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نبت

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of growth, sprouting, and emergence, both literally for plants and metaphorically for lineage, character, or wealth. It extends to the resulting plant itself, its state of growth, and even places associated with cultivation or origin.

Derived headwords

نَبَتَverb
  1. 1.
    to grow, sproutboth

    To emerge and develop, especially referring to plants growing from the ground. It can also be used metaphorically for the development of something abstract.

نَبْتnoun
  1. 1.
    growth, sproutingboth

    The act or process of growing or sprouting, referring to the emergence and development of plants.

  2. 2.
    plantsboth

    A collective term for vegetation or flora.

نَبَاتnoun
  1. 1.
    growth, sproutingboth

    The process of growing or sprouting, similar to 'nabt'.

  2. 2.
    plant life, vegetationboth

    The collective term for plants, flora, or vegetation.

  3. 3.
    hair growthclassical

    Specifically refers to the growth of hair, such as on the face.

حلا نبات الشعر يا عاذلي لما غدا في خده الأحمر — The growth of hair became sweet, O my blamer, when it appeared on his red cheek.
تَنَبَّتَverb
  1. 1.
    to grow, sproutboth

    A verb form indicating growth or sprouting, often used in the context of plants.

المُتَنَبِّتadjective
  1. 1.
    growing, sproutingboth

    Literally, something that is growing or sprouting.

  2. 2.
    deep-rooted, establishedclassical

    Metaphorically, referring to something that is deeply rooted or well-established.

كالغصن في غلوائه المتنبت — Like a branch in its growing stage.
نَبْتَةnoun
  1. 1.
    plantboth

    A single plant or a type of plant.

  2. 2.
    growth stateboth

    The condition or state in which a plant has grown.

العقيفاء نبتة ورقها مثل ورق السذاب — Al-'Uqayfaa is a plant whose leaves are like the leaves of rue.
نُوَيْبِتَةnoun
  1. 1.
    small plantclassical

    A diminutive form of 'nabtah', referring to a small plant.

مَنْبِتnoun
  1. 1.
    place of growth, originboth

    The place where something grows or originates from; a source or root.

  2. 2.
    origin of lineageboth

    Metaphorically, the origin or lineage from which someone comes.

وإنه لفي منبت صدق — And he is from a noble origin.
مَنَابِتnoun
  1. 1.
    places of growth, originsboth

    Plural of 'manbit', referring to multiple places of growth or origins.

وكذا في أكرم المنابت — And likewise in the noblest of origins.
نَبَاتname
  1. 1.
    name of a personboth

    A male given name, also used as a surname or part of a name.

  2. 2.
    name of a placeboth

    A place name, such as a village or town.

نبات بن عمر والفارسي كسحاب — Nabat bin 'Umar al-Farsi, like Sahab.
النَّبَاتِيّname
  1. 1.
    nisba nameboth

    A nisba indicating association with plants or a place named Nabat.

وبالنباتي، وهو مؤلف المفردات في النباتات وغيرها — And al-Nabaati, who is the author of 'Al-Mufradat fi al-Nabatat' and others.
النَّبْتnoun
  1. 1.
    lineage, originclassical

    In a specific context, referring to one's lineage or origin, often in contrast to 'ahl bayt' (people of the house).

  2. 2.
    wealth, prosperityclassical

    In a specific context, referring to the growth of wealth or prosperity, especially that which grows by one's hand.

أنتم أهل بيت أو نبت؟ فقالوا: نحن أهل بيت وأهل نبت — Are you people of the house or people of lineage/wealth? They said: We are people of the house and people of lineage/wealth.
النَّبْتِيتname
  1. 1.
    name of a villageboth

    The name of a village, likely in Egypt.

والنبتيت: قرية بمصر — And Al-Nabtit: a village in Egypt.
النَّبْتِيتِيّname
  1. 1.
    nisba nameboth

    A nisba indicating association with the village of Al-Nabtit.

ومن المتأخرين أبو محمد عبد المنعم النبتيتي — And among the later ones is Abu Muhammad Abd al-Mun'im al-Nabtitii.
النَّبُوتnoun
  1. 1.
    sprout, shootclassical

    A young shoot or branch growing from a tree.

  2. 2.
    straight stickclassical

    A straight stick or staff, described as an Egyptian dialect term.

Parallel reading

حلا نبات الشعر يا عاذلي لما غدا في خده الأحمر
The growth of hair became sweet, O my blamer, when it appeared on his red cheek.
فشاقني ذاك العذار الذي نباته أحلى من السكر
And that downy hair captivated me, whose growth is sweeter than sugar.
نبت الشيء ينبت نبتا ونباتا وتنبت.
A thing grows, sprouting growth and vegetation, and it sprouts.
كالغصن في غلوائه المتنبت
Like a branch in its growing stage.
المتنبت هنا: المتأصل.
Al-Mutanabbit here means: deep-rooted.
والنبتة بالكسر شكل النبات، وحالته التي نبت عليها.
And al-nabtah (with kasra) is the form of the plant, and its state upon which it grew.
العقيفاء نبتة ورقها مثل ورق السذاب
Al-'Uqayfaa is a plant whose leaves are like the leaves of rue.
إنما قدمناها لئلا يحتاج إلى تكرير ذالك عند ذكر كل نبت، أراد: عند كل نوع من النبت.
We only mentioned it so that it would not be necessary to repeat that when mentioning every plant; he meant: for every type of plant.
والنويبتة، تصغير نابتة، وقد جاء ذكرها في حديث أبي ثعلبة.
And al-nuwaybitah, the diminutive of nabtah, and it has been mentioned in the hadith of Abu Tha'labah.
ويقال: إنه لحسن النبتة، أي الحالة التي ينبت عليها.
And it is said: He is of good growth, meaning the state upon which he grows.
وإنه لفي منبت صدق، أي في أصل صدق، وكذا في أكرم المنابت.
And he is from a noble origin, meaning from a noble root, and likewise from the noblest of origins.
وتقول: ألم ينبت حلم فلان؟
And you say: Has so-and-so's maturity not grown?
نبات بن عمر والفارسي كسحاب، حدث بمصر، سمع منه ابن مسرور.
Nabat bin 'Umar al-Farsi, like Sahab, narrated in Egypt; Ibn Masrur heard from him.
وأنتم أهل بيت أو نبت؟ فقالوا: نحن أهل بيت وأهل نبت
Are you people of the house or people of lineage/wealth? They said: We are people of the house and people of lineage/wealth.
أي نحن في الشرف نهاية، وفي النبت نهاية، أي ينبت المال على أيدينا.
Meaning we are at the peak of honor, and at the peak of wealth, meaning wealth grows by our hands.
والنبتيت: قرية بمصر، منها أبو الحسن علي بن محمد الضرير، من شيوخ شيخ الإسلام زكريا.
And Al-Nabtit: a village in Egypt, from which is Abu al-Hasan Ali bin Muhammad al-Darrir, from the teachers of Shaykh al-Islam Zakariya.
ومن المتأخرين أبو محمد عبد المنعم النبتيتي، إمام المشهد الحسيني، ومدرسه، سمع منه بعض شيوخ مشايخنا، مات سنة 1084.
And among the later ones is Abu Muhammad Abd al-Mun'im al-Nabtitii, the imam of Al-Husayni Shrine and its teacher; some of the teachers of our sheikhs heard from him, died in the year 1084.
والنبوت كتنور: الفرع النابت من الشجر، ويطلق على العصا المستوية، لغة مصرية.
And al-nabuut (like tanuur): the branch growing from a tree, and it is used for a straight stick, an Egyptian dialect.