Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

انخب

Root: نخب

Form: 4

Full Definition

انخبIV (as also انجب, TA) He begot a cowardly son: from مَنْخُوبٌ.
2 انخب He begot a brave, or courageous, son: from نُخَبَةٌ. Thus the verb bears two contr. significations. See also انجب.


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