نَيْسَبٌ
Root: نسب
Full Definition
نَيْسَبٌ
A straight, or direct, and conspicuous, or open, road, or way: or narrow road, or way: as also
نَيْسَبَانٌ : some say نَيْسَمٌ, which is a dial. form: or نيسب signifies the traces of a road, or way.
2 Also نَيْسَبٌ Ants that appear like a road; ants following one another uninterruptedly. Dukeyn Ibn-Rejà says,
3 Also, the track of ants, and of a serpent, and of wild asses going to their watering-places.
2 Also نَيْسَبٌ Ants that appear like a road; ants following one another uninterruptedly. Dukeyn Ibn-Rejà says,
[A source to which thou seest the people ants proceeding in uninterrupted succession].عَيْنًا تَرَى النَّاسَ إِلَيْهَا نَيْسَبَا
3 Also, the track of ants, and of a serpent, and of wild asses going to their watering-places.
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