النقب

Root entry · 18 derived lemmas

The root النقب (an-naqab) primarily relates to the concept of making a hole, piercing, or penetrating. This extends to physical openings, passages, and even abstract concepts like insight and character. It also encompasses related ideas such as disease, specific locations, and leadership roles.

Derived headwords

النقبnoun

1.
hole, perforationboth
A hole or perforation, often used for a passage or opening.
2.
ulcer, soreclassical
An ulcer or sore that appears on the side of the body.
3.
scabies, mangeclassical
A skin disease like scabies or mange, or scattered pieces of it.
4.
path, trailboth
A path or trail, especially through a mountain.
5.
navelboth
The navel or the area in front of it.

النقب: الثقب — The hole, perforation

وقرحة تخرج في الجنب — and an ulcer that emerges on the side

والجرب — and scabies

والطريق في الجبل — and the path in the mountain

والسرة، أو قدامها — and the navel, or its front

أنقابnoun

1.
holes, passages (pl.)both
Plural of النقب, referring to multiple holes or passages.
2.
ulcers, sores (pl.)classical
Plural of النقب, referring to multiple ulcers or sores.
3.
scabies (pl.)classical
Plural of النقب, referring to multiple instances of scabies.

ج: أنقاب ونقاب — plural: anqāb and niqāb

نقابnoun

1.
holes, passages (pl.)both
Plural of النقب, referring to multiple holes or passages.
2.
ulcers, sores (pl.)classical
Plural of النقب, referring to multiple ulcers or sores.
3.
scabies (pl.)classical
Plural of النقب, referring to multiple instances of scabies.
4.
veilboth
What a woman uses to veil herself.
5.
narrow pathboth
A path through rough terrain.
6.
bellyclassical
The belly, as in 'two chicks in a belly' for similar individuals.

ج: أنقاب ونقاب — plural: anqāb and niqāb

وما تنتقب به المرأة — and what a woman uses to veil herself

والطريق في الغلظ — and the path in the rough terrain

والبطن ومنه: " فرخان في نقاب" يضرب للمتشابهين — and the belly, and from it: 'Two chicks in a belly' is said for those who are alike.

منقبnoun

1.
hole, passageboth
A hole or passage, especially a path through a mountain.
2.
tool for piercingclassical
An iron tool used by a veterinarian to pierce a horse's navel.

والطريق في الجبل، كالمنقب والمنقبة بفتحهما — and the path in the mountain, like al-manqab and al-manqabah (with their vowels)

وكمنبر: حديدة ينقب بها البيطار سرة الدابة — and like 'manbar': an iron tool with which the veterinarian pierces the animal's navel.

منقبةnoun

1.
hole, passageboth
A hole or passage, especially a path through a mountain.
2.
merit, virtueboth
A source of pride or merit.
3.
narrow passageclassical
A narrow passage between two houses.
4.
wallclassical
A wall.

والطريق في الجبل، كالمنقب والمنقبة بفتحهما — and the path in the mountain, like al-manqab and al-manqabah (with their vowels)

والمنقبة: المفخرة — and al-manqabah: the merit, the pride

وطريق ضيق بين دارين — and a narrow path between two houses

والحائط — and the wall

النقبةnoun

1.
colorboth
A color or hue.
2.
rustboth
Rust, especially on metal.
3.
faceclassical
The face.
4.
garmentclassical
A garment like a loincloth with a surrounding waistband, without a fly.
5.
scabiesclassical
A single instance of scabies.

النقبة، بالضم: اللون — al-nuqbah, with dammah: the color

والصدأ — and the rust

والوجه — and the face

وثوب كالإزار تجعل له حجزة مطيفة من غير نيفق — and a garment like a loincloth with a surrounding waistband, without a fly

واحدة النقب: للجرب — the singular of al-naqab: for scabies

نقابةnoun

1.
leadership, officeboth
The office or position of a leader or representative.
2.
act of piercingclassical
The act of piercing or making a hole.
3.
state of beingclassical
The state or condition of being.

وقد نقب عليهم نقابة، بالكسر: فعل ذلك — And he assumed a leadership over them, with kasrah: he did that.

نقابة، بالفتح: لم يكن فصار، أو بالكسر: الاسم، وبالفتح: المصدر — naqābah, with fatha: he became what he was not, or with kasrah: the noun, and with fatha: the masdar.

النقيبةnoun

1.
soul, spiritboth
The soul or inner self.
2.
intellect, mindboth
Intellect, reason, or understanding.
3.
counsel, adviceboth
Counsel, consultation, or sound advice.
4.
penetrating insightboth
Penetrating insight or shrewdness of opinion.
5.
nature, dispositionboth
Natural disposition or character.
6.
productive she-camelclassical
A she-camel with a large udder.

النقيبة: النفس، والعقل، والمشورة — al-naqībah: the soul, the intellect, and the counsel

ونفاذ الرأي — and penetrating insight

والطبيعة — and the nature

والعظيمة الضرع من النوق — and the she-camel with a large udder

النقيبnoun

1.
leader, representativeboth
A leader, representative, or guarantor of a group of people.
2.
flute, pipeclassical
A musical instrument like a flute or pipe.
3.
balance beamclassical
The tongue of a scale.
4.
dog with sore throatclassical
A dog whose throat is affected or has a sore.

النقيب: المزمار — al-naqīb: the flute

ولسان الميزان — and the tongue of the scale

و من الكلاب: ما نقبت غلصمته — and among dogs: one whose throat is affected

وشاهد القوم، وضمينهم، وعريفهم — and the witness of the people, their guarantor, and their chief.

أنقبverb

1.
to go, travelboth
To go or travel through the land.
2.
to become a chamberlainclassical
To become a chamberlain or a naqīb (leader).
3.
to have sore feetclassical
For a camel to have sore or thin hooves.

ونقب في الأرض: ذهب، كأنقب ونقب — and he went into the land: he went, like anqaba and naqaba.

وأنقب: صار حاجبا أو نقيبا — and anqaba: he became a chamberlain or a naqīb.

وفلان: نقب بعيره — and so-and-so: his camel's hooves became sore.

والبعير: حفي، أو رقت أخفافه، كأنقب — and the camel: its hooves became worn, or its hooves became thin, like anqaba.

نقّبverb

1.
to search, investigateboth
To search for or investigate news or information.
2.
to patchclassical
To patch or mend a shoe.

ونقب عن الأخبار: بحث عنها، أو أخبر بها — and he searched for news: he looked for it, or he reported it.

والخف: رقعه — and the shoe: he patched it.

نقبverb

1.
to make a holeboth
To make a hole or perforation.
2.
to go, travelboth
To go or travel through the land.
3.
to search, investigateboth
To search for or investigate news or information.
4.
to patchclassical
To patch or mend a shoe.
5.
to be injuredclassical
For a person to be afflicted by misfortune (nakbah).

النقب: الثقب — al-naqab: the hole, perforation

ونقب في الأرض: ذهب، كأنقب ونقب — and he went into the land: he went, like anqaba and naqaba.

ونقب عن الأخبار: بحث عنها، أو أخبر بها — and he searched for news: he looked for it, or he reported it.

والخف: رقعه — and the shoe: he patched it.

والنّكبة فلانا: أصابته — and al-nakbah afflicted him: it struck him.

نقِبverb

1.
to be torn, worn outclassical
For a shoe to be torn or worn out.
2.
to have sore feetclassical
For a camel's hooves to become worn or thin.
3.
to travelclassical
To travel through the land.

ونقب الخف كفرح: تخرق — and the shoe became torn, like 'faraha'.

والبعير: حفي، أو رقت أخفافه، كأنقب — and the camel: its hooves became worn, or its hooves became thin, like anqaba.

وفي البلاد: سار — and in the lands: he traveled.

الناقبnoun

1.
piercerboth
One who makes a hole or pierces.
2.
diseaseclassical
A disease affecting humans from prolonged lying down.

والناقب والناقبة: داء للإنسان من طول الضجعة — and al-nāqib and al-nāqibah: a disease for humans from prolonged lying down.

الناقبةnoun

1.
piercerboth
One who makes a hole or pierces.
2.
diseaseclassical
A disease affecting humans from prolonged lying down.

والناقب والناقبة: داء للإنسان من طول الضجعة — and al-nāqib and al-nāqibah: a disease for humans from prolonged lying down.

المناقبnoun

1.
mountains with passesclassical
Mountains containing passes and routes, especially towards Yamama and Yemen.
2.
roadclassical
The name of the road from Mecca to Taif.

المناقب: جبل فيه ثنايا، وطرق إلى اليمامة واليمن وغيرها — al-manāqib: a mountain with passes and routes to Yamama, Yemen, and elsewhere.

واسم طريق الطائف من مكة حرسها الله تعالى — and the name of the road from Taif to Mecca, may God protect it.

عname

1.
place nameclassical
A place name between Tabuk and Ma'an.

وكزبير: ع بين تبوك ومعان — and like 'zubayr': 'Ain, a place between Tabuk and Ma'an.

نقبانةname

1.
water sourceclassical
A water source in the region of Ajā'.

نقبانة، محركة: ماءة بأجأ — nuqbānah, with harakah: a water source in Ajā'.

Parallel reading

النقب: الثقب، (ج: أنقاب ونقاب) ، وقرحة تخرج في الجنب، والجرب، ويضم، أو القطع المتفرقة منه، كالنقب، كصرد فيهما، وأن يجمع الفرس قوائمه في حضره، والطريق في الجبل، كالمنقب والمنقبة بفتحهما، والنقب، بالضم، ج: أنقاب ونقاب، وة باليمامة.

Al-naqab: the hole, (pl. anqāb and niqāb), and an ulcer that emerges on the side, and scabies, and it is pronounced with dammah, or scattered pieces of it, like al-naqab, like 'ṣurad' for both, and for a horse to gather its legs when standing still, and the path in the mountain, like al-manqab and al-manqabah (with their vowels), and al-nuqb (with dammah), pl. anqāb and niqāb, and a place in Yamama.

وكمنبر: حديدة ينقب بها البيطار سرة الدابة.

And like 'manbar': an iron tool with which the veterinarian pierces the animal's navel.

وكمقعد: السرة، أو قدامها.

And like 'maq'ad': the navel, or the area in front of it.

والنقبة، بالضم: اللون، والصدأ، والوجه، وثوب كالإزار تجعل له حجزة مطيفة من غير نيفق، وواحدة النقب: للجرب، وبالكسر: هيئة الانتقاب.

And al-nuqbah, with dammah: the color, and rust, and the face, and a garment like a loincloth with a surrounding waistband, without a fly, and the singular of al-naqab: for scabies, and with kasrah: the manner of veiling.

والنقيبة: النفس، والعقل، والمشورة، ونفاذ الرأي، والطبيعة، والعظيمة الضرع من النوق.

And al-naqībah: the soul, the intellect, and the counsel, and penetrating insight, and the nature, and the she-camel with a large udder.

والنقيب: المزمار، ولسان الميزان، و من الكلاب: ما نقبت غلصمته، وشاهد القوم، وضمينهم، وعريفهم.

And al-naqīb: the flute, and the tongue of the scale, and among dogs: one whose throat is affected, and the witness of the people, their guarantor, and their chief.

وقد نقب عليهم نقابة، بالكسر: فعل ذلك.

And he assumed a leadership over them, with kasrah: he did that.

ونقب، ككرم وعلم، نقابة، بالفتح: لم يكن فصار، أو بالكسر: الاسم، وبالفتح: المصدر.

And naqaba, like 'karuma' and 'alima', naqābah, with fatha: he became what he was not, or with kasrah: the noun, and with fatha: the masdar.

والنقاب، بالكسر: الرجل العلامة، وما تنتقب به المرأة، والطريق في الغلظ، كالمنقب، وع قرب المدينة، والبطن ومنه: " فرخان في نقاب" يضرب للمتشابهين.

And al-niqāb, with kasrah: the distinguished man, and what a woman uses to veil herself, and the path in the rough terrain, like al-manqab, and 'Ain near the city, and the belly, and from it: 'Two chicks in a belly' is said for those who are alike.

ونقب في الأرض: ذهب، كأنقب ونقب، و عن الأخبار: بحث عنها، أو أخبر بها، و الخف: رقعه، و النكبة فلانا: أصابته.

And he went into the land: he went, like anqaba and naqaba, and he searched for news: he looked for it, or he reported it, and he patched the shoe, and al-nakbah afflicted him: it struck him.

ونقب الخف كفرح: تخرق، و البعير: حفي، أو رقت أخفافه، كأنقب، و في البلاد: سار.

And the shoe became torn, like 'faraha', and the camel: its hooves became worn, or its hooves became thin, like anqaba, and in the lands: he traveled.

ولقيته نقابا: مواجهة، أو من غير ميعاد، كناقبته نقابا، و الماء: هجمت عليه بلا طلب.

And I met him face to face: directly, or without appointment, like I met him face to face, and the water: I came upon it without seeking it.

والمنقبة: المفخرة، وطريق ضيق بين دارين، والحائط.

And al-manqabah: the merit, the pride, and a narrow path between two houses, and the wall.

والأنقاب: الآذان، بلا واحد.

And al-anqāb: the ears, without a singular.

والناقب والناقبة: داء للإنسان من طول الضجعة.

And al-nāqib and al-nāqibah: a disease for humans from prolonged lying down.

وكزبير: ع بين تبوك ومعان.

And like 'zubayr': 'Ain, a place between Tabuk and Ma'an.

ونقبانة، محركة: ماءة بأجأ.

And nuqbānah, with harakah: a water source in Ajā'.

والمناقب: جبل فيه ثنايا، وطرق إلى اليمامة واليمن وغيرها، واسم طريق الطائف من مكة حرسها الله تعالى.

And al-manāqib: a mountain with passes and routes to Yamama, Yemen, and elsewhere, and the name of the road from Taif to Mecca, may God protect it.

وأنقب: صار حاجبا أو نقيبا، و فلان: نقب بعيره.

And anqaba: he became a chamberlain or a naqīb, and so-and-so: his camel's hooves became sore.