نَقْبٌ
Root: نقب
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نَقْبٌ
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نُقْبَةٌ A hole, perforation, or bore, in, or through, a wall, or anything whatever: or a large hole, perforation, or bore, passing through a thing; such as is small being termed ثَقْبٌ, with ث: (Mgh, in art. ثقب:) pl. of the former نُقُوبٌ and أَنْقَابٌ and نِقَابٌ.
2 نَقْبٌ and An ulcer that arises in the side, attacking the inside of the body, and having its head inwards; [as also نَقَّابَةٌ , for] نَقَّابَاتٌ signifies ulcers that come forth in the side and penetrate into the inside. (TA voce ذُبَالٌ.) See نُقْبٌ.
3 نَقْبٌ and نُقْبٌ and مَنْقَبٌ and مَنْقَبَةٌ A road in a mountain: a road between two mountains: pl. أَنْقَابٌ and نِقَابٌ; and of the third and fourth, مَنَاقِبُ. See also مَنْقَبَةٌ.
2 نَقْبٌ and An ulcer that arises in the side, attacking the inside of the body, and having its head inwards; [as also نَقَّابَةٌ , for] نَقَّابَاتٌ signifies ulcers that come forth in the side and penetrate into the inside. (TA voce ذُبَالٌ.) See نُقْبٌ.
3 نَقْبٌ and نُقْبٌ and مَنْقَبٌ and مَنْقَبَةٌ A road in a mountain: a road between two mountains: pl. أَنْقَابٌ and نِقَابٌ; and of the third and fourth, مَنَاقِبُ. See also مَنْقَبَةٌ.
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