نكب

Root entry · 29 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns deviation, turning aside, or being struck by misfortune. It also extends to physical positions, such as the shoulder joint, and the act of spilling or scattering contents.

Derived headwords

نَكَبَ عَنْهُverb

1.
to deviate fromboth
To turn aside from something, to swerve or depart from a course.

تَنَكَّبَverb

1.
to deviate fromboth
To deviate from something, similar to the basic verb form.
2.
to throw onto shoulderclassical
To place something, like a quiver or bow, onto one's shoulder.

نَكَبَverb

1.
to deviateboth
To deviate or turn aside.

نَكَبَ بِهِ عَنْهُverb

1.
to deviateboth
To deviate or turn aside from something.

نَكَبَهُ تَنْكِيبًاverb

1.
to removeboth
To remove someone or something, to displace them.
2.
to strike with misfortuneclassical
To afflict someone with a calamity or misfortune.

طَرِيقٌ يَنْكُوبٌadjective

1.
unintentionalclassical
A path or way that is not intended or by chance.

نَكَبَ الطَّرِيقُverb

1.
to deviateclassical
The road or path deviated.

النَّكْبُnoun

1.
casting downclassical
The act of throwing down or casting aside.
2.
misfortuneclassical
A calamity or disaster.

النَّكَبُ (بالتحريك)noun

1.
slight inclinationclassical
A slight deviation or inclination in something.
2.
lameness in camelclassical
Lameness in a camel, possibly due to a disease in its shoulder joints.

النَّكْبَاءُnoun

1.
deviating windclassical
A wind that deviates or blows between two other winds.

النَّكِيبَاءُnoun

1.
deviating windclassical
A specific type of deviating wind, also called a 'nakba' of the east wind and the north wind.

نَكَبَتْ نُكُوبًاverb

1.
to deviateclassical
To deviate or turn aside (referring to winds).

المِنْكَبُnoun

1.
shoulder jointboth
The joint where the head of the upper arm meets the shoulder blade.
2.
side of somethingboth
The side or flank of anything.
3.
leader or helperclassical
A chief or leader of a people, or their helper.

نَكَبَ نَكَابَةً (بالكسر)verb

1.
to be a leaderclassical
To hold a position of leadership or assistance.

المَنَاكِبُnoun

1.
feathers after primariesclassical
In the context of feathers, the ones that come after the primary flight feathers.

نَكَبَ الإِنَاءَverb

1.
to spillboth
To spill the contents of a container.

نَكَبَ الكِنَانَةَverb

1.
to scatterclassical
To scatter the contents of a quiver.

نَكَبَ الحِجَارَةُ رِجْلَهُverb

1.
to strikeclassical
Stones struck his leg, or grazed it.

نَكَبَ بِهِverb

1.
to throw downclassical
To throw something down.

يَنْكُوبٌnoun

1.
waterclassical
A name for water.
2.
a type of plantclassical
A type of plant.

النَّكْبَةُ (بالضم)noun

1.
heapclassical
A pile or heap of something.

النَّكْبَةُ (بالفتح)noun

1.
calamityboth
A misfortune, disaster, or affliction.

النُّكَبُnoun

1.
calamityclassical
A misfortune or disaster, similar to 'nakbah'.

نَكَبَهُ الدَّهْرُverb

1.
to afflictclassical
Time or fate afflicted him, reached him, or struck him with a calamity.

الأَنْكَبُadjective

1.
without a bowclassical
One who does not have a bow with him.

انْتَدَبَ كِنَانَتَهُverb

1.
to throw onto shoulderclassical
To throw one's quiver or bow onto one's shoulder.

المُتَنَكِّبُ الخُزَاعِيُّname

1.
poetclassical
A poet from the Khuza'a tribe.

المُتَنَكِّبُ السَّلْمِيُّname

1.
poetclassical
A poet from the Sulaym tribe.

النَّكِيبُnoun

1.
hoof-ringclassical
A ring or defect around the hoof of an animal.

Parallel reading

نكب عنه، كنصر وفرح، نكبا ونكبا ونكوبا: عدل

He deviated from it, like nasara and fariha, nakaban and nakaban and nukuban: he turned aside.

نكبه تنكيبا: نحاه، لازم متعد

He removed him (tankiban): he displaced him, transitive and intransitive.

وطريق ينكوب: على غير قصد

And a path that is unintentional: by chance.

نكبه الطريق، ونكب به عنه: عدل

The road caused him to deviate, and he deviated from it: he turned aside.

والنكب: الطرح، وبالتحريك: شبه ميل في الشيء، وظلع بالبعير، أو داء في مناكبه يظلع منه، أو لا يكون إلا في الكتف

And al-nakb: the throwing down, and with vowelization: a sort of inclination in a thing, and lameness in a camel, or a disease in its shoulders from which it limps, or it is only in the shoulder.

والنكماء: ريح انحرفت، ووقعت بين ريحين، أو بين الصبا والشمال

And al-nakba': a wind that deviated, and fell between two winds, or between the east and the north.

والمنكب: مجتمع رأس الكتف والعضد، مذكر، وناحية كل شيء، وعريف القوم أو عونهم، وقد نكب نكابة، بالكسر، ونكوبا

And al-mankib: the meeting point of the shoulder and the upper arm, masculine, and the side of everything, and the chief of a people or their helper, and he held a position of leadership (nakabatan, bi-l-kasr) and (nukuban).

و نكب الإناء: هراق ما فيه

And he spilled the container: he poured out what was in it.

و الكنانة: نثر ما فيها

And the quiver: he scattered what was in it.

و الحجارة رجله: لثمتها، أو أصابتها، فهو منكوب ونكب، و به: طرحه

And the stones his leg: they grazed it, or struck it, so he was afflicted (mankub) and struck (nakib), and by it: he threw it down.

وينكوب: ع، أو ماء

And yunkub: a spring, or water.

والنكبة، بالضم: الصبرة، وبالفتح: المصيبة، كالنكب، ج: نكوب

And al-nakbah, with dammah: a heap, and with fatha: a misfortune, like al-nakb, pl: nukub.

ونكبه الدهر نكبا ونكبا: بلغ منه، أو أصابه بنكبة

And fate afflicted him (nakaban and nakaban): it reached him, or struck him with a calamity.

والأنكب: من لا قوس معه

And al-ankab: one who has no bow with him.

وانتخب كنانته، أو قوسه: ألقاه على منكبه، كتنكب

And he threw his quiver, or his bow: he cast it onto his shoulder, like tanakkaba.

والمتنكب الخزاعي، والسلمي: شاعران

And al-Mutanakkib al-Khuza'i, and al-Sulami: two poets.

والنكيب: دائرة الحافر

And al-nakib: the ring of the hoof.