Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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1. ⇒ نبث

نَبَثَ, aor. ـُ {يَنْبُثُ}, inf. n. نَبْثٌ; (andانتبث↓, Ḳ;) i. q. نَبَشَ; (AZ, Ṣ, Ḳ;) i. e., He dug with the hand. (AZ, Ṣ.)

Root: نبث - Entry: 1. Signification: A2

نَبَثَ, aor. ـُ {يَنْبُثُ}, inf. n. نَبْثٌ, He took forth, or dug out, dust, or earth, from a well or a river. (L.)

Root: نبث - Entry: 1. Signification: A3

نَبَثُوا عَنِ الأَمْرِThey searched, or sought, for, or after, the thing; inquired respecting it; sought for information respecting it; searched into, inquired into, investigated, scrutinized, or examined, it. (TA.)

Root: نبث - Entry: 1. Dissociation: B

نَبَثَ, [aor. ـُ {يَنْبُثُ},] inf. n. نَبْثٌ, ‡ He was angry. (Ḳ.)


6. ⇒ تنابث

تَنَابَثُوا عَنِ الأَسْرَارِThey searched into each other's secrets. (A.)


8. ⇒ انتبث

انتبث: see 1.

Root: نبث - Entry: 8. Signification: A2

He took; received into his hand. (Ḳ.)

Root: نبث - Entry: 8. Signification: A3

He tucked up the skirts of his shirt, or the like, when sitting on the ground. (Ḳ.)

Root: نبث - Entry: 8. Signification: A4

It (سَوِيق or the like) increased in size (رَبَا) in the water: (Ḳ:) as also انتبذ. (TA.)


10. ⇒ استنبث

استنبث أَخَاهُ عَنْ سِرِّهِHe examined his brother respecting his secret. (A.)


نَبَثٌ

نَبَثٌ A trace, vestige, or mark: (Ḳ:) a trace, or mark, of digging: (A:) pl. أَنْبَاثٌ. (TA.)

Root: نبث - Entry: نَبَثٌ Signification: A2

مَا رَأَيْتُ لَهُ عَيْنًا وَلَا نَبَثًا I saw not the man himself, or the thing itself, nor any trace of him, or it. (L.)

Root: نبث - Entry: نَبَثٌ Signification: A3

نَبِيثٌ

نَبِيثٌ The dust that an animal digs up with its feet in running. (IAạr.)

Root: نبث - Entry: نَبِيثٌ Signification: A2

نَبِيثَةٌ↓ (Ṣ, Ḳ) and نَبِيثٌ andنَبَثٌ↓ (L) The dust, or earth, that is taken forth, or dug out, from a well or a river: (Ṣ, L, Ḳ:) pl. of the first, نَبَائِثُ. (A.)

Root: نبث - Entry: نَبِيثٌ Signification: A3

نَبِيثٌ andمَنْبُوثٌ↓ Earth, or dust, taken forth, or dug out, from a well or a river. (L.)

Root: نبث - Entry: نَبِيثٌ Signification: A4

نَبيثَةُ↓ سَبُعٍ Flesh-meat buried by a beast of prey against the time of want. (IAth, from a trad.)

Root: نبث - Entry: نَبِيثٌ Dissociation: B

نَبِيثٌ A species of sea-fish; accord. to IAạr; but it is also said, on his authority, that it is called يَنْبِيثٌ; therefore it seems that one of these two words is a mistake for the other, or that they are two dial. forms. See also بَيْنِيثٌ, in art. بنث. (TA.)

Root: نبث - Entry: نَبِيثٌ Dissociation: C

خَبِيثٌ نَبِيثٌVery bad, evil, wicked, or corrupt: (Ḳ:) applied to a man: (TA:) the latter word is an imitation sequent to the former. (Ṣ, and some copies of the Ḳ.)

Root: نبث - Entry: نَبِيثٌ Dissociation: D

أَبْدَى نَبِيثَةَ القَوْمِ, and نَبَائِثَهُمْ, ‡ [He revealed the elicited secret of the people, and their elicited secrets]. (A.)

Root: نبث - Entry: نَبِيثٌ Signification: D2

بَيْنَهُمْ شَحْنَآءُ وَنَبَائِثُ[Between them are enmity and secrets elicited]. (A.)


نَبِيثَةٌ

نَبِيثَةٌ: see نَبِيث.


أَنْبُوثَةٌ

أَنْبُوثَةٌ A certain game (played by children, TA,) in which something is buried in a hole dug in the ground, and he who takes it forth wins the game. (Ḳ.)


مَنْبُوثٌ

مَنْبُوثٌ: see نَبِيثٌ.


مَنَابِثُهُمْ

ظَهَرَتْ مَنَابِثُهُمْ وَلَمْ تَخْفَ خَبَائِثُهُمْ[The occasions for the scrutiny of their conduct appeared, and their evil qualities were not hidden]. (A.)


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