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ن ب ك

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes elevated landforms like hills, mounds, and small elevations. It also extends to specific geographical locations, a type of horse, and metaphorical meanings related to hidden intentions or rising.

Derived headwords

النَّبْكَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    Hillock, moundboth

    A small, pointed hill or mound, sometimes red and containing stones, or an area of land with ups and downs.

  2. 2.
    Tree stumpclassical

    The base or stump of a tree.

نَبَكَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    Hillock, moundboth

    A small, pointed hill or mound, sometimes red and containing stones, or an area of land with ups and downs.

  2. 2.
    Tree stumpclassical

    The base or stump of a tree.

نُبْكَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    Hillock, moundboth

    A small, pointed hill or mound, sometimes red and containing stones, or an area of land with ups and downs.

  2. 2.
    Tree stumpclassical

    The base or stump of a tree.

نُبُكٌnoun
  1. 1.
    Hillocks, mounds (pl.)both

    Plural of نبكة, referring to small hills or mounds.

نَبْكٌnoun
  1. 1.
    Hillocks, mounds (pl.)both

    Plural of نبكة, referring to small hills or mounds.

  2. 2.
    A place nameclassical

    A location in Wadi al-Dhakha'ir, known for its extreme cold.

نَبَاكٌnoun
  1. 1.
    A horse's nameclassical

    The name of a horse belonging to al-Saffah ibn Khalid, and also to Kulayb ibn Rabi'ah.

  2. 2.
    A place nameclassical

    A location mentioned in poetry, possibly in Yemen or Tihamah.

نُبُوكٌnoun
  1. 1.
    A place nameclassical

    A barren land in the Hasa region of Hajar.

مَكَانٌ نَابِكٌadjective
  1. 1.
    Elevated placeboth

    Describing a place that is high or elevated.

نَوَابِكُnoun
  1. 1.
    Elevated hills (pl.)both

    Plural of نابك, referring to elevated hills or mounds.

تَنْبُوكُnoun
  1. 1.
    A place nameclassical

    A location mentioned in relation to a valley, possibly a proper noun for a place.

  2. 2.
    A region nameclassical

    A region located between Arrajan and Shiraz.

اِنْتَبَكَverb
  1. 1.
    To rise, to elevateclassical

    To become elevated or rise up.

  2. 2.
    To conspire, to plotclassical

    To gather together with evil intentions, to conspire or plot.

النَّبْكَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    Tree stumpclassical

    The base or stump of a tree.

النَّبْكُnoun
  1. 1.
    A place nameclassical

    A location between Dajwah and Majma' Jubbah, on the route of Egyptian pilgrims.

التَّنْبُوكِيُّname
  1. 1.
    A person from Tanbukclassical

    A nisba (attribution) indicating someone from the place called Tanbuk.

Parallel reading

أكمة محددة الرأس، وربما كانت حمراء ولا تخلو من الحجارة أو أرض فيها صعود وهبوط
A hillock with a pointed top, sometimes red and not devoid of stones, or land with ascents and descents.
في مذهب بين الجبال والنبك
On a path between the mountains and the mounds.
هي رواب من طين واحدتها نبكة
They are mounds of clay, the singular of which is nabkah.
النبكة رأسها محدد كأنه سنان رمح، وهما مصعدتان
The nabkah has a pointed top like the tip of a spear, and they are both ascents.
النبك: ما ارتفع من الأرض
Al-Nabk: what rises from the earth.
كل رابية من روابي الرمال كانت مسلكة الرأس ومحددته
Every dune of the sand dunes that had a smoothed and pointed top.
انتبك: ارتفع
Intabaka: to rise.
انتبك القوم، أي: انطووا على شر كاحتبكوا
The people conspired, meaning: they gathered upon evil, like ihtabakū.
والنبك بالفتح: بوادي الذخائر بين حمص ودمشق شديدة البرد
And al-Nabk, with fatha, is in Wadi al-Dhakha'ir between Homs and Damascus, intensely cold.
بين القارة والنبك بنات الملوك تبكي
Between al-Qarah and al-Nabk, the daughters of kings weep.
وإني لن يفارقني نباك تخال الشد والتقريب دينا
And Nabaak will never leave me; you would think its speed and closeness were a religion.
وقد ملأت بكر ومن لف لفها نباكا فقوا فالرجا فالنواعصا
And Bakr and those who followed it filled Nabaak, so they moved on to hope and the treacherous places.
هو موضع يمان أو تهام، ويروى باللام أيضا
It is a place in Yemen or Tihamah, and it is also narrated with a 'lam'.
هي أرض جرعاء بأحساء هجر
It is a barren land in the Hasa region of Hajar.
هضاب نوابك
Elevated hills.
بشعب تنبوك وشعب العوبث
In the valley of Tanbuk and the valley of al-'Awabith.
نبكة الشجرة: جرثومتها
The nabkah of the tree: its stump.
موضع بين ضجوة ومضيق جبة من منازل حاج مصر
A place between Dajwah and Majma' Jubbah, from the stations of the Egyptian pilgrims.
ناحية بين أرجان وشيراز
A region between Arrajan and Shiraz.