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نقب

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of making a hole or penetrating something. It extends to describe a wound or ulcer that penetrates the body, and also refers to a pass or a hole in a mountain.

Derived headwords

نَقَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to bore, pierceboth

    To make a hole or perforation in something, regardless of its material.

نَقْبًاnoun
  1. 1.
    boring, piercingboth

    The act or process of making a hole or perforation.

نَقِيبٌadjective
  1. 1.
    perforated, piercedboth

    Describing something that has had a hole made in it.

أرقت لذكره من غير نوب كما يهتاج موشي نقيب — I was kept awake by its mention, not from illness, like a pierced (or moth-eaten) garment is agitated (by the wind). (referring to a moth-eaten garment)
أَنْقَابnoun
  1. 1.
    passes, holesboth

    Plural of 'naqb', referring to passages or holes, especially in mountains.

نُقَابnoun
  1. 1.
    passes, holesboth

    Plural of 'naqb', referring to passages or holes, especially in mountains.

النقبnoun
  1. 1.
    hole, perforationboth

    A hole or perforation in anything.

  2. 2.
    ulcer, soreclassical

    A sore or ulcer that appears on the side of the body and penetrates into the interior, with its head deep inside.

  3. 3.
    pass, mountain passboth

    A passage or hole, often referring to a mountain pass.

نَاقِبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    penetrating ulcerclassical

    An ulcer that penetrates deeply, especially one on the side of the body.

Parallel reading

النقب: الثقب في أي شيء كان
A hole: a perforation in anything whatsoever.
نقبه، ينقبه، نقبا
He bored it, he bores it, a boring.
وشيء نقيب: منقوب
And a thing is naqeeb: pierced/perforated.
كما يهتاج موشي نقيب
Like a moth-eaten garment is agitated.
النقب: قرحة تخرج بالجنب
A naqb: an ulcer that emerges on the side.
وتهجم على الجوف
And it attacks the interior.
ورأسها في داخل
And its head is inside.
كالناقبة
Like the penetrating ulcer.