nabq

nabaq (lotus blossom)

نَبْق

Word

Noun · pattern فَعْل

Root

ن ب ق

In the library

وأهدى إلى العباس بن الأحنف الوزير نبقاً وكتب إليه: تفيلت أن تبقى فأهديتك النبقا فكتب في جوابه: ما تفيلت يا أبا عبد الله ولكن تبقرت.

Tales of Fools and Simpletons, page 87 →

From the same root

إِنْبِيقalembic, retort

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 4 entries

نبق من الطريق nearness and shortness in a way

and انباق denote nearness and shortness in a way (TA, art. عجل), like مُسْتَعْجِلَةٌ.
نَبِقٌ the fruit of the سِدْر or lote-tree

, properly the fruit of the سِدْر or lote-tree, is also applied to The tree called سِدْر itself: see دَوْمٌ. The fruit so called is a drupe, resembling the crab. ― -b2- It seems to be also applied to A drupe absolutely, or a drupe like that of the سِدْر: see its dim., ↓ نُبَيْقَةٌ voce أَشْكَلُ: see also شِرْيَانٌ.
نبيق A bad sort of dates, also called حُبْيَقٌ

[app. نُبَيْقٌ] A bad sort of dates, also called حُبْيَقٌ. (TA in art. حبق.) ― -b2- See نَبِقٌ.
نَبِيقَةٌ when it has grown large

of a grape-vine, A زَمَعَة when it has grown large. (ISh in TA, art. زمع.)

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