النبء

Root entry · 23 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of news, information, and communication, often with a divine or prophetic connotation. It extends to meanings of rising, appearing, and even physical elevation or clarity of a path. It also encompasses the act of searching for information and the idea of leaving or distancing oneself.

Derived headwords

النَّبَأ، مُحَرَّكةnoun

1.
newsboth
Information or a report about a recent event.

أنباءnoun

1.
news (pl.)both
Plural form of 'nabā', referring to multiple pieces of news or information.

أنبأه إياه، و بهverb

1.
to inform himboth
To convey news or information to someone.

نَبَّأَهverb

1.
to inform himboth
To inform or tell someone something, similar to 'anba'ahu'.

استنبأ النبأverb

1.
to seek newsboth
To actively search for or inquire about information or news.

نابأهverb

1.
to inform each otherboth
For each of two parties to inform the other.

النَّبِيءnoun

1.
messenger of Godboth
One who conveys messages from God; a prophet. The hamza is often omitted in preferred usage.
2.
clear pathclassical
A well-defined and evident road or way.
3.
elevated placeclassical
A raised or prominent location, often with a hump-like shape.

أنبياءnoun

1.
prophets (pl.)both
Plural form of 'nabī'', referring to multiple prophets.

نُبَآءnoun

1.
prophets (pl.)classical
An alternative plural form for 'nabī''.

النَّبُوءَةnoun

1.
prophethoodboth
The state or office of being a prophet; prophecy.

تَنَبَّأَverb

1.
to claim prophethoodboth
To falsely or genuinely claim to be a prophet.

المُتَنَبِّئnoun

1.
one who claims prophethoodboth
A person who falsely claims to be a prophet.

نَبَأَ، كَمَنَعَverb

1.
to riseclassical
To become elevated or higher.
2.
to appearclassical
To become visible or evident, especially to someone.
3.
to move outclassical
To depart or migrate from one land to another.

نَبَأًnoun

1.
risingclassical
The act of becoming elevated or higher.
2.
appearanceclassical
The act of becoming visible or evident.
3.
migrationclassical
The act of moving from one place to another.

نُبُوًّاnoun

1.
risingclassical
The act of becoming elevated or higher.
2.
appearanceclassical
The act of becoming visible or evident.
3.
migrationclassical
The act of moving from one place to another.

النَّبِيء (as a path)noun

1.
clear pathclassical
A distinct and easily discernible route.
2.
elevated placeclassical
A high or prominent spot.

النَّبْأَةnoun

1.
faint soundclassical
A quiet or barely audible noise.
2.
barking soundclassical
The sound made by dogs.

نَبَأَ، كَمَنَعَ (sound)verb

1.
to make a faint soundclassical
To emit a quiet or subtle noise.
2.
to barkclassical
To make the characteristic sound of a dog.

نَبِيئةname

1.
Ibn al-Aswad al-'Adhriclassical
A proper name, referring to Ibn al-Aswad al-'Adhri.

نَبِيئة مسيلمةnoun

1.
diminutive of prophethoodclassical
A diminutive form of 'nubuwwah', used here to refer to a false claim of prophecy.

نَبِيء سُوءnoun

1.
false prophetclassical
A diminutive of 'nabī'', referring to a wicked or false prophet.

فَأَنْبَأَ (arrow)verb

1.
to not penetrateclassical
Used to describe an arrow that did not pierce or wound the target.

نابأهمverb

1.
to leave their vicinityclassical
To move away from or abandon the neighborhood of others.

Parallel reading

النَّبَأ، مُحَرَّكة: الخبر، ج: أنباء.

Al-Naba', with vowel movement: the news, pl. anbaa'.

أنبأه إياه، و به: أخبره، كنبأه.

He informed him of it, and about it: he told him, like nabba'ahu.

واستنبأ النبأ: بحث عنه.

And he sought the news: he searched for it.

ونابأه: أنبأ كل منهما صاحبه.

And they informed each other: each of them informed his companion.

والنبيء: المخبر عن الله تعالى، وترك الهمز المختار، ج: أنبياء نبآء وأنباء والنبيؤون، والاسم: النبوءة، وتنبأ: ادعاها.

And the nabī': the one who informs from God Almighty, and omitting the hamza is preferred, pl. anbiyaa', nubaa', and anbaa', and al-nabī'ūn, and the noun is: al-nubuwwah, and he claimed prophethood: he claimed it.

ومنه: المتنبئ، أحمد بن الحسين، خرج إلى بني كلب، وادعى أنه حسني، ثم ادعى النبوة، فشهد عليه بالشأم، وحبس دهرا، ثم استتيب وأطلق.

And from it: al-mutanabbī', Ahmad ibn al-Husayn, went out to Banu Kalb, and claimed he was a Hasani, then he claimed prophethood, so he was testified against in Sham, and imprisoned for a long time, then he was asked to repent and released.

ونبأ، كمنع، نبئا ونبوءا: ارتفع، و عليهم: طلع، و من أرض إلى أرض: خرج.

And naba'a, like man'a, nab'an and nubuwwan: he rose, and over them: he appeared, and from land to land: he departed.

وقول الأعرابي: يا نبيء الله، بالهمز، أي: الخارج من مكة إلى المدينة، أنكره عليه، فقال: " لا تنبر باسمي، فإنما أنا نبي الله"، أي: بغير همز.

And the Bedouin's saying: 'O nabī' Allah,' with hamza, meaning: the one departing from Mecca to Medina, he disapproved of it for him, so he said: 'Do not address me with my name [with hamza], for I am only the nabī Allah,' meaning: without hamza.

والنبيء: الطريق الواضح، والمكان المرتفع المحدودب، كالنابئ، ومنه: " لا تصلوا على النبيء:.

And the nabī': the clear path, and the elevated, humped place, like al-nābi', and from it: 'Do not pray upon the nabī:'.

والنبأة: الصوت الخفي، أو صوت الكلاب، نبأ، كمنع.

And al-nab'ah: the faint sound, or the sound of dogs, naba'a, like man'a.

ونبيئة، كجهينة: ابن الأسود العذري.

And Nabī'ah, like Juwaynah: Ibn al-Aswad al-'Adhri.

ونبيئة مسيلمة: تصغير النبوءة، وكان نبيئ سوء، تصغير نبيء، هذا فيمن يجمعه على نبآء، وأما من يجمعه على أنبياء فيصغره على نبي، وأخطأ الجوهري في الإطلاق.

And Maslamah's nabī'ah: a diminutive of al-nubuwwah, and he was a nabī' su' (bad prophet), a diminutive of nabī', this is for whoever pluralizes it as nubaa', but as for whoever pluralizes it as anbiyaa', he makes its diminutive nabī', and Al-Jawhari erred in the general statement.

ورمى فأنبأ، أي: لم يشرم، ولم يخدش، أو لم ينفذ.

And he shot, and it did not penetrate, meaning: it did not split, nor scratch, or it did not pierce.

ونابأهم: ترك جوارهم، وتباعد عنهم.

And he distanced himself from them: he left their neighborhood, and moved away from them.