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النبخ

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to pustules, swelling, and fermentation, often associated with decay or a coarse, unrefined state. It also extends to descriptions of land and certain types of bread or dough.

Derived headwords

النَّبَخnoun
  1. 1.
    Pustules/poxboth

    A disease causing pustules, such as smallpox in sheep and other animals.

  2. 2.
    Blisters from workmodern

    Blisters that form on the hands due to manual labor.

  3. 3.
    Reed baseclassical

    The base or root of a reed plant.

النَّابِخَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Talkerclassical

    A person who speaks, often implying volubility.

  2. 2.
    Arrogant personclassical

    Someone who is arrogant or conceited.

  3. 3.
    Distant landclassical

    A remote or far-off region of land.

النَّبَخَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    Elevated landclassical

    An elevated or high area of land.

  2. 2.
    Loose sandclassical

    Soft, loose sand.

  3. 3.
    Rocky groundclassical

    A patch of ground that is stony or rocky.

أنْبَخَverb
  1. 1.
    To plant in itclassical

    To plant crops in a piece of land (referring to النبخاء).

  2. 2.
    To eat the pustulesclassical

    To consume the pustules or pox.

  3. 3.
    To knead doughclassical

    To knead dough in a specific manner (anbakhana).

نَبَخَ العَجِينَverb
  1. 1.
    To ferment/spoilmodern

    Dough becoming sour, fermenting, or spoiling.

نُبُوخًاnoun
  1. 1.
    Fermentation/spoilingmodern

    The act of dough becoming sour, fermenting, or spoiling.

نَبَّاخadjective
  1. 1.
    Sour/spoiledmodern

    Describing dough that has become sour or spoiled.

أنْبَخَانadjective
  1. 1.
    Sour/spoiledmodern

    Describing dough that has become sour or spoiled.

أنْبَخَانِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    Steamy and calmclassical

    Describing a stew (thareed) that is steamy and has a calm consistency.

  2. 2.
    Made with puffed breadclassical

    A stew made from fried cakes and oil, which puff up, then water is poured over them to soften.

أنْبَخَانِيَّةadjective
  1. 1.
    Large/puffyclassical

    Describing a loaf of bread that is large or puffy.

  2. 2.
    Like wasp nestsclassical

    A loaf of bread resembling wasp nests in shape.

النَّبْخَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Pustule/spotmodern

    A small pustule or spot.

  2. 2.
    Fire starterclassical

    A piece of sulfur used to start a fire.

  3. 3.
    Reed packingclassical

    Reed material placed between planks of a ship.

الأنْبَخadjective
  1. 1.
    Coarse/rudeclassical

    A person who is coarse, rough, or ill-mannered.

  2. 2.
    Murky/earthyclassical

    Describing a color that is murky, dull, or contains a lot of earth/dirt.

Parallel reading

جدري الغنم وغيره
Smallpox of sheep and other animals.
وما نفط من اليد عن العمل
And what blisters from the hand due to work.
وأصل البردي
And the base of the reed.
والمتكلم، والمتكبر
And the talker, and the arrogant one.
والأرض البعيدة
And the distant land.
والأرض المرتفعة
And the elevated land.
والرخوة من الرمل
And the soft sand.
بل من جلد الأرض ذات الحجارة
Rather, it is from the skin of the earth that has stones.
ج: نباخى
Plural: Nabakha.
وأكل النبخ
And he ate the pustules.
وعجن عجينا أنبخانا
And he kneaded dough in a specific way.
ونبخ العجين ينبخ نبوخا: حمض، وفسد
And the dough ferments, it ferments a fermentation: it becomes sour, and spoils.
وهو نباخ وأنبخان
And it is sour and spoiled.
ثريد أنبخاني: له بخار وسكونة
Anbakhani stew: it has steam and calmness.
أو هو يسوى من الكعك والزيت، فينتفخ، فيصب عليه الماء، فيسترخي
Or it is made from cakes and oil, it puffs up, then water is poured on it, and it softens.
خبزة أنبخانية: ضخمة، أو كأنها كور الزنابير
Anbakhani bread: large, or as if it were wasp nests.
والنبخة: ط النكتة ط، (ويضم)
And the Nukhbah: a small spot, (and it is pronounced with dammah).
والكبريتة التي تثقب بها النار
And the piece of sulfur with which fire is struck.
وبردي ms0317 يجعل بين ألواح السفينة
And reed material is placed between the planks of the ship.
والأنبخ: الجافي الغليظ
And Al-Anbakh: the coarse, the rough.
والأكدر اللون الكثير من التراب
And the murky color with much earth.