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نهبغ

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root entry primarily discusses a rare word for a type of fast, long ship, likened to a bird. It also mentions a bird, though its inclusion under this root is debated.

Derived headwords

النَّهْبُوغnoun
  1. 1.
    long, fast shipclassical

    A long, fast-sailing ship, likened to a bird due to its speed. It is also called 'al-dūnīj'.

  2. 2.
    birdclassical

    A type of bird. Its inclusion under this root is noted as debated by lexicographers.

الدُّونِيجnoun
  1. 1.
    long, fast shipclassical

    An alternative name for a long, fast-sailing ship, considered a Persian loanword ('dūnī').

Parallel reading

النَّهبوغ، كعصفور، أهمله الجوهري وصاحب اللسان هنا، والصاغاني في التكملة، وأورده في العباب نقلا عن ابن دريد، قال: هو طائر
Al-nahbūgh, like 'asfūr', was neglected by al-Jawharī and the author of al-Lisān here, and al-Ṣāghānī in al-Takmilah. He [al-Jawharī] mentioned it in al-'Abbāb, quoting Ibn Durayd, who said: it is a bird.
وأورده صاحب اللسان في نبغ.
And the author of al-Lisān mentioned it under [the root] n-b-gh.
وقال غيره: هي السفينة الطويلة السريعة الجري من السفن البحرية، شبهوها بالطائر، ويقال لها: الدونيج أيضا وهو بالضم معرب دوني، كما في العباب.
And others said: it is the long, fast-running ship among sea vessels, they likened it to a bird, and it is also called: al-dūnīj, which with dammah is a loanword from dūnī, as in al-'Abbāb.