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نَخْبَةٌ

Root: نخب

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نَخْبَةٌ : see نَخْبٌ and نَخِبٌ.

def.2 نَخْبَةُ نَمْلَةٍ, and نَجْبَةُ نملة, q. v., A bite of an ant. Both these modes of writing the word are mentioned by IAth on the authority of Z.
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