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نَغَبَ

Root: نغب

Form: 1

Full Definition

نَغَبَI , Present.T ـَ and ـُ (Verbal.Noun نَغْبٌ, TA,) He swallowed saliva.
2 نَغَبَ, (Verbal.Noun نَغْبٌ, TA,) It sipped water: you do not say of a bird شَرِبَ.
3 نَغَبَ He took in gulps, or gulped, in drinking: and likewise an ass.
4 نَغِبْتُ مِنَ الإِنَاءِ نُغَبًا, with kesr, I drank in gulps from the vessel.
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