نبب

Root entry · 22 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to sounds of distress or agitation, particularly in animals like goats, and by extension, human vocalizations during intense moments. It also extends to physical concepts like segments, passages, and rare paths, often through metaphorical extension.

Derived headwords

نَبَّverb

1.
to bleat loudlyclassical
To make a loud, distressed sound, like a goat during mating or distress.

نَبَّبَverb

1.
to make a bleating soundclassical
To make a sound similar to the bleating of goats, especially when agitated or during sexual arousal.

تَنَبَّبَverb

1.
to bleatclassical
To make a bleating sound, specifically referring to the sound of goats during mating or distress.

نَبِيبnoun

1.
bleating soundclassical
The sound of bleating, particularly that of goats when agitated or during mating.
2.
clamorclassical
A loud, confused noise or outcry, likened to the bleating of goats.

تَنَبَّوْاverb

1.
to make noiseclassical
To make a loud, agitated sound, like the bleating of goats.

نَبَّ عَتُودَهُverb phrase

1.
to become arrogantclassical
To become arrogant, haughty, and boastful.

الأُنْبُوبnoun

1.
segmentboth
A segment or section, especially of hollow plants like reeds or the shaft of a spear.
2.
tubeboth
A hollow cylindrical object, like a pipe or channel.
3.
rare pathclassical
A rare or unusual path or way, especially in a mountain.
4.
line of treesclassical
A row or line of trees or other vegetation.
5.
elevated landclassical
A raised or elevated piece of land, especially if thin and high.
6.
pathclassical
A way or route.

الأُنْبُوبَةnoun

1.
segmentboth
A segment or section, especially of hollow plants like reeds or the shaft of a spear.
2.
tubeboth
A hollow cylindrical object, like a pipe or channel.

أَنَابِيبnoun

1.
segmentsboth
Plural of 'unbūb', referring to segments, tubes, or passages.

الأَنَبَبnoun

1.
segmentsclassical
A poetic or dialectal form referring to segments or tubes, possibly a shortened or intensified plural.

أَنَابِيب الرِّئَةnoun phrase

1.
airwaysclassical
The passages or tubes through which breath exits the lungs.

النَّبَّةnoun

1.
bad smellclassical
A foul or unpleasant odor.

تَنَبَّبَ المَاءverb phrase

1.
to flowboth
Water flowing out, like from a basin or through a tube.

نَبْنَبَverb

1.
to prolong workclassical
To prolong one's work, especially in refining or improving something.
2.
to talk nonsenseclassical
To talk incoherently or nonsensically, especially during sexual intercourse, likened to the bleating of goats.

نَبَّبَ النَّبَاتverb phrase

1.
to form segmentsboth
Plants developing segments or nodes.

نَبَّبَتِ العَجَلَةverb phrase

1.
to form segmentsboth
A type of plant becoming segmented or developing nodes.

أَنْبَابَةname

1.
place nameboth
A place name, possibly referring to a town or region.

أَنْبُوب القَرْنnoun phrase

1.
part of hornclassical
The part of a horn above the node towards the tip.

شَرِبَ مِنْ أُنْبُوبِ الكُوزverb phrase

1.
to drink from spoutclassical
To drink from the spout or opening of a pitcher or vessel.

نَبَّ فُلانٌ نَبِيباًverb phrase

1.
to seek marriageclassical
A man seeking to marry or proposing marriage.

أَنْبَهَverb

1.
to prolong celibacyclassical
To prolong a state of being unmarried or abstinent.

الإِنْبَابnoun

1.
pubic hair growthclassical
The growth of pubic hair, indicating puberty.
2.
sexual arousalclassical
Agitation or excitement related to sexual desire.

Parallel reading

ليكلمني بعضكم، ولا تنبوا عندي نبيب التيوس

Let some of you speak to me, and do not make noise before me like the bleating of goats.

وكنا إذا الجبار نب عتوده ضربناه تحت الأنثيين على الكرد

And when the tyrant became arrogant, we struck him beneath the testicles on the flank.

الأنبوب، أي بالضم، من القصب والرمح كعبهما، كالأنبوبة

The unbūb, with dammah, is the node of reeds and the shaft of a spear, like the unbūbah.

والأنبوب، والأنبوبة: ما بين العقدتين من القصب والقناة.

And the unbūb, and the unbūbah: is what is between the two nodes of a reed and a channel.

والجمع أنبوب، وأنابيب.

And the plural is anābīb.

يجوز أن يعنى بالأنبب أنابيب الرئة كأنه حذف زوائد أنبوب، فقال: نب؛ ثم كسره على! أنب، ثم أظهر التضعيف.

It is permissible that 'anabab' refers to the airways of the lungs, as if the extra parts of 'unbūb' were removed, making it 'nab', then broken to 'anab', then the doubling shown.

في رأس شاهقة أنبوبها خصر دون السماء لها في الجو قرناس

At the head of a towering height, its path is narrow, below the sky, it has a peak in the air.

له أنبوب، أي السطر من الشجر وغيره.

He has an unbūb, meaning a line of trees or other vegetation.

الأرض المشرفة إذا كانت رقيقة مرتفعة، والجمع أنابيب.

The elevated land if it is thin and high, and the plural is anābīb.

الزم الأنبوب، وهو الطريق

Adhere to the unbūb, which is the path.

أنابيب الرئة، وهي مخارج النفس منها

The airways of the lungs, which are the exits for breath from them.

والنبة: الرائحة الكريهة

And al-nabah: is the foul smell.

تَنَبَّبَ الماء من كذا: تسيل منه

Water tanababa from something: meaning it flows from it.

نبنب الرجل إذا حمحم، وهذى عند الجماع

A man nabanaba if he makes a sound like a horse, and talks nonsense during intercourse.

نَبَّبَ النبات تنبيبا: إذا صارت له أنابيب؛ أي كعوب.

Plants nababa, meaning they develop segments or nodes.

ونببت العجلة كذلك، وهي بقلة مستطيلة مع الأرض.

And al-ʻajalah became segmented likewise, and it is a plant that is elongated along the ground.

أنبابة: قرية بالري بالقرب منها من ناحية دنباوند.

Anābah: a village in Ray, near it, in the direction of Dunbāwand.

أنبابة: قرية أخرى بمصر من الجيزة على شاطىء النيل

Anābah: another village in Egypt, from Giza, on the bank of the Nile.

أنبوب القرن: ما فوق العقد إلى الطرف.

The unbūb of the horn: what is above the node towards the tip.

نب فلان نبيبا: طلب النكاح.

So-and-so nabbed nabīban: meaning he sought marriage.

أنبه طول العزبة.

Anbah prolonged the state of being unmarried.

فالإنباب دليله

Then al-inbāb is its indicator.