjective
  1. 1.
    elevatedboth

    Describing a place that is high or elevated.

النَّبَاكnoun
  1. 1.
    small hillsboth

    Refers to small hills or mounds.

نَبَاكname
  1. 1.
    place nameboth

    A proper noun referring to a specific location.

نُبُوكname
  1. 1.
    place nameboth

    A proper noun referring to a specific location.

نَبَاكَةname
  1. 1.
    place nameboth

    A proper noun referring to a specific location.

تَنْبُوكname
  1. 1.
    place nameboth

    A proper noun referring to a specific location, possibly with an added 'ta' prefix.

Parallel reading

النَّبْكَة: أكمة محددة الرأس، وربما كانت حمراء ولا تخلو من الحجارة
The nabkah: a hillock with a defined top, and it might be reddish and not devoid of stones.
وقيل: هي الأرض فيها صعود وهبوط
And it was said: it is land with ups and downs.
الجمع نبك، بالتحريك، ونباك.
The plural is nabak, with vowelization, and nabak.
شمر فيما قرأ بخطه هي رواب من طين، واحدتها نبكة.
Shammar, from what he read in his handwriting, said they are mounds of clay, the singular of which is nabkah.
وقال ابن شميل النبكة مثل الفلكة غير أن الفلكة أعلاها مدور مجتمع، والنبكة رأسها محدد كأنه سنان رمح، وهما مصعدتان.
And Ibn Shumayl said: The nabkah is like the fulkah, except that the fulkah's top is rounded and gathered, while the nabkah's head is pointed like the tip of a spear, and they are both ascents.
وقال الأصمعي: النبك ما ارتفع من الأرض
And Al-Asma'i said: The nabak is what is elevated from the earth.
تتقي الأرض برح وقح، ... ورق تقعر أنباك الأكم
They avoid the rough and tough ground, ... and the hollows of the elevated mounds.
والذي سمعته من العرب في النبكة وشاهدتهم يومئون إليها كل رابية من روابي الرمال كانت مسلكة الرأس ومحددته.
And what I heard from the Arabs about the nabkah and what I witnessed them pointing to is every sand dune that had a smooth and pointed top.
الجوهري: النباك التلال الصغار.
Al-Jawhari said: The nabak are small hills.
ومكان نابك أي مرتفع
And a nabik place means elevated.
وقد خنق الآل الشعاف، وغرقت ... جواريه جذعان الهضاب النوابك
And the mirage choked the peaks, and the young trunks of the elevated hills were submerged.
ونبك ونبوك ونباكة: مواضع.
And Nabak, Nubuk, and Nabakah: are places.
وتنبوك: اسم موضع
And Tanbuk: is a place name.
بشعب تنبوك وشعب العوثب
In the valley of Tanbuk and the valley of Al-'Awthab.