النَّوْبٌ
Root: نوب
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النَّوْبٌ
What is a day's and a night's journey distant from one: what is a night's journey distant is called القَرَبُ: originally in the
def.2 نَوْبٌ Strength: as also : ex. أَصْبَحْتَ لَا نَوْبَةٌ لَكَ Thou hast become without strength: and تَرَكْتُهُ لَا نَوْبٌ لَهُ I left him without strength.
2 نَوْبٌ Nearness.
def.3 نَوْبٌ a pl. of نَائِبٌ: [but in what sense I do not find: app., as the act. part. n. of نَابَ “ it befell, &c. ”]
[I have become enamoured of one of the descendants of Jaafar: she has not become a day's and a night's journey distant from me, nor a night's journey distant]. Or نوب signifies [in these words of the poet] near, so that he might visit her repeatedly; and قرب and نوب are synonymous: or قرب [is used by him to signify that at such a distance] he might come to her once in three days.إِحْدَى بَنِى جَعْفَرٍ كَلِفْتُ بِهَا لَمْ تُمْسِ مِنِّى نَوْبًا وَلَا قَرَبَا
def.2 نَوْبٌ Strength: as also : ex. أَصْبَحْتَ لَا نَوْبَةٌ لَكَ Thou hast become without strength: and تَرَكْتُهُ لَا نَوْبٌ لَهُ I left him without strength.
2 نَوْبٌ Nearness.
def.3 نَوْبٌ a pl. of نَائِبٌ: [but in what sense I do not find: app., as the act. part. n. of نَابَ “ it befell, &c. ”]
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