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nabaza

deride, insult

نَبَزَ

Word

Verb · Form I

Root

ن ب ز

Forms

Present
يَنْبِزُ
Conjugation
Person PastPresentCommand
he هُوَ نَبَزَيَنْبِزُ—
she هِيَ نَبَزَتتَنْبِزُ—
they two (m.) هُما نَبَزايَنْبِزانِ—
they two (f.) هُما نَبَزَتاتَنْبِزانِ—
they (m.) هُمْ نَبَزُوايَنْبِزُونَ—
they (f.) هُنَّ نَبَزْنَيَنْبِزْنَ—
you (m.) أَنْتَ نَبَزْتَتَنْبِزُاِنْبِزْ
you (f.) أَنْتِ نَبَزْتِتَنْبِزِينَاِنْبِزِي
you two أَنْتُما نَبَزْتُماتَنْبِزانِاِنْبِزَا
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ نَبَزْتُمتَنْبِزُونَاِنْبِزُوا
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ نَبَزْتُنَّتَنْبِزْنَاِنْبِزْنَ
I أَنا نَبَزْتُأَنْبِزُ—
we نَحْنُ نَبَزْنانَنْبِزُ—

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 6 entries
  • نَبَزَهُ Form I He called him, or named him, by a by-name, surname, or nickname
    , aor. , inf. n. نَبْزٌ, He called him, or named him, by a by-name, surname, or nickname; he by-named him, surnamed him, or nicknamed him; syn. لَقَّبَهُ; (S, Msb, K;) mostly signifying he called him, or named him, by a nickname, a name of reproach, or an opprobrious appellation; (TA;) as also ↓ نبّزهُ: (K:) or the latter is with teshdeed to denote muchness, or frequency, or repetition, of the action, or its application to many objects: you say, بِالصَّبْيَانِ ↓ فُلَانٌ يُنَبِّزُ Such a one by-names, surnames, or [rather] nicknames, the children; syn. يُلَقِّبْهُمْ. (S.) ― -b2- النَّبْزُ is also syn. with اللَّمْزُ; (K;) or is like the latter: (TA;) [i. e., نَبَزَهُ also signifies He upbraided, or reproached, him; or the like.]
  • نَبَّزَ Form II Open entry
    see 1, in two places.
  • تنابزوا Form VI They called one another by by-names, surnames, or [rather] nicknames
    , (Msb, K, *) or تنابزوا بِٱلْأَلْقَابِ, (S,) They called one another by by-names, surnames, or [rather] nicknames: (S, Msb, * K:) or they upbraided, reproached, or reviled, one another; (K, TA;) calling one another by names of reproach. (TA.) So in the Kur, xlix. 11; where the doing so is forbidden. (TA.)
  • نَبَزٌ A by-name; or surname; or nickname
    , [or, accord. to the Msb, it seems to be نَبْزٌ, for it is there said to be an inf. n. used as a subst., but this form I have never met with elsewhere,] A by-name; or surname; or nickname; syn. لَقَبٌ; (S, Msb, K;) mostly, the latter; i. e., a name of reproach; an opprobrious appellation: (TA:) but Kh, [makes it, contr. to common usage, to signify a proper name; for he] says, that names are of two kinds; أَسْمَآءُ نَبَزٍ, such as زَيْدٌ and عَمْرُو; and أَسْمَآءُ عَامٍّ, such as فَرَسٌ and رَجُلٌ and the like: (TA:) pl. أَنْبَازٌ. (S.)
  • نَبِزٌ Ignoble, or mean
    Ignoble, or mean, (Sgh, K,) in his grounds of pretension to respect, or his rank or quality, and in his natural disposition. (K.)
  • رَجُلٌ نُبَزَةٌ A man who is much accustomed to call others by by-names, surnames, or [rather] nicknames
    A man who is much accustomed to call others by by-names, surnames, or [rather] nicknames. (K.)

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