تَنَاوَبْنَا
Root: نوب
Form: 6
Full Definition
تَنَاوَبْنَاVI
, and الأَمْرَ, We performed the affair, or business, by turns; or turn after turn. هُمْ يَتَنَاوبُونَ النَّوْبَةَ فِيمَا بَيْنَهُمْ فِى المَاءِ
وَغَيْرِهِ [They took turns in the case of a thing that was between them; in the case of water &c.]
2 تَنَاوَبُوا عَلَيْهِ They did it by turns; this person doing it one time: and that, another.
3 تَنَاوَبُوا, as also تنازلوا and تطاعموا, They
4 تَنَاوَبَوا عَلَى المَاءِ, or تناوبوا الماءَ, They shared the water among themselves [by turns] by means of the حَصَاة القَسْمِ, or المَقْلةُ: which is a pebble that is put into a vessel: then as much water as will come the pebble is poured into the vessel: this is done by persons on a journey when they have little water; and thus they divide it into shares. (K, arts. قسم and مقل.)
5 المَنَايَا تَتَنَاوَبُنَا Deaths come to us by turns; to each of us in his turn.
2 تَنَاوَبُوا عَلَيْهِ They did it by turns; this person doing it one time: and that, another.
3 تَنَاوَبُوا, as also تنازلوا and تطاعموا, They
4 تَنَاوَبَوا عَلَى المَاءِ, or تناوبوا الماءَ, They shared the water among themselves [by turns] by means of the حَصَاة القَسْمِ, or المَقْلةُ: which is a pebble that is put into a vessel: then as much water as will come the pebble is poured into the vessel: this is done by persons on a journey when they have little water; and thus they divide it into shares. (K, arts. قسم and مقل.)
5 المَنَايَا تَتَنَاوَبُنَا Deaths come to us by turns; to each of us in his turn.
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