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نَدَبَهُ

Root: ندب

Form: 1

Full Definition

نَدَبَهُI , or إِلَى الأَمْرِ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun نَدْبٌ; and للامر; this latter verb being used transitively as well as intransitively; He, or it, called, summoned, or invited, him to the thing; and instigated, incited, or urged, him to it: i. e., to war, succour, &c.
2 [You say,] مَا نَدَبَنِى إِلَى مَا فَعَلْتُ إِلَّا النُّصْحُ لَكَ Nothing incited me to do what I have done but sincerity towards thee.
3 نَدَبَهُ إِلَى أَمْرٍ, [and لِأَمْرٍ; and ندّبهُ ; (see مَنْدُوبٌ;)] He sent him to do a thing.
4 نَدَبَ المَيِّتَ, (Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun نَدْبٌ, S,) He wailed for, wept for, or deplored the loss of, the dead man, and enumerated his good qualities and actions. نَدَبُتِ الميّب She called upon the dead man, praising him, and saying وَافُلَانَاهُ and وَاهَنَاهُ, Alas for such a one! and Alas for thee! or she, as it were, called upon the dead man, enumerating his good qualities and actions, as though he heard her. It is said that the action is peculiarly that of women; and that the verb is derived from نَدَبَهُ, “ he called him ” to do a thing; or from نَدَبٌ, “ a scar, ” because the wailer mentions the memorials of him who has gone; or perhaps from نَدْبٌ, “ lightness, or activity. ”

def.2 نَدِبَ, Present.T ـَ (Verbal.Noun نَدَبٌ, TA;) and ; It had a hardened scar, such as is termed نَدَبَة.
2 نَدِبَ, Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun نَدَبٌ [so accord. to the TA, agreeably with analogy; but in the CK and a MS. copy, نَدْبٌ; whence, and from the form of the latter of the two inf. ns. here following, it seems not improbable that the verb may be also written نَدَبَ;] and نُدُوبَةٌ and نُدُوبٌ, It had upon it scars, such as are termed نُدُوب.

def.3 نَدُبَ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun نَدَابَةٌ, TA,) He was light, or active, in the accomplishment of affairs, or wants: he was clever, ingenious, or acute in mind; excellent.
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