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نُقْبَةٌ

Root: نقب

Full Definition

نُقْبَةٌ A mark, trace, or vestige: ex. عَلَيْه نُقْبَةٌ Upon him, or it, is a mark, &c.
2 See نَقْبٌ.
3 نُقْبَةٌ Rust, upon a sword or the head of an arrow or a spear: or نَقب [i. e. نُقْبٌ , q. v., a coll. gen. n., of which نُقْبَةٌ is the n. un.; or نُقَبٌ, pl. of نُقْبَةٌ;] signifies traces of rust upon a sword or an arrow head or a spear-head, likened to the first appearances of the scab.

def.2 نُقْبَةٌ The face: or the parts surrounding the face. pl. نُقَبٌ.
2 نُقْبَةٌ A garment resembling an إِزار, having a sewed waistband or string, (حُجْزَةٌ مَخِيطَةٌ: so in the S, M, L: whence it appears that the reading in the K, حجزة مُطيفَةٌ, is erroneous: TA: [F having, it seems, found مُحِيطَةٌ written in the place of مُحِيطَةٌ:]) without a نَيْفَق which is the part turned down at the top, and sewed, through which the waistband passes], tied as trousers, or drawers, are tied: or a pair of trousers, or drawers, having a waistband, but without a part turned down at the top, and sewed, for the waistband to pass through: if it have this, (i. e, a. نيفق,) it is called سَراوِيلُ: or a piece of rag of which the upper part is made like drawers, or trousers: or a pair of drawers, or trousers, without legs. (M, voce إِنْبٌ, TA,)

def.3 نُقْبَةٌ The state, or condition; quality, mode, or manner; state with regard to apparel &c.; external form, figure, feature, or appearance; of any thing: syn. هَيْئَةٌ.

def.4 نُقْبَةٌ Colour.
2 فَرَسٌ حَسَنُ النَّقْبَةِ A horse of beautiful colour.
3 See also نَقِيبَةٌ.
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