نضب

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the idea of drying up, diminishing, or becoming scarce, particularly with liquids like water or milk. It extends to concepts of death, scarcity of resources, and physical distance or intensity.

Derived headwords

نَضَبَverb

1.
to dry upboth
Said of water or a liquid source, meaning it has diminished or disappeared.
2.
to dieclassical
Used metaphorically to describe a person's death.
3.
to become scarceclassical
Said of prosperity or abundance, meaning it has decreased.
4.
to intensifyclassical
Said of a wound or injury, meaning it has become severe.
5.
to become distantclassical
Said of a desert or open plain, meaning it has become far away.
6.
to become sunkenboth
Said of an eye, meaning it has become hollowed or sunken.

نُضُوبًاnoun

1.
drying upboth
The act or state of water or a liquid source drying up or diminishing.

أنْضَبَverb

1.
to draw the bowstringclassical
To pull the string of a bow taut, causing it to make a sound.

التَنَضُّبnoun

1.
a type of treeclassical
A thorny tree found in the Hijaz region, with thorns similar to those of the 'awsaj tree.
2.
a place near Meccaclassical
A location situated near the city of Mecca.

نَضَّبَverb

1.
to diminish in milkclassical
Said of a female camel, meaning her milk supply has become less abundant or slow to yield.

تَنْضِيبًاnoun

1.
diminished milkclassical
The act or state of a female camel's milk diminishing or becoming slow to yield.

Parallel reading

سال، وجرى

it flowed, and it ran

الماء نضوبا

the water dried up

فلان: مات

so-and-so: died

الخصب: قل

prosperity: became scarce

الدبرة: اشتدت

the wound: intensified

المفازة: بعدت

the desert: became distant

عينه: غارت

his eye: became sunken

أو خاص بعين الناقة

or specific to the eye of the she-camel

وأنضب القوس: جذب وترها لتصوت

and he drew the bowstring: he pulled its string to make it sound

كأنبضها

as if he made it sound

والتنضب: شجر حجازي

and al-tanḍub: a Hijazi tree

شوكه كشوك العوسج

its thorns are like the thorns of the 'awsaj tree

و ة قرب مكة

and a place near Mecca

ونضبت الناقة تنضيبا

and the she-camel's milk diminished

قل لبنها، وبطؤ درتها

her milk became scarce, and her udder slow to yield