نبخ

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes pustules, blisters, and things that swell and fill with fluid. It also extends to describe a person who is arrogant or boastful, and a small hill or mound.

Derived headwords

النَّبَخnoun

1.
Pustule, blisterboth
Refers to the small, fluid-filled sacs characteristic of diseases like smallpox, or any similar swelling that fills with liquid.
2.
Small hill, moundclassical
A geographical feature, specifically a small elevation of land.

يَتَنَفَّطverb

1.
To blister, to swell upboth
To form blisters or swell up, particularly in the context of skin conditions or other physical swellings filled with fluid.

يَمْتَلِئverb

1.
To be filledboth
To become full, often used in the context of something being filled with fluid or a substance.

نَابِخَةnoun

1.
Arrogant personclassical
A person characterized by arrogance, boastfulness, or excessive pride.

النَّوَاbِخnoun

1.
Arrogant peopleclassical
Plural form referring to individuals who are arrogant, boastful, or excessively proud.

النَّبْخَاءnoun

1.
Small hillclassical
An elevated area of land, a small hill or mound.

Parallel reading

النبخ: الجدري وكل ما يتنفط ويمتلئ ماء.

Al-nabakh: Smallpox and everything that blisters and fills with water.

تحطم عنها قيضها عن خراطم * وعن حدق كالنبخ لم يتفتق

Its shell broke off from its nostrils * and from eyes like unburst blisters.

ويقال للرجل إذا كان متجبرا: إنه نابخة من النوابخ.

And it is said of a man if he is arrogant: he is a nabikha from the nabikhaat (arrogant ones).

يخشى عليهم من الأملاك نابخة * من النوابخ مثل الحادر الرزم

They fear for them from the arrogant rulers, arrogant ones, like the heavy, collected ones.

والنبخاء: الأكمة.

And al-nabkha: the small hill.