Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

Includes Hans Wehr and Al Mawrid — All in One Search

نَاصِبَةُ

Root: نصب

Full Definition

نَاصِبَةُ The eye of the serpent called شجاع, which it raises to look. (TA in art. شجع.)
2 By the expression كَنَاصِبَةِ الشُّجَاعِ in the following words of the poet, بَصَرٌ كَنَاصِبَةِ الشُّجَاعِ المُرْصِدِ is meant Like the eye of the brave man, which he raises (يَنْصُبُهَا) to look at, or see, something.
Lane's Lexicon + Hans Wehr + Mawrid

Three dictionaries. One search.

"The product of over thirty years of unrelenting labor — to this day supreme in the field of Arabic lexicography."

47,000+ classical entries Root-based navigation Full text search Hyperlinked definitions
Try Free

Trusted by researchers at University of Michigan, Duke, Alberta & more