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نبز

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of giving or receiving a nickname or epithet, often with a negative or derogatory connotation. It extends to the practice of exchanging such appellations among people.

Derived headwords

النَّبْزnoun
  1. 1.
    with two fatha, the nicknameboth

    with two fatha, the nickname

الأَنْبَازnoun
  1. 1.
    the pluralboth

    the plural

نَبَزَverb
  1. 1.
    to nicknameboth

    To give someone a nickname or an epithet.

  2. 2.
    to call by a nicknameboth

    To address or refer to someone using a nickname.

يَنْبِزُverb
  1. 1.
    to nicknameboth

    Present tense of the verb 'nabaza', meaning to give someone a nickname or epithet.

نَبْزًاnoun
  1. 1.
    nicknamingboth

    The verbal noun (masdar) of 'nabaza', referring to the act of giving a nickname.

يُنَبِّزُverb
  1. 1.
    to nickname (intensified)both

    The intensified Form II verb, indicating the act of nicknaming frequently or extensively.

تَنَابَزُواverb
  1. 1.
    to nickname each otherboth

    The past tense of Form VI verb, indicating that a group of people gave nicknames to one another.

Parallel reading

النبز بالتحريك: اللقب
Al-nabz (with harakah): the nickname.
والجمع الأنباز
And the plural is al-anbaz.
والنبز بالتسكين: المصدر
And al-nabz (with sukun): the verbal noun (masdar).
تقول: نبزه ينبزه نبزا، أي لقبه
You say: nabazahu yunbizuhu nabzan, meaning he nicknamed him.
وفلان ينبز بالصبيان، أي يلقبهم، شدد للكثرة
And so-and-so nicknames the boys, meaning he gives them nicknames, the verb is intensified for frequency.
وتنابزوا بالألقاب، أي لقب بعضهم بعضا
And they nicknamed each other with epithets, meaning some of them gave nicknames to others.