tinbāl

short

تِنْبال

Word

Noun · pattern تِفْعال

Root

ن ب ل

In the library

ويقال: أتت الناقة على تضرابها، أي على الوقت الذي ضربها الفحل فيه، وتضراب كثير الضّرب، وتقصار، وهي المخنقة، وتنبال، وهو القصير.

Enjoyment and Conviviality, page 160 →

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 2 entries

نَبْلٌ Arrows

Arrows: (M:) or Arabian arrows: (T, S, Mgh, Msb, K:) for the sing. they say سَهْمٌ. (T.)
نُبْلٌ Sharpness, acuteness, or sagacity

Sharpness, acuteness, or sagacity; syn. ذَكَآءٌ: and generosity, or nobility; syn. نَجَابَةٌ. (K.) ― -b2- نُبْلٌ Excellence; (T, M;) syn. نَجَابَةٌ; and also ذَكَآءٌ. (M.) [Ex.], " كَفَى المَرْءَ نُبَلًا أَنْ تُعَدَّ مَعَايِبُهْ " (MF, art. حبر.)

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