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نكب

Root entry · 17 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns deviation, turning aside, or being struck. It extends to concepts of reliance, physical impact, and specific geographical or meteorological phenomena like winds and elevated land.

Derived headwords

نَكَبَ عَنِ الطَّرِيقِverb
  1. 1.
    to deviate from the roadboth

    To turn aside or swerve from the path or the correct way.

نَكَبَ عَلَى قَوْمِهِverb
  1. 1.
    to be relied uponclassical

    To be depended upon by one's people, serving as a leader or pillar of support.

نَكَبَتْهُ الْحِجَارَةُverb
  1. 1.
    to strike and scratchboth

    When stones strike and graze or scratch the skin.

نَكَبَ كِنَانَتَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to overturn a quiverclassical

    To turn a quiver upside down, likely to spill its contents.

نَكَّبَهُverb
  1. 1.
    And he turned him away, turning away, meaning he deviated from him and isolated himself from him.both

    And he turned him away, turning away, meaning he deviated from him and isolated himself from him.

تَنَكَّبَهُverb
  1. 1.
    And he avoided it: he shunned it.both

    And he avoided it: he shunned it.

تَنَكَّبَ الْقَوْسَverb
  1. 1.
    to place bow on shoulderclassical

    To lay or carry a bow across one's shoulder.

نَكْبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    And he turned him away, turning away, meaning he deviated from him and isolated himself from him.both

    And he turned him away, turning away, meaning he deviated from him and isolated himself from him.

أصابته نكبة — A calamity befell him.
مَنْكُوبadjective
  1. 1.
    And the man was afflicted (passive voice), so he is afflicted.both

    And the man was afflicted (passive voice), so he is afflicted.

مِنْكَبnoun
  1. 1.
    shoulderboth

    The joint of the upper arm and the shoulder blade.

  2. 2.
    high groundclassical

    An elevated place or area of land.

مَنَاكِبnoun
  1. 1.
    shouldersboth

    Plural of 'mankab', referring to shoulders.

  2. 2.
    wing jointsclassical

    The joints in a bird's wing, specifically four after the primary feathers.

نَاكِبadjective
  1. 1.
    deviating windclassical

    A wind that deviates from the standard direction of the winds.

نَكْبَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    deviating windclassical

    A specific type of wind that deviates from the usual paths, often named by its direction.

نَكِيبnoun
  1. 1.
    hoof circleclassical

    The circular area around the hoof of a horse or camel.

  2. 2.
    deviating windclassical

    A specific type of wind, often a diminutive form of 'nakba', used for a deviating wind.

بنكيب معر دامي الأظل — with a deviating hoof-circle, dusty of the fetlocks.
نَكِيبَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    deviating windclassical

    A specific type of wind, often a diminutive form of 'nakba', used for a deviating wind.

نَكْبnoun
  1. 1.
    He deviated from the path.both

    He deviated from the path.

أَنْكَبadjective
  1. 1.
    limpingclassical

    Having a limp, especially in the shoulder, causing an uneven gait.

  2. 2.
    without a bowclassical

    Someone who does not have a bow with them.

مائل الرأس أنكب — with a head tilted, limping.

Parallel reading

نكب عن الطريق ينكب نكوبا، أي عدل.
He deviated from the road, deviating with a deviation, meaning he turned aside.
ونكب على قومه ينكب نكابة، إذا كان منكبا لهم يعتمدون عليه، وهو رأس العرفاء.
And he was relied upon by his people, being depended upon by them, and he was the chief of the 'urafā'.
ونكبته الحجارة نكبا، أي لثمته وخدشته.
And stones struck him, meaning they grazed and scratched him.
والنكيب: دائرة الحافر والخف.
And the 'nakib' is the circle of the hoof and the foot.
وتصك المرو لما هجرت بنكيب معر دامي الأظل
And the pebbles strike when abandoned, with a deviating hoof-circle, dusty of the fetlocks.
ونكب كنانته نكبا: كبها.
And he overturned his quiver, meaning he spilled it.
ونكبه تنكيبا، أي عدل عنه واعتزله.
And he turned away from him with turning away, meaning he deviated from him and avoided him.
وتنكبه، أي تجنبه.
And he avoided him, meaning he shunned him.
وتنكب القوس، أي ألقاها على منكبه.
And he placed the bow on his shoulder, meaning he threw it upon his shoulder.
والنكبة: واحدة نكبات الدهر.
And the 'nakbah' is one of the calamities of time.
تقول: أصابته نكبة.
You say: A calamity struck him.
والمنكب: مجمع عظم العضد والكتف.
And the 'mankib' is the meeting place of the bone of the upper arm and the shoulder.
والمناكب أيضا في جناح الطائر: أربع بعد القوادم.
And the 'manakib' are also in the wing of a bird: four after the primary feathers.
والمنكب من الأرض: الموضع المرتفع.
And the 'mankib' of the land is the elevated place.
والنكماء: الريح الناكبة التي تنكب عن مهاب الرياح القوم.
And the 'nakbā'' is the deviating wind that deviates from the established paths of the winds.
والنكب بالتحريك: الميل في المشى.
And 'nakb' with vowelization is the inclination in walking.
والنكب: داء يأخذ الإبل في مناكبها فتظلع منه وتمشي منحرفة.
And 'nakb' is a disease that affects camels in their shoulders, causing them to limp and walk crookedly.
يقال نكب البعير بالكسر ينكب نكبا، فهو أنكب.
It is said a camel limped with a limp, it limped, and it is 'ankab'.
لا يكون النكب إلا في الكتف.
The 'nakb' occurs only in the shoulder.
فهلا أعدوني لمثلي تفاقدوا إذا الخصم أبزى مائل الرأس أنكب
Why did they not prepare for someone like me, when the adversary is imposing, with a tilted head, limping.
وهو من صفة المتطاول الجائر.
And it is a description of the arrogant, unjust one.
والأنكب: الذي لا قوس معه.
And the 'ankab' is he who has no bow with him.