نبت

Root entry · 20 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of growth, sprouting, and vegetation. It extends to the process of nurturing and raising, and metaphorically to the emergence of new things or people, and even to the development of physical attributes.

Derived headwords

نَبَتَverb

1.
to grow, sproutboth
To grow or sprout, referring to plants and vegetation emerging from the earth.
2.
to mature (pubic hair)both
To reach puberty, specifically referring to the growth of pubic hair.

النَّبَاتnoun

1.
vegetation, plantsboth
The general term for plants, herbs, and all that grows from the earth.
2.
growth, sproutingboth
The act or process of growing or sprouting, used as a verbal noun.

وأنبتها نباتا حسنا — And caused it to grow a good growth. — (Quran 3:37)

أَنْبَتَverb

1.
to cause to growboth
To make something grow or sprout, often used in relation to God causing plants to grow.
2.
to grow (pubic hair)both
To grow pubic hair, indicating the onset of puberty.

أنبت الله البقل والصبي نباتا — Allah caused the greens and the boy to grow. —

تَنَبَّتَverb

1.
to grow, sproutboth
To grow or sprout, used as a variant of نَبَتَ.
2.
to grow with oilclassical
To grow, specifically referring to plants that produce oil or fat.

تنبت بالدهن — grows with oil. — (Quran 23:20)

مَنْبِتnoun

1.
place of growthboth
The place where something grows, a habitat or growing ground.
2.
place of sproutingboth
A place where plants or vegetation sprout.

مُنْبَتnoun

1.
place of growthboth
The place where something grows, a habitat or growing ground. This form is considered the standard or ' قياس '.

مَنْبُوتadjective

1.
caused to growclassical
Made to grow or brought up, typically used passively.

فهو منبوت — and he is caused to grow. —

تَنْبِيتnoun

1.
nurturing, raisingboth
The act of nurturing, raising, or bringing up a child or young one.
2.
planting, cultivatingboth
The act of planting, sowing, or cultivating crops or trees.
3.
young plantsclassical
Small trees or plants, both young and mature.
4.
date palm shootsclassical
The young shoots or offshoots of a date palm tree.
5.
pruningclassical
The act of trimming or pruning a palm tree.

نبت الصبي تنبيتا: ربيته — I nurtured the boy: I raised him. —

نبت الناس الشجر، إذا غرسوه — The people planted the trees, if they planted them. —

نَابِتadjective

1.
tender, youngboth
Tender and young, referring to the fresh state of something when it first grows.

نَابِتَةnoun

1.
new growth, offspringboth
A new growth, offspring, or a group of young people who have joined the older ones.
2.
emerging issueclassical
A new problem or situation that arises.

نبتت لهم نابتة — a new growth emerged for them. —

وما أحسن نابتة بني فلان — and how good is the growth (i.e., wealth and children) of the family of so-and-so. —

النَّوَابِتnoun

1.
ignorant youthsclassical
Ignorant or inexperienced young people, often associated with introducing strange innovations.

هذا قول النابتة — This is the saying of the ignorant youths. —

يَنْبُوتnoun

1.
poppy plantclassical
A type of plant, specifically the poppy plant, or a thorny shrub.
2.
carob treeclassical
A type of tree, possibly the carob tree, with edible fruit.

حطام من الينبوت والخضد — debris from the yanbut and the khadad. —

نَبِيتnoun

1.
a tribe nameclassical
The name of a tribe or a person from that tribe.

نَبِيتَةnoun

1.
branches of canalsclassical
Branches of canals or waterways.

نَبَاتِيّadjective

1.
related to plantsboth
Relating to plants or vegetation, often used as a nisba.
2.
vegetarianmodern
Pertaining to a vegetarian diet or lifestyle.

نَبَاتَةname

1.
a given nameclassical
A male given name, often with specific historical figures.

نَبْتname

1.
a given nameclassical
A male given name, often with specific historical figures.

نَابِتname

1.
a given nameclassical
A male given name, often with specific historical figures.

نَبِيتname

1.
a given nameclassical
A male given name, often with specific historical figures.

نَبِيتَةname

1.
a given nameclassical
A female given name, often with specific historical figures.

Parallel reading

كل ما أنبت الله في الأرض فهو نبت

Everything that Allah causes to grow on earth is nabt (vegetation).

وأنبتها نباتا حسنا

And caused it to grow a good growth. — (Quran 3:37)

نبت الشيء ينبت نبتا ونباتا، وتنبت

A thing grows, it grows nabtan and nabatan, and tanbut.

حتى إذا أنبت البقل أي نبت

Until the greens sprouted, meaning grew.

وشجرة تخرج من طور سينآء تنبت بالدهن

And a tree that comes forth from Mount Sinai, growing with oil. — (Quran 23:20)

أما تنبت فذهب كثير من الناس إلى أن معناه تنبت الدهن

As for tanbut, many people have gone to the meaning that it means to grow oil.

والمنبت، كمجلس: موضعه

And al-manbit, like majlis: its place (of growth).

إذا السنة الشهباء بالناس أجحفت ونال كرام الناس في الحجرة الأكل

When the white drought afflicted the people, and the noble people ate in the year of hardship.

نبت وأنبت مثل قولهم: مطرت السماء وأمطرت

Nabata and anbata are like their saying: the sky rained and caused rain.

نبت ثدي الجارية نبوتا: نهد وارتفع

The girl's breast grew nabutan: it became prominent and rose.

فكل من أنبت منهم قتل

So everyone among them who grew (pubic hair) was killed.

التنبيت: التربية

Al-tanbit: nurturing.

نبت الناس الشجر، إذا غرسوه

The people planted the trees, if they planted them.

مرت يناصي خرقها مروت بيداء لم ينبت بها تنبيت

She passed by, her holes smoothed, traversing a desert where no tanbit (young plants) grew.

نبتة بني فلان

The growth (wealth and children) of the family of so-and-so.

لولا عزمة أمير المؤمنين لأخبرته أن دافة دفت، وأن نابتة لحقت

Were it not for the command of the Commander of the Faithful, I would have told him that a crowd had arrived, and a new group had joined.

والنوابت هم الأغمار من الأحداث

And al-nawābit are the ignorant ones among the youths.

الينبوت شجر الخشخاش

Al-yanbut is the poppy plant.

له ثمرة كأنها تفاحة، فيها حب أحمر وهي عقول للبطن يتداوى بها

It has a fruit like an apple, with red seeds, and it is a remedy for the stomach.

والنبائت: أغصان الفلجان

And al-nabā'it: branches of the canals.

فالسدر مختلج فغودر طافيا ما بين عين إلى نباتي الأثأب

So the lote-tree was tossed about and left floating between a spring and Nabati al-Ath'ab.

نباتة بن حنظلة، من بني بكر بن كلاب، كان فارس أهل الشام

Nabatah bin Hanzalah, from Banu Bakr bin Kilab, was the knight of the people of Sham.

نبت بن مالك بن زيد بن كهلان بن سبإ، أبو حي باليمن

Al-Nabt bin Malik bin Zayd bin Kahlan bin Saba', the ancestor of a tribe in Yemen.

نابت بن إسماعيل، عليه السلام، ولي بعد أبيه

Nabita bin Ismail, peace be upon him, ruled after his father.

نبيت مولى سويد بن غفلة

Nabit, the freedman of Suwayd bin Ghaflah.

محمد بن سعيد بن نبات النباتي، نسبة إلى جده

Muhammad bin Sa'id bin Nabāt al-Nabāti, attributed to his grandfather.

أحمد بن محمد بن مفرج الأندلسي النباتي لمعرفته بالنباتات والحشائش

Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Mufarrij al-Andalusi al-Nabāti, for his knowledge of plants and herbs.

الحسين بن عبد الرحمان النباتي الشاعر؛ لأنه تلميذ أبي نصر

Al-Husayn bin Abd al-Rahman al-Nabāti the poet; because he was a student of Abu Nasr.

عبدان بن نبيتغ المروزي، كزبير، محدث

Abdān bin Nabīt al-Marwazi, like Zubayr, a traditionist.

الجمال محمد بن نباتة المصري الشاعر، فإنه بالفتح

Al-Jamal Muhammad bin Nabātah al-Misri the poet, for it is with the fathah.