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نغب

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the act of drinking or swallowing in gulps, often referring to a large quantity or a deep draught. It also extends metaphorically to signify a bad deed or action.

Derived headwords

النَّغْبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Al-Nughba, with a ḍamma: the gulp.both

    Al-Nughba, with a ḍamma: the gulp.

النَّغَبnoun
  1. 1.
    gulpsboth

    The plural of نَغْبَة (naghbah), referring to multiple large draughts or gulps.

نَغَبَverb
  1. 1.
    And its plural is nughab, on the pattern of ruṭab.both

    And its plural is nughab, on the pattern of ruṭab.

نَغِبَverb
  1. 1.
    And its plural is nughab, on the pattern of ruṭab.both

    And its plural is nughab, on the pattern of ruṭab.

Parallel reading

النغبة بالضم: الجرعة، وقد يفتح، والجمع النغب.
An-naghbah (with dammah) is a gulp, and it may be pronounced with fatha, and its plural is an-naghb.
حتى إذا زلجت عن كل حنجرة * إلى الغليل ولم يقصعنه نغب
Until it slid past every throat * to quench the thirst, and they did not satisfy it with gulps.
نغبت من الإناء بالكسر نغبا، أي جرعت منه جرعا.
I gulped from the vessel (with kasrah) a naghb, meaning I swallowed from it in gulps.
ما جربت عليه نغبة قط، أي فعلة قبيحة.
I have never experienced from him a naghbah, meaning a reprehensible deed.