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ينبت

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of growing, sprouting, and producing vegetation. It extends to the emergence of things, both literal and figurative, and the plants themselves that grow.

Derived headwords

نَبَتَverb
  1. 1.
    to grow, sproutboth

    To emerge from the ground and develop, referring to plants and vegetation.

  2. 2.
    to grow up, matureboth

    To develop and reach maturity, often used for children or young people.

  3. 3.
    to appear, emergeboth

    To become visible or manifest, often used for abstract things or phenomena.

نَبَاتnoun
  1. 1.
    plant, vegetationboth

    Any living organism of the kind exemplified by trees, shrubs, herbs, grasses, ferns, and mosses, typically growing in a permanent site, absorbing water and inorganic substances through its roots, and synthesizing nutrients in its leaves by photosynthesis using the green pigment chlorophyll.

  2. 2.
    growth, sproutingboth

    The process of growing or developing, especially of plants.

نَابِتَةnoun
  1. 1.
    plant, herbboth

    A specific instance of a plant or herb that has grown.

  2. 2.
    something that growsclassical

    Figuratively, something that emerges or grows, often unexpectedly.

نَبَاتِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    plant-based, botanicalboth

    Relating to or derived from plants; belonging to the plant kingdom.

  2. 2.
    vegetarianmodern

    Consisting of or relating to vegetables; a diet that excludes meat.

يَنْبُتother
  1. 1.
    Yinbutclassical

    A specific type of thorny tree, distinct from the 'Adha' category of trees. Mentioned by Ibn Manzur and previously referenced.

Parallel reading

والينبوت: وهي شجرة شاكة، وليس من العضاه، هنا ذكره ابن منظور، وقد تقدم الإشارة إليه في نبت.
And al-Yinbut: it is a thorny tree, and not from the 'Adha' trees. Ibn Manzur mentioned it here, and reference was previously made to it under (the root) nabata.