نَبَاَ
Root: نبى
Form: 1
Full Definition
نَبَاَI
It recoiled, or reverted, [or glanced off, or away,] from the thing struck with it, without penetrating, or without effect; returned from it without cutting; took no effect upon it; syn. كَلَّ.
2 نَبَاَ It would not cut; was blunt.
3 نَبَاَ عَنِ الشَّىْءِ It recoiled, or reverted, from the thing; was repelled by it; syn. تَجَافَى and كلّ.
4 نَبَا عَنِ الشَّىْءِ It recoiled, flinched, shrank, or was averse, from the thing, or shunned it, and would not accept it.
5 نَبَا جَنْبُهُ عَنِ الفِرَاشِ
6 نَبَا It was unfirm, or unsteady; not firm, or steady, in its place.
2 نَبَاَ It would not cut; was blunt.
3 نَبَاَ عَنِ الشَّىْءِ It recoiled, or reverted, from the thing; was repelled by it; syn. تَجَافَى and كلّ.
4 نَبَا عَنِ الشَّىْءِ It recoiled, flinched, shrank, or was averse, from the thing, or shunned it, and would not accept it.
5 نَبَا جَنْبُهُ عَنِ الفِرَاشِ
6 نَبَا It was unfirm, or unsteady; not firm, or steady, in its place.
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