نَقَبَ
Root: نقب
Form: 1
Full Definition
نَقَبَI
, Present.T
ـُ Verbal.Noun نَقْبٌ, He perforated, pierced, bored, or made a hole through, or in, or into, anything: like ثَقَبَ. He made a hole through a wall.
2 نَقَبَ سُرَّةَ الدَّابَّةِ, Present.T ـُ He perforated the navel of the beast in order that a yellow fluid might issue forth. See مَنْقَبٌ.
3 نَقَبَ العَيْنَ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun نَقْبٌ, He performed, upon the eye, what is called القَدْحُ in the language of the physicians; i. e., a remedial operation for the black fluid that arises in the eye: from the phrase next following: [but this is not a good explanation: the meaning is he performed upon the eye the operation of couching, for the cataract: so in many Arabic works, ancient and modern: the couching-needle is called مِقْدَحٌ, and إِبْرَةُ القَدْحِ, in the present day].
4 نَقَبَ حَافِرَ الدَّابَّةِ He pierced a hole in the hoof of the beast, in order to extract what had entered into it.
5 نَقَبَتْهُ نَكْبَةٌ, (Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun نَقْبٌ, TA,) A misfortune, an evil accident, or a calamity befell him, and overcame him, or afflicted him; like نَكَبَتْهُ. [In the CK, for أَصَابَتْهُ, is put اثابته.]
6 نَقَبَ فِى الأَرْضِ, Present.T ـُ and and , He went, or went away, through the land, or country: [in the CK and some MS. copies of the K, we afterwards find نَقِبَ فِى البِلَادِ with kesr to the ق, explained as signifying he proceeded, or journeyed, through the lands:]
7 نَقِبَ البَعِيرُ, Present.T ـَ or نَقِبَ حُفُّ البعيرِ, and , The camel walked barefooted, syn. حَفِىَ, until his feet became worn in holes: or نَقِبَ البعير, and , the camel's feet became thin, [or were worn thin; which is also a signification of حَفِىَ].
8 نَقِبَتْ أَقْدَامُنَا Our feet became thin in the skin, and blistered, by reason of walking.
9 نَقَبَ الخُفَّ, Present.T ـُ He patched the boot; repaired it by patching. Also, He made the boot thin: he made [or wore] holes in it.
10 نَقِبَ الخُفُّ, Present.T ـَ (Verbal.Noun نَقَبٌ, TA,) The boot became lacerated, or worn through, in holes. [And in like manner The sole of the foot of a camel or of a man: see below: and see an ex. voce أَظَلُّ.]
11 نَقَبَ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun نَقْبٌ, He put his feet together in his running (فِى حُضْرِهِ, [for which Golius and Freytag appear to have read فى خَصْرِهِ,] K,) not spreading his fore feet, his running being [a kind of] leaping.
def.2 نَقَبَ عَنِ الأَخْبْارِ, Present.T ـُ He scrutinized, investigated, searched into, examined into, or inquired into, the news; and, in like manner, anything else: [as also نقّب : see the phrase نقّبوا فى البلاد, explained above:] or he told, announced, or related, the news.
2 إِنِّى لَمْ أُؤْمَرْ أَنْ أَنْقُبَ عَنْ قُلُوبِ النَّاسِ Verily I have not been commanded to scrutinize and reveal what is in the hearts of men.
3 نَقَبَ عَلَى قَوْمِهِ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun نِقَابَةٌ, He acted as the نَقِيب over his people; was their نقيب: but of a man who was not نقيب, and has become so, you say نَقُبَ, with damm, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun نَقَابَةٌ, with fet-h, He became نقيب; as also نَقِبَ, Present.T ـَ: or نقابة with kesr is a subst.; and with fet-h, an Verbal.Noun; like وِلَايَةٌ and وَلَايَةٌ: so says Sb.
def.3 نَقَبَ الثَّوْبَ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun نَقْبٌ, He made the piece of cloth into a نُقْبَة.
2 نَقَبَ سُرَّةَ الدَّابَّةِ, Present.T ـُ He perforated the navel of the beast in order that a yellow fluid might issue forth. See مَنْقَبٌ.
3 نَقَبَ العَيْنَ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun نَقْبٌ, He performed, upon the eye, what is called القَدْحُ in the language of the physicians; i. e., a remedial operation for the black fluid that arises in the eye: from the phrase next following: [but this is not a good explanation: the meaning is he performed upon the eye the operation of couching, for the cataract: so in many Arabic works, ancient and modern: the couching-needle is called مِقْدَحٌ, and إِبْرَةُ القَدْحِ, in the present day].
4 نَقَبَ حَافِرَ الدَّابَّةِ He pierced a hole in the hoof of the beast, in order to extract what had entered into it.
5 نَقَبَتْهُ نَكْبَةٌ, (Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun نَقْبٌ, TA,) A misfortune, an evil accident, or a calamity befell him, and overcame him, or afflicted him; like نَكَبَتْهُ. [In the CK, for أَصَابَتْهُ, is put اثابته.]
6 نَقَبَ فِى الأَرْضِ, Present.T ـُ and and , He went, or went away, through the land, or country: [in the CK and some MS. copies of the K, we afterwards find نَقِبَ فِى البِلَادِ with kesr to the ق, explained as signifying he proceeded, or journeyed, through the lands:]
7 نَقِبَ البَعِيرُ, Present.T ـَ or نَقِبَ حُفُّ البعيرِ, and , The camel walked barefooted, syn. حَفِىَ, until his feet became worn in holes: or نَقِبَ البعير, and , the camel's feet became thin, [or were worn thin; which is also a signification of حَفِىَ].
8 نَقِبَتْ أَقْدَامُنَا Our feet became thin in the skin, and blistered, by reason of walking.
9 نَقَبَ الخُفَّ, Present.T ـُ He patched the boot; repaired it by patching. Also, He made the boot thin: he made [or wore] holes in it.
10 نَقِبَ الخُفُّ, Present.T ـَ (Verbal.Noun نَقَبٌ, TA,) The boot became lacerated, or worn through, in holes. [And in like manner The sole of the foot of a camel or of a man: see below: and see an ex. voce أَظَلُّ.]
11 نَقَبَ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun نَقْبٌ, He put his feet together in his running (فِى حُضْرِهِ, [for which Golius and Freytag appear to have read فى خَصْرِهِ,] K,) not spreading his fore feet, his running being [a kind of] leaping.
def.2 نَقَبَ عَنِ الأَخْبْارِ, Present.T ـُ He scrutinized, investigated, searched into, examined into, or inquired into, the news; and, in like manner, anything else: [as also نقّب : see the phrase نقّبوا فى البلاد, explained above:] or he told, announced, or related, the news.
2 إِنِّى لَمْ أُؤْمَرْ أَنْ أَنْقُبَ عَنْ قُلُوبِ النَّاسِ Verily I have not been commanded to scrutinize and reveal what is in the hearts of men.
3 نَقَبَ عَلَى قَوْمِهِ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun نِقَابَةٌ, He acted as the نَقِيب over his people; was their نقيب: but of a man who was not نقيب, and has become so, you say نَقُبَ, with damm, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun نَقَابَةٌ, with fet-h, He became نقيب; as also نَقِبَ, Present.T ـَ: or نقابة with kesr is a subst.; and with fet-h, an Verbal.Noun; like وِلَايَةٌ and وَلَايَةٌ: so says Sb.
def.3 نَقَبَ الثَّوْبَ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun نَقْبٌ, He made the piece of cloth into a نُقْبَة.
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