نضب

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of water disappearing or receding, either by sinking into the ground or by becoming distant. It also extends to the idea of distance or remoteness in general, and to specific types of trees.

Derived headwords

نَضَبَverb

1.
to dry upboth
Water sinks into the ground and becomes scarce.
2.
to recedeclassical
Used metaphorically for people becoming distant.

نُضُوبnoun

1.
drying upboth
The act or process of water disappearing into the ground.
2.
remotenessclassical
The state of being distant or far away.

نَاضِبadjective

1.
dryboth
Describing water that has dried up or receded.
2.
distantclassical
Far away or remote.

أَنْضَبَverb

1.
to make tautclassical
To tighten the string of a bow, similar to 'anbaḍa'.

التَنَضُّبnoun

1.
a type of treeclassical
A specific kind of tree, with the 'ta' being an extra letter.

تَنَضُّبَةnoun

1.
a type of treeclassical
The singular form of 'al-tanaddub', referring to a specific tree.

Parallel reading

الماء ينضب بالضم نضوبا

Water dries up, with the 'ḍamm' on the 'nūn', a 'nuḍūb'.

أي غار في الأرض وسفل

Meaning it sank into the earth and went down.

ونضوب القوم أيضا: بعدهم

And the 'nuḍūb' of a people also means their remoteness.

الناضب: البعيد

The 'nāḍib' (one who has dried up/receded) means distant.

ومننه قيل للماء إذا ذهب: نضب، أي بعد

And from this, it is said of water when it goes: 'naḍaba', meaning it became distant.

وخرق ناضب أي بعيد

And a 'kharaq nāḍib' means a distant opening/pass.

وأنضبت وتر القوس مثل أنبضته

And you tightened the string of the bow, like 'anbaḍtahu'.

والتنضب: شجر

And 'al-tanaddub' is a tree.

الواحدة تنضبة

The singular is 'tanaddabah'.

إذا حن بين القوم نبع وتنضب

When between people, the 'nabʿ' and 'tanaddub' trees lament.

النبع شجر القسي

The 'nabʿ' is a tree for bows.

وتنضب شجر تتخذ منه السهام

And 'tanaddub' is a tree from which arrows are made.