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النبث

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to digging, uncovering, and the traces left behind. It also extends to concepts of anger, swelling, and a children's game involving hiding and finding something.

Derived headwords

النَّبْثnoun
  1. 1.
    diggingboth

    The act of digging or excavating.

  2. 2.
    traceclassical

    A mark or sign left behind, an اثر.

نَبَشَverb
  1. 1.
    to dig upboth

    To excavate or dig up something from the ground.

  2. 2.
    to disturbclassical

    To disturb something that is buried or settled.

انْتَبَثَverb
  1. 1.
    to digclassical

    To dig or excavate, similar to نبش.

  2. 2.
    to takeclassical

    To take or grasp something.

  3. 3.
    to swellclassical

    For a liquid or substance like saweeq to swell or expand in water.

  4. 4.
    to crouchclassical

    To crouch or squat on the ground.

انْتِبَاثnoun
  1. 1.
    diggingclassical

    The act of digging or excavating.

  2. 2.
    takingclassical

    The act of taking or grasping.

  3. 3.
    swellingclassical

    The swelling or expansion of a substance in water.

  4. 4.
    crouchingclassical

    The act of crouching or squatting.

غَضِبَverb
  1. 1.
    to be angryboth

    To become angry or enraged.

النَّبِيثَةnoun
  1. 1.
    well/river dirtclassical

    The dirt or sediment found at the bottom of a well or river.

خَبِيثٌ نَبِيثٌadjective
  1. 1.
    wickedclassical

    Describing someone as extremely wicked or evil.

الأنْبُوثَةnoun
  1. 1.
    gameclassical

    A children's game where something is buried, and the one who finds it wins.

Parallel reading

النبث: النبش، كالانتباث، والغضب، وبالتحريك: الأثر.
Al-Nabth: digging, like al-intibath, and anger, and with vowelization: the trace.
والنبيثة: تراب البئر والنهر.
And al-Nabeethah: dirt of the well and the river.
والانتباث: التناول، وأن يربو السويق ونحوه في الماء، والتقليص على الأرض حالة القعود.
And al-Intibath: taking, and for saweeq and the like to swell in water, and crouching on the ground in a sitting position.
وخبيث نبيث: شرير.
And khabeeth nabeeth: wicked.
والأنبوثة: لعبة، يدفنون شيئا في حفير، فمن استخرجه غلب.
And al-Anboothah: a game, they bury something in a pit, and whoever retrieves it wins.