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النبه

Root entry · 19 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns awareness, alertness, and waking up. It extends to concepts of recognition, prominence, and finding lost things. It also encompasses notions of nobility and importance.

Derived headwords

النَّبْهnoun
  1. 1.
    Alertness, awarenessboth

    The state of being mentally alert, perceptive, or conscious.

  2. 2.
    Waking upboth

    The act or process of rousing from sleep.

أَنْبَهَverb
  1. 1.
    To awakenboth

    To rouse someone from sleep or unconsciousness.

  2. 2.
    To alertboth

    To make someone aware of something or to draw their attention to it.

نَبَّهَverb
  1. 1.
    To awakenboth

    To rouse someone from sleep or unconsciousness.

  2. 2.
    To alertboth

    To make someone aware of something or to draw their attention to it.

تَنَبَّهَverb
  1. 1.
    To become awareboth

    To gain consciousness or realize something.

  2. 2.
    To wake upboth

    To rouse oneself from sleep.

انْتَبَهَverb
  1. 1.
    To pay attentionboth

    To focus one's mind or notice something.

  2. 2.
    To wake upboth

    To rouse oneself from sleep.

مُنَبِّهَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Indicatorboth

    Something that points to or signifies something else.

  2. 2.
    Sign of statusclassical

    A marker or indication of someone's position or worth.

مُنَبَّهnoun
  1. 1.
    Indicatorboth

    Something that points to or signifies something else.

  2. 2.
    Sign of statusclassical

    A marker or indication of someone's position or worth.

النَّبَهnoun
  1. 1.
    Lack of awarenessclassical

    The state of not being aware or perceptive.

النُّبْهnoun
  1. 1.
    Lost property foundclassical

    A lost item that is found by chance.

  2. 2.
    Found itemclassical

    Something that has been discovered or found.

  3. 3.
    Famous thingclassical

    Something that is well-known or renowned.

نَبَهnoun
  1. 1.
    Nobilityclassical

    High social standing, honor, or distinction.

  2. 2.
    Prominenceclassical

    Being well-known or important.

نَابِهadjective
  1. 1.
    Nobleclassical

    Having high social standing or honor.

  2. 2.
    Prominentclassical

    Distinguished or important.

نَبِيهadjective
  1. 1.
    Nobleclassical

    Having high social standing or honor.

  2. 2.
    Prominentclassical

    Distinguished or important.

نَبِيهnoun
  1. 1.
    Nobilityclassical

    High social standing, honor, or distinction.

  2. 2.
    Prominenceclassical

    Being well-known or important.

تَنْبِيهnoun
  1. 1.
    Making knownboth

    The act of bringing something to public notice or making it famous.

مَنْبُوهadjective
  1. 1.
    Knownclassical

    Having one's name or reputation widely recognized.

نَابِهadjective
  1. 1.
    Greatclassical

    An important or significant matter.

مُنَبِّهَةadjective
  1. 1.
    Forgottenclassical

    Something that has been neglected or overlooked.

النَّبَاهnoun
  1. 1.
    High statusclassical

    A position of prominence and elevation.

  2. 2.
    Elevationclassical

    Being lofty or distinguished.

نَبْهَانname
  1. 1.
    Name of a tribeclassical

    The name of a tribe or a person's given name.

Parallel reading

النبه، بالضم: الفطنة، والقيام من النوم.
Al-nabh (with dammah): alertness, and waking from sleep.
وأنبهته ونبهته فتنبه وانتبه.
And I roused him and alerted him, so he became aware and paid attention.
وهذا منبهة على كذا
And this is an indicator of such and such.
ولفلان: مشعر بقدره، ومعل له.
And for someone: it indicates his worth, and is a sign for him.
وما نبه له، كفرح: ما فطن
And what one is not aware of, as in 'faraha': what one does not perceive.
والاسم: النبه، بالضم.
And the noun is: al-nabh (with dammah).
والنبه، بالتحريك: الضالة توجد عن غفلة
And al-nabh (with harakah): a lost item found by chance.
والشيء الموجود، ضد
And a found item, the opposite.
والمشهور، كالنبه، كخجل.
And the famous, like al-nabh (with harakah), as in 'khalaja'.
ونبه، مثلثة: شرف، فهو نابه ونبيه ونبه، محركة، وقوم نبه أيضا.
And nabah (with three possible pronunciations): honor, so he is nabih, nabih, and nabih (with harakah), and a people are also nabih.
ونبه باسمه تنبيها: نوه.
And to make something known by its name, tanbihan: to make famous.
ومنبه الاسم: معروفه.
And manbuh al-ism: one whose name is known.
وأمر نابه: عظيم.
And an أمر نابه: a great matter.
وأنبه حاجته: نسيها، فهي منبهة، كمحسنة.
And he forgot his need, so it is forgotten, like muhsinah.
والنباه، كسحاب: المشرف الرفيع.
And al-nabah, like sahaab: the elevated, the lofty.
ونبهان: أبو حي، وسموا: نابها وكزبير ومحدث وأمير ومحسن.
And Nabhan: father of a tribe, and they were named: Nabha, Kazbir, Muhaddath, Amir, and Muhsin.