نُقْبٌ
Root: نقب
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نُقْبٌ
and
نَقْبٌ and
نُقَبٌ [the first is a coll. gen. n., of which the n. un. is نُقْبَةٌ [q. v.], of which it is called in the S the pl.: but نُقَبٌ is the pl. of نُقْبَةٌ:] Scab, [or scabs,] absolutely: or scattered scabs when they first appear: النُّقْبَةُ is the first that appears of the scab; and is so called because the scabs perforate the skin: you say, of a camel, بِهِ نُقْبَةٌ: the first that appears of the scab, in a patch like the palm of the hand, in the side of a camel, or on his haunch, or his lip: then it spreads over him until it covers him entirely. Mohammad, denying that any disease was transmitted from one thing to another, and being asked how it was that a نُقْبَة spread in camels, asked what transmitted the disease to the first camel.
2 فُلَانٌ يَضَعُ الهِنَآءَ مَوَاضِعَ النُّقْبِ
2 فُلَانٌ يَضَعُ الهِنَآءَ مَوَاضِعَ النُّقْبِ
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