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نبث

Root entry · 18 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of digging or excavating, often with the hands. It extends to related concepts like uncovering secrets, the residue of digging, and metaphorically, to anger or malice.

Derived headwords

نَبَثَverb
  1. 1.
    to digboth

    To dig or excavate, especially with the hands, similar to the root نبش (nabasha).

  2. 2.
    to dig outclassical

    To extract something from a well or riverbed, such as earth or water.

نَبْثnoun
  1. 1.
    diggingboth

    The act of digging or excavating, particularly with the hands.

  2. 2.
    angerclassical

    Metaphorically, anger or wrath.

  3. 3.
    traceboth

    A trace or mark left behind, especially of digging.

  4. 4.
    earth from a wellclassical

    The earth or sediment dug out from a well or river.

أنباثnoun
  1. 1.
    diggingsclassical

    Plural of نبث (nabth), referring to the earth or debris dug out from a hole or excavation.

نَبَشَverb
  1. 1.
    to digboth

    To dig or scratch at the ground, often with hands or claws.

نَبْشnoun
  1. 1.
    diggingboth

    The act of digging or excavating.

انْتَبَثَverb
  1. 1.
    to dig outclassical

    To dig something out, similar to نبثه (nabathahu).

  2. 2.
    to takeclassical

    To take or grasp something, like a stick.

  3. 3.
    to swellclassical

    For food like suweeq to swell in water.

  4. 4.
    to crouchclassical

    To crouch or settle down on the ground.

انْتِبَاثnoun
  1. 1.
    takingclassical

    The act of taking or grasping something, like a stick.

  2. 2.
    swellingclassical

    The act of swelling, as suweeq in water.

  3. 3.
    crouchingclassical

    The act of crouching or settling down.

نَبِيْثnoun
  1. 1.
    trace of diggingboth

    A trace or mark resulting from digging, especially in the ground.

  2. 2.
    earth from a wellclassical

    The earth or sediment dug out from a well or river.

  3. 3.
    type of fishclassical

    A type of sea fish.

نَبِيْثَةnoun
  1. 1.
    earth from a wellclassical

    The earth or sediment dug out from a well or river.

  2. 2.
    buried foodclassical

    Food that has been buried, especially by a wild animal for later consumption.

مُنْبُوْثnoun
  1. 1.
    dug outclassical

    Something that has been dug out or extracted from a well or river.

خَبِيْثadjective
  1. 1.
    wickedboth

    Evil, malicious, or wicked.

نَبِيْثadjective
  1. 1.
    wickedclassical

    Metaphorically wicked or evil, often used as an emphatic follow-up to 'khabith'.

أنْبُوْثَةnoun
  1. 1.
    children's gameclassical

    A game played by children where something is buried in a hole, and the one who finds it wins.

اسْتَنْبَثَverb
  1. 1.
    to seek outclassical

    To search for or seek out information or secrets.

تَنَابَثَverb
  1. 1.
    to seek out secretsclassical

    To mutually seek out or uncover secrets and information.

تَبَاحَثَverb
  1. 1.
    to discussboth

    To discuss or exchange news and information.

بوثother
  1. 1.
    rootclassical

    A root, possibly related to the word 'bayth' or 'buwth'.

بيثother
  1. 1.
    rootclassical

    A root, possibly related to the word 'bayth' or 'buwth'.

Parallel reading

نبث ينبث، مثل نبش ينبش، وهو الحفر باليد
Nabatha yanbathu, like nabasha yanbashu, which is digging with the hand.
حتى إذا وقعن كالأنباث غير خفيفات ولا غراث
Until they settled like diggings, neither light nor heavy.
ما رأيت بأرضهم نبيثا
I saw no trace of digging in their land.
ما رأيت له عينا ولا نبثا
I saw neither an eye nor a trace for him.
فلا ترى عينا ولا أنباثا إلا معاث الذئب حين عاثا
So you see neither an eye nor diggings except the wolf's den when it prowled.
وهي النبيثة التي هي كناسة البئر
And it is the nabitha, which is the refuse of the well.
لحق بني شعارة أن يقولوا لصخر الغي ماذا تستبيث
It is fitting for the sons of Shi'ara to say to Sakhr al-Ghay: What do you seek out?
يخر نبيثها عن جانبيه فليس لوجهه منها وقاء
Its dug-out earth falls from its sides, and there is no protection for its face from it.
نبيثها: ما نبث بأيديها، أي حفرت من التراب
Its nabith: what was dug out by their hands, meaning excavated from the earth.
فلان خبيث نبيث أي شرير
So-and-so is khabith nabith, meaning wicked.
يدفنون شيئا في حفير، فمن استخرجه غلب
They bury something in a dug hole, and whoever retrieves it wins.
نبثوا عن الأمر: بحثوا عنه
They sought out the matter: they searched for it.
وهو يستنبت أخاه عن سره: يستبحثه
And he seeks out his brother about his secret: he investigates him.
أبدى فلان نبيثة القوم ونبائثهم
So-and-so revealed the people's secrets and their hidden matters.
ولا يزالون يتنابثون عن الأسرار، ويتباحثون عن الأخبار
And they continue to seek out secrets and discuss news.
ظهرت نبائثهم، ولم تخف خبائثهم
Their hidden matters appeared, and their wicked deeds were not hidden.
أطيب طعام أكلت في الجاهلية نبيثة سبع
The best food I ate in the pre-Islamic era was the nabitha of a lion.
النبيث: ضرب من سمك البحر
The nabith: a type of sea fish.