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نبق

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to writing and communication, encompassing the act of writing, the written word, and speaking or emitting words. It also extends to the fruit of the lote tree and describes things arranged in a straight line.

Derived headwords

النَبَقnoun
  1. 1.
    a lighter pronunciation of al-nibq with kasra on the ba', and it is the fruit of the sidr treeboth

    a lighter pronunciation of al-nibq with kasra on the ba', and it is the fruit of the sidr tree

نَبَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to writeclassical

    To write, to compose text.

  2. 2.
    to speakclassical

    To speak or utter words, specifically in a gentle or non-intense manner.

نَبْقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    the singular, like kalimaboth

    the singular, like kalima

نَبَقَاتnoun
  1. 1.
    also like kalimātboth

    also like kalimāt

مُنَبَّقadjective
  1. 1.
    arranged in a lineclassical

    Describing something, like a palm tree, that is arranged or aligned in a single row or line.

  2. 2.
    neat and orderlyclassical

    Describing anything that is straight, orderly, and well-arranged.

أنْبَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to speak gentlyclassical

    To speak gently or with mildness, similar to 'habaka'.

انباقverb
  1. 1.
    to burst forthclassical

    To emerge or burst forth, especially in speech, similar to 'inba'a'.

Parallel reading

النبق (3) مثل النمق، وهو الكتابة.
Al-nabq (3) is like al-namq, which is writing.
وهو حمل السدر، الوحدة نبقة ونبقات، مثل كلم وكلمة وكلمات.
It is the fruit of the Sidr tree; the singular unit is nabqah and nabqāt, like 'kalim' and 'kalimah' and 'kalimāt'.
ونخل منبق، (1) أي مصطف على سطر واحد.
And palm trees are munabbaq, (1) meaning aligned on a single row.
وكذلك كل شئ مستو مهذب
And likewise everything that is straight and refined.
ونبق أيضا، أي كتب.
And nabqa, meaning wrote.
ونبق بها، أي حبق حبقا غير شديد.
And nabqa with it, meaning spoke gently, habaka, not intensely.
وكذلك أنبق الرجل.
And likewise the man spoke gently.
قال الاصمعي: يقال انباق (2) علينا بالكلام، أي انبعث، مثل انباع.
Al-Asma'i said: It is said 'inbāqa' (2) upon us with speech, meaning to emerge, like 'inbā'a'.