نيب

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the canine tooth, its characteristics, and related concepts. It extends to terms for a leader, a mature female camel, and the act of aging or becoming old, particularly for female camels.

Derived headwords

نَابnoun

1.
He acted on his behalf, acting as a substitute: he took his place.both
He acted on his behalf, acting as a substitute: he took his place.

أَنْيَابnoun

1.
canine teethboth
The plural form of 'ناب', referring to multiple canine teeth.

نُيُوبnoun

1.
canine teethclassical
An irregular plural form of 'ناب', referring to canine teeth.

نَابَverb

1.
He acted on his behalf, acting as a substitute: he took his place.both
He acted on his behalf, acting as a substitute: he took his place.

يَنِيبُverb

1.
to strike (with canine tooth)classical
The present tense form of the verb 'ناب', indicating the action of striking with a canine tooth.
2.
to mark (with canine tooth)classical
The present tense form of the verb 'ناب', indicating the action of marking an arrow's shaft.

نَابَهَverb

1.
He struck his canine tooth.both
He struck his canine tooth.
2.
the opposite of obscure/unknownboth
the opposite of obscure/unknown

يُنِيبُهُverb

1.
to strike him/itclassical
The present tense form of 'نابَهَ', indicating the action of striking someone or something with a canine tooth.

نَيَّبَverb

1.
to become old/agedclassical
To become old or aged, specifically used for female camels.

نَابَ القَوْمَverb

1.
to be the leader of the peopleclassical
To hold the position of leadership or be the chief among a group of people.

نَابَ سَهْمَهُverb

1.
to mark his arrowclassical
To test the wood of an arrow and mark it with a canine tooth.

نَيِّيبnoun

1.
diminutive of canine toothclassical
The diminutive form of 'ناب', referring to a small canine tooth.

نُوَيْبnoun

1.
diminutive of canine toothclassical
An alternative diminutive form of 'ناب', used by some Arab tribes.

النُّيُوبnoun

1.
mature female camelsclassical
The plural of 'ناب', referring to mature female camels.

نَابَ القَوْمُnoun

1.
their leaderclassical
The leader of a people or group.

Parallel reading

الناب من السن، والجمع أنياب ونيوب أيضا على غير قياس.

The canine tooth is from the teeth, and the plural is 'anyab' and also 'nuyub' irregularly.

ونابه ينيبه، أي أصاب نابه.

And he struck him with his canine tooth, meaning he hit him with his canine tooth.

ونيب سهمه، أي عجم عوده وأثر فيه بنابه.

And he marked his arrow, meaning he tested its wood and marked it with his canine tooth.

وناب القوم: سيدهم.

And the leader of the people: their chief.

والناب: المسنة من النوق، والجمع النيب.

And the 'nab' is the mature female camel, and the plural is 'al-neeb'.

وفي المثل: " لا أفعل ذلك ما حنت النيب ".

And in the proverb: 'I will not do that as long as the mature female camels are moaning'.

فما تكاد نيبها تولى * أي ترجع، من الضعف.

So her mature female camels can hardly return, meaning they return, due to weakness.

والتصغير نييب.

And the diminutive is 'nayyib'.

يقال سميت بذلك لطول نابها، فهو ك الصفة، فلذلك لم تلحقه الهاء، لان الهاء لا تلحق تصغير الصفات.

It is said it was named thus due to the length of its canine tooth, so it is like an adjective, and therefore the 'ha' is not attached to it, because the 'ha' is not attached to the diminutive of adjectives.

تقول منه: نيبت الناقة، أي صارت هرمة.

You say from it: 'nayyabat al-naqah', meaning the she-camel became old.

ولا يقال للجمل ناب.

And one does not say 'nab' for a male camel.

من العرب من يقول في تصغير ناب نويب فيجئ بالواو، لان هذه الالف يكثر انقلابها من الواوات.

Some of the Arabs say for the diminutive of 'nab', 'nuwayb', bringing the 'waw', because this 'alif' frequently transforms from 'waw'.