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نَخَبَ

Root: نخب

Form: 1

Full Definition

نَخَبَI , Present.T ـَ or ـُ Verbal.Noun نَخْب; and ; He drew, or took, out, or forth: syn. of the latter verb انتزع, in a trans. sense.
2 نَخَبَ الصَّيْدَ He tore out the heart of the game.
3 نَخَبَ, Present.T ـَ and ـُ Verbal.Noun نَخْبٌ, Inivit feminam: so accord. to some, in an absolute sense: or inivit feminam peculiari quodam modo.
4 نَخَبَ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun نَخْبٌ, It bit.

def.2 نُخِبٌ He was cowardly, and his intellect quitted him; syn. هُبِتَ. (S, art. هبت.)
2 كَلَّمْتُهُ فَنُخِبَ عَنِّى I spoke to him, and he was unable to reply to me: syn. كَلَّ عَنْ جَوَابِى.
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