النخبة

Root entry · 22 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns selection, choice, and picking the best. It extends to concepts of marriage, sexual intercourse, and also to negative qualities like cowardice and weakness, or physical deterioration.

Derived headwords

النُخْبَةnoun

1.
the chosenboth
The best, the elite, or the chosen ones from a group.

انتخبهverb

1.
to chooseboth
To select or pick someone or something, often implying choosing the best.

النُخْبnoun

1.
marriageclassical
Refers to marriage, or a specific type of it.
2.
bitingclassical
The act of biting or gnawing.
3.
pulling outclassical
The act of pulling out or extracting.

نَخَبَverb

1.
to marryclassical
To engage in marriage, or a specific type of sexual intercourse.
2.
to biteclassical
To bite or gnaw.
3.
to pull outclassical
To pull out or extract.

نَخَبَverb

1.
to biteclassical
To bite or gnaw.
2.
to pull outclassical
To pull out or extract.

الاستِخْبَابnoun

1.
great drinkclassical
A large quantity of drink, a gulp.

المِنْخَبَةnoun

1.
great drinkclassical
A large quantity of drink, a gulp.

نَخِبadjective

1.
cowardlyboth
A person who is cowardly and lacks courage.

نَخِبadjective

1.
cowardlyboth
A person who is cowardly and lacks courage.

نُخْبَةadjective

1.
cowardlyboth
A person who is cowardly and lacks courage.

نُخْبَةadjective

1.
cowardlyboth
A person who is cowardly and lacks courage.

نَخِبadjective

1.
cowardlyboth
A person who is cowardly and lacks courage.

مُنْتَخَبadjective

1.
chosenboth
Selected or elected, often referring to a representative body or team.

مَنْخُوبadjective

1.
emaciatedboth
Having lost much flesh, thin and weak.

نَخِبnoun

1.
cowardsboth
Plural of a cowardly person.

يَنْخُوبnoun

1.
cowardlyboth
A person who is cowardly and lacks courage.

نَخِيبadjective

1.
cowardlyboth
A person who is cowardly and lacks courage.

وَادٍname

1.
valleyclassical
A specific valley located in Taif.

المَنْخُوبadjective

1.
emaciatedboth
Having lost much flesh, thin and weak.

المِنْخَابadjective

1.
weakclassical
A weak person with no good qualities.

استنخبتverb

1.
to seek intercourseclassical
A woman seeking to have sexual intercourse.

أنخبverb

1.
to have cowardly offspringclassical
To have offspring who are cowardly.
2.
to have brave offspringclassical
To have offspring who are brave (opposite meaning).

Parallel reading

النخبة، بالضم، وكهمزة: المختار.

Al-nukhbah, with dammah, and like hamzah: the chosen one.

وانتخبه: اختاره.

And 'intakhabahu': he chose him.

والنخب: النكاح، أو نوع منه، وفعله: كمنع ونصر، والعض، والنزع، وفعلهما: كنصر، والاست، كالمنخبة، والشربة العظيمة، وهي بالفارسية: دوستكاني.

And al-nukhb: marriage, or a type of it, and its verb: like 'mana'a' and 'nasara', and biting, and pulling out, and their verbs: like 'nasara', and al-istikhb, like al-mankhabah, and the great drink, and it is in Persian: 'dūstkānī'.

ورجل (نخب ونخب ونخبة ونخبة ونخب، كهجف، ومنتخب ومنخوب ونخب وينخوب ونخيب: جبان) ج: نخب.

And a man (nakhb, nakhb, nukhbah, nukhbah, nakhb, like 'hajaf', and muntakhab, mankhūb, nakhb, yankhūb, and nakhīb: cowardly), plural: nukhb.

وككتف: واد بالطائف.

And like 'katif': a valley in Taif.

والمنخوب: الذاهب اللحم، المهزول.

And al-mankhūb: one who has lost flesh, emaciated.

والمنخاب: الضعيف لا خير فيه.

And al-minkhāb: the weak one, in whom there is no good.

واستنخبت المرأة: طلبت أن تجامع.

And the woman 'istanakhabat': she sought to have intercourse.

وأنخب: جاء بولد جبان، وشجاع، ضد.

And 'ankhaba': he had offspring who were cowardly, and brave, the opposite.