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نبب

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the sound of a goat or ram when agitated or calling out. It also extends to describe segments of hollow reeds or tubes.

Derived headwords

نَبَّverb
  1. 1.
    to bleat, cry outclassical

    The sound made by a male goat (ta'is) when it is agitated or calling out.

ينبverb
  1. 1.
    bleating, crying outclassical

    Present tense form of the verb 'nabba', indicating the action of bleating or crying out.

نبيياnoun
  1. 1.
    bleating, crying outclassical

    The masdar (verbal noun) of the verb 'nabba', referring to the act or sound of bleating or crying out.

الأنبوبةnoun
  1. 1.
    section of reed

    The part or segment between two nodes (joints) of a reed or hollow stem.

أنبوبnoun
  1. 1.
    sections of reeds

    The plural form of 'al-unbubah', referring to multiple sections of reeds or hollow tubes.

أنابيبnoun
  1. 1.
    tubes, pipes

    Another plural form of 'al-unbubah', commonly used for tubes or pipes in modern Arabic.

Parallel reading

نب التيس ينب نبييا، إذا صاح وهاج.
The male goat bleated, crying out, when it was agitated and excited.
إذا صاح وهاج
when it was agitated and excited
والأنبوبة: ما بين كل عقدتين من القصب.
And the 'unbubah: is what is between any two nodes of the reed.
وهى أفعولة
And it is on the pattern 'uf'ulah'.
والجمع أنبوب وأنابيب.
And the plural is 'anbub' and 'anabib'.