نُبٌ
Root: نوب
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نُبٌ
Bees: pl. of نَائِبٌ: from نَوْبَةٌ “ a turn that falls to a man at a certain time, ” accord. to As: or so called because they feed and return to their place: and if so, the sing. is نائب: or so called because they are of a colour inclining to black; or as likened to the nation of negroes called النُّوبَةُ: and if so, the word has no sing. See also لُوبٌ.
def.2 النُّوبُ and [The Nubians;] a nation of the Negroes [or rather Ethiopians]: or the latter is the name of their country; an extensive country south of Upper Egypt.
2 [A Nubian;] an individual of the nation above mentioned. See لُوبَةٌ.
3 أَسْوَدُ : see لُوبِىٌّ.
def.2 النُّوبُ and [The Nubians;] a nation of the Negroes [or rather Ethiopians]: or the latter is the name of their country; an extensive country south of Upper Egypt.
2 [A Nubian;] an individual of the nation above mentioned. See لُوبَةٌ.
3 أَسْوَدُ : see لُوبِىٌّ.
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