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نَدْبٌ

Root: ندب

Full Definition

نَدْبٌ A man who is light, or active, in the accomplishment of an affair, or a want; as also and : a man who, when he is sent to accomplish a great, or an important, affair, finds it light to him: clever, ingenious, or acute in mind; excellent: pl. نُدُوبٌ and نُدَبَاءُ: the former agreeable with analogy; the latter formed from the imaginary sing. نَدِيبٌ; like سُمَحَاءُ, pl. of سَمْحٌ.
2 نَدْبٌ, as applied to a horse, Sharp-spirited; contr. of بَلِيدٌ excellent.
3 نَدْبٌ Lightness, or activity.
4 أَرَاكَ نَدْبًا فِى الحَوَائِجِ [I see thee to be clever in accomplishing affairs, or wants.

def.2 See نَدَبٌ.
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