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nakhaba

choose, select, elect

نَخَبَ

Word

Verb · Form I

Root

ن خ ب

Forms

Present
يَنْخُبُ
Conjugation
Person PastPresentCommand
he هُوَ نَخَبَيَنْخُبُ—
she هِيَ نَخَبَتتَنْخُبُ—
they two (m.) هُما نَخَبايَنْخُبانِ—
they two (f.) هُما نَخَبَتاتَنْخُبانِ—
they (m.) هُمْ نَخَبُوايَنْخُبُونَ—
they (f.) هُنَّ نَخَبْنَيَنْخُبْنَ—
you (m.) أَنْتَ نَخَبْتَتَنْخُبُاُنْخُبْ
you (f.) أَنْتِ نَخَبْتِتَنْخُبِينَاُنْخُبِي
you two أَنْتُما نَخَبْتُماتَنْخُبانِاُنْخُبَا
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ نَخَبْتُمتَنْخُبُونَاُنْخُبُوا
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ نَخَبْتُنَّتَنْخُبْنَاُنْخُبْنَ
I أَنا نَخَبْتُأَنْخُبُ—
we نَحْنُ نَخَبْنانَنْخُبُ—

From the same root

All words from ن خ ب →

Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 12 entries
  • نَخَبَ Form I He drew, or took, out, or forth
    , (S, K,) aor. , (S,) or , (K,) inf. n. نَخْب; (S, K;) and ↓ انتخب; (S;) He drew, or took, out, or forth: (S, K:) syn. of the latter verb انتزع, (S,) in a trans. sense. (TA.) ― -b2- نَخَبَ الصَّيْدَ He (a hawk) tore out the heart of the game. (TA.) ― -b3- نَخَبَ, aor. and , (K,) inf. n. نَخْبٌ, (S, K,) Inivit feminam: (S, K:) so accord. to some, in an absolute sense: (ISd:) or inivit feminam peculiari quodam modo. (ISd, K.) ― -b4- نَخَبَ, aor. , inf. n. نَخْبٌ, It (an ant, or a louse, TA) bit. (K.) -A2- نُخِبٌ He was cowardly, and his intellect quitted him; syn. هُبِتَ. (S, art. هبت.) ― -b2- كَلَّمْتُهُ فَنُخِبَ عَنِّى I spoke to him, and he was unable to reply to me: syn. كَلَّ عَنْ جَوَابِى. (TA.)
  • انخب Form IV He begot a cowardly son
    (as also انجب, TA) He begot a cowardly son: (K:) from مَنْخُوبٌ. (TA.) ― -b2- انخب He begot a brave, or courageous, son: (K:) from نُخَبَةٌ. (TA.) Thus the verb bears two contr. significations. (K.) See also انجب.
  • تَنَخَّبَ Form V Open entry
    see 8.
  • إِنْتَخَبَ Form VIII He chose, selected, or preferred, him, or it
    See 1. ― -b2- انتخبهُ [and ↓ تنخّبهُ, as is shown by a verse cited in art. سقب, conj. 4,] He chose, selected, or preferred, him, or it. (S, K.) Ex. انتخب مِنَ القَوْمِ مِايأَة رَجُلٍ He chose, or selected, from the people a hundred men. (TA, from a trad.)
  • استنخبت Form X Congressum viri concupivit
    Congressum viri concupivit femina. (El-Umawee, S, K.)
  • نَخْبٌ podex
    , (K,) or ↓ نَخْبَةٌ, (L, confirmed by the citation of two examples in verse,) and ↓ مَنْخَبَةٌ (K) and يَنْخُوبَةٌ (L) The podex: syn. إِسْتٌ. (L, K.) ― -b2- نَخْبٌ Foramen vulvæ feræ: syn. خرق الثفر. (TA.) ― -b3- نَخْبَةٌ Foramen pudendi: syn. خرق الجلد. (Nh.) -A2- نَخْبٌ Cowardice; weakness of heart. (TA.) See نَخِبٌ. -A3- نَخْبٌ A large draught; i. q. Pers. دُوسْتْكَانِى [dóst-kánee]. (K.)
  • نَخَبٌ Open entry
    : see نَخِبٌ.
  • نَخِبٌ cowardly
    (S, K) and ↓ نَخْبٌ and ↓ نَخْبَةٌ (so accord. to the TA: in the CK نُخْبَةٌ:) and ↓ نُخْبَةٌ (in the CK ↓ نُخَبَةٌ) and ↓ نِخَبٌّ and ↓ نِخِبٌّ (K) and ↓ نَخِيبٌ and ↓ مَنْخُوبٌ and ↓ مُنْتَخَبٌ (S, K) and ↓ يَنْخُوبٌ, (K,) to which the CK adds ↓ نَخَبٌ, A cowardly man; a coward; as though his heart were drawn out; (S;) i. e., having no heart. (TA.) ↓ قَلْبٌ نَخِيبٌ [A cowardly heart]: نخيب signifies a coward, who has no heart: or, accord. to some, one who acts corruptly. (TA.) Pl. (of ↓ نخيب, TA,) نُخُبٌ: (K:) of ↓ منخوب, مَنْخُوبُونَ, and sometimes, in poetry, accord. to IAth, مَنَاخِبُ: and Aboo-Bekr mentions نخبات as a pl. of نخبة. (TA.)
  • نَخْبَةٌ A bite of an ant
    : see نَخْبٌ and نَخِبٌ. -A2- نَخْبَةُ نَمْلَةٍ, and نَجْبَةُ نملة, q. v., A bite of an ant. Both these modes of writing the word are mentioned by IAth on the authority of Z.
  • نُخْبَةٌ Open entry
    : see نَخِبٌ and نُخَبَةٌ.
  • نُخَبَةٌ Chosen; choice; select; preferred; excellent; best: or what is chosen, &c
    (As, S, K) and ↓ نُخْبَةٌ (AM, K), the former the more approved word, (TA,) Chosen; choice; select; preferred; excellent; best: or what is chosen, &c.: (K:) i. q. نُجَبَةٌ, q. v.: (S:) pl. of the former نُخَبٌ. (S.) Ex. جَاءَ فى نُخَبِ أَصْحَابِهِ He came with the best of his companions. (S.) نخبةُ المَتَاعِ The choice part of the goods, or utensils, &c.; what was drawn, or taken, out from them. (TA.) ― -b2- A company, or troop, chosen, or selected, and drawn out, from the men. Ex., from a trad., خَرَجْنَا فِى النُّخَبَةِ We went forth with the chosen band. (TA.) ― -b3- See نَخِبٌ.
  • نِخَبٌّ Open entry
    and نِخِبٌّ and نَخِيبٌ: see نَخِبٌ.

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