نَخِبٌ
Root: نخب
Full Definition
نَخِبٌ
and
نَخْبٌ and
نَخْبَةٌ (so accord. to the TA: in the CK نُخْبَةٌ:) and
نُخْبَةٌ (in the CK
نُخَبَةٌ ) and
نِخَبٌّ and
and
and
مَنْخُوبٌ and
مُنْتَخَبٌ and
يَنْخُوبٌ , to which the CK adds
نَخَبٌ , A cowardly man; a coward; as though his heart were drawn out; i. e., having no heart.
قَلْبٌ [A cowardly heart]: نخيب signifies a coward, who has no heart: or, accord. to some, one who acts corruptly. Pl. (of
, TA,) نُخُبٌ: of
مَنْخُوبُونَ, and sometimes, in poetry, accord. to IAth, مَنَاخِبُ: and Aboo-Bekr mentions نخبات as a pl. of نخبة.
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