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نَجَبَ

Root: نجب

Form: 1

Full Definition

نَجَبَI , Present.T ـِ and ـُ Verbal.Noun نَجْبٌ, He took off the bark of the stem, or trunk, of the tree: or نَجَبَهُ, Present.T and Verbal.Noun as above; and نجّبه , Verbal.Noun تَنْجِيبٌ; and ; He took off its bark; barked it. See نَجَبٌ.

def.2 نَجُبَ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun نَجَابَةٌ, He was generous, noble, or liberal, &c.: [see نَجِيبٌ]. He, or it, was excellent, or choice. [Said of a horse and the like, He was generous, excellent, strong, light, or swift.]
2 نَاجَبَهُ فَنَجَبَهُ: see 3.
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