أَنْقَابٌ
Root: نقب
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أَنْقَابٌ
, a pl. without a sing., The ears: or, accord. to some, its sing. is نُقْبٌ. El-Katámee says,
[The cheeks of their white camels were with their ears inclined to the singing of the drivers]. But أَنَقًا بِهِنَّ, “ by reason of their pleasure, ” is also read, for أَنْقَابُهُنَّ: [so that the meaning is The cheeks of their white camels were inclined, by reason of their pleasure. to the singing of the drivers].كَانَتْ خُدُودُ هِجَانِهِنَّ مُمَالَةً أَنْقَابُهُنَّ إِلَى حُدَآءِ السُّوَّقِ
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