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النهابر

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily denotes perilous or elevated places, often associated with destruction or hardship. It extends to describe a lean, doomed individual and, metaphorically, hellfire.

Derived headwords

النَهَابِرnoun
  1. 1.
    Perilous placesclassical

    Destruction, ruin, or places leading to them.

  2. 2.
    Elevated terrainclassical

    What is high or prominent of the land and sand.

  3. 3.
    Hollowsclassical

    Hollows or depressions between mounds of earth or sand.

  4. 4.
    Hellfireclassical

    Hell, as a place of ultimate peril and destruction.

النَهَابِيرnoun
  1. 1.
    Perilous placesclassical

    A plural form referring to destruction, ruin, or places leading to them.

  2. 2.
    Elevated terrainclassical

    A plural form referring to what is high or prominent of the land and sand.

  3. 3.
    Hollowsclassical

    A plural form referring to hollows or depressions between mounds of earth or sand.

نَهْبَرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Lean, doomed personclassical

    A tall, emaciated woman, or one on the verge of destruction or ruin.

  2. 2.
    Elevated placeclassical

    A single instance of an elevated or prominent piece of land or sand.

  3. 3.
    Hollowclassical

    A single instance of a hollow or depression between mounds.

نَهْبُورَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Lean, doomed personclassical

    A tall, emaciated woman, or one on the verge of destruction or ruin. (Variant of نهبرة)

  2. 2.
    Elevated placeclassical

    A single instance of an elevated or prominent piece of land or sand. (Variant of نهبرة)

  3. 3.
    Hollowclassical

    A single instance of a hollow or depression between mounds. (Variant of نهبرة)

Parallel reading

النهابر والنهابير: المهالك
Al-Nahābir and Al-Nahābīr: the perils/ruins.
وما أشرف من الأرض والرمل
And what is prominent of the land and sand.
أو الحفر بين الآكام
Or the hollows between the mounds.
الواحدة: نهبرة ونهبورة
The singular is: nahbarah and nahbūrah.
والنهابر: جهنم
And Al-Nahābir: Hellfire.
أعاذنا الله تعالى منها
May Allah the Almighty protect us from it.
والنهبرة: الطويلة المهزولة
And Al-Nahbarah: the tall, emaciated one.
أو المشرفة على الهلاك
Or one who is on the verge of destruction.