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نيرب

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to actions of striving, weaving, and speaking confusingly. It also encompasses concepts of evil, slander, and cunning, as well as specific places and a type of man.

Derived headwords

نَيْرَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to striveboth

    To exert effort or endeavor towards a goal.

  2. 2.
    to weaveboth

    To interlace threads or strands to form fabric or a similar structure.

  3. 3.
    to mix wordsboth

    To speak in a confused or jumbled manner, making speech unclear.

  4. 4.
    to slanderclassical

    To speak maliciously or falsely about someone, damaging their reputation.

نَيْرَبnoun
  1. 1.
    evilboth

    A state or quality of being morally bad or wicked.

  2. 2.
    slanderboth

    The action or crime of making a false spoken statement damaging to a person's reputation.

  3. 3.
    confused speechclassical

    Speech that is mixed up, jumbled, or unclear.

نَيْرِبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    slanderboth

    A false spoken statement damaging to a person's reputation.

  2. 2.
    evil womanclassical

    A woman characterized by wickedness or malice.

نَيْرَبname
  1. 1.
    place in Damascusclassical

    A locality or district situated in the city of Damascus.

  2. 2.
    place in Aleppoclassical

    A locality or district situated in the city of Aleppo.

نَيْرَبِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    cunningclassical

    Having or showing skill in achieving one's ends by deceit or evasion; sly or crafty.

نَيْرَبadjective
  1. 1.
    wickedboth

    Evil or morally wrong.

ذُو نَيْرَبadjective
  1. 1.
    wicked manclassical

    A man characterized by evil or malice.

نَيْرَبَةadjective
  1. 1.
    wicked (fem.)classical

    A female characterized by evil or malice.

Parallel reading

نَيْرَب: سعى، ونم، وخلط الكلام، ونسج.
N-Y-R-B: to strive, to slander, to mix words, and to weave.
والنيرب: الشر، والنميمة، كالنيربة، والرجل الجليد، وة بدمشق وبحلب، وع.
And al-nayrab: evil, and slander, like al-nayribah, and the shrewd man, and a place in Damascus and in Aleppo, and so on.
والنيربى: الداهية.
And al-nayrabi: the cunning one.
ورجل نيرب، وذو نيرب: شرير، وهي نيربة.
And a nayrab man, and one possessing nayrab: wicked, and she (is) nayribah.
والريح تنيرب التراب فوقه: تنسجه.
And the wind nayribs the dust over it: it weaves it.