نبث

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of digging or excavating, particularly with the hands. It also extends to the material excavated, such as soil from wells or rivers, and can be used metaphorically.

Derived headwords

نَبَثَverb

1.
to dig by handboth
To excavate or dig into something using one's hands.

نَبَثَverb

1.
to excavateclassical
To dig out or unearth something, often implying a thorough excavation.

يَنْبَثُverb

1.
he digs by handboth
The present tense form indicating the action of digging with hands.

نَبْثًاnoun

1.
digging by handboth
The verbal noun (masdar) for the act of digging with hands.

نبيثةnoun

1.
soil from a well/riverboth
The earth or sediment that has been dug out from a well or a riverbed.

نبيثةnoun

1.
excavated materialclassical
The material that has been dug up or excavated.

نبائثnoun

1.
excavated thingsclassical
Plural of 'nabitha', referring to multiple instances of excavated material or things that have been dug up.

نبيثadjective

1.
followingclassical
Used as an emphatic or follow-up term, often in conjunction with another word.

Parallel reading

نبث ينبث نبثا مثل نبش ينبش

Nabatha digs by hand, he digs, a digging by hand, like nabasha digs, he digs.

وهو الحفر باليد

And it is digging by hand.

والنبيثة: تراب البئر والنهر

And the nabitha: is the soil of the well and the river.

وإن نبثوا بئري نبثت بئارهم

And if they dig up my well, I will dig up their wells.

فسوف ترى ماذا ترد النبائث

Then you will see what the excavated things will bring forth.

وخبيث نبيث، إتباع له

And khabith nabith, as a follow-up to it.