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النخروب

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of making or being a hole, perforation, or crack. It extends to the idea of decay and ruin, particularly in trees, and the specific structures bees create for honeycombs.

Derived headwords

نَخَرُوبnoun
  1. 1.
    crack in stoneclassical

    A fissure or crack found in a stone.

  2. 2.
    hole in anythingboth

    A perforation or hole in any object.

نَخَارِيبnoun
  1. 1.
    wax cells for beesclassical

    The prepared cells made of wax where bees store honey.

نَخَرَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to perforateboth

    To make a hole or perforation in something.

مُنْخَرِبَةadjective
  1. 1.
    decayedclassical

    Describing a tree that has become rotten or decayed.

مُنْخَرِبَةadjective
  1. 1.
    full of holesclassical

    Describing something, especially a tree, that has developed holes due to decay.

Parallel reading

النخروب: الشق في الحجر، أو الثقب في كل شيء.
An-nakhrūb: The crack in the stone, or the hole in everything.
والنخاريب: الثقب المهيأة من الشمع، لتمج النحل العسل فيها.
And an-nakhārīb: The holes prepared from wax, for the bees to store honey in them.
ونخرب القادح الشجرة: ثقبها.
And the wood-borer perforated the tree: it made holes in it.
وشجرة منخربة ومنخربة: بليت، وصارت فيها نخاريب.
And a tree that is munakharibah and munakharibah: it has decayed, and holes have formed in it.