See also: نأب and نأت

Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Root
ن و ب (n w b)
7 terms

Verb

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نَابَ (nāba) I (non-past يَنُوبُ (yanūbu), verbal noun نَوْب (nawb) or مَنَاب (manāb) or نِيَابَة (niyāba))

  1. to replace, to substitute [with عَن (ʕan)]
  2. to act on behalf of, to represent [with عَن (ʕan)]
  3. to nod assent to, to agree with, to turn towards [with إِلَى (ʔilā)]
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Etymology 2

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From Aramaic ניב (nīḇ, fang, tusk; pincer) unless otherwise a Proto-Semitic development, potentially an extension from Akkadian 𒉏𒋭 (nūbtu, honeybee; stringers), hence sharp things that pierce in and do not release like a predator's use of canine teeth. The sense "aged female camel" makes reference to the length of the female camel's permanent canine teeth, which begin to emerge around 7 years of age. It belongs morphologically to the root ن ي ب (n-y-b), with connections to نُوب (nūb, bees), Ugaritic 𐎐𐎁𐎚 (nbt, honey), Phoenician 𐤍𐤐𐤕 (npt, virgin honey), Ge'ez ንህብ (nəhb, bee, drone), and Shehri nibbet (bee, wasp, stinging insect).

Noun

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نَاب (nābm (plural أَنْيَاب (ʔanyāb) or نُيُوب (nuyūb) or أَنَايِيب (ʔanāyīb) or أَنْيُب (ʔanyub))

  1. fang, tusk
  2. canine tooth
  3. large teeth, long thick teeth
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Descendants
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  • Maltese: nejba
  • Moroccan Arabic: ناب (nāb)

Noun

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نَاب (nābm (plural أَنْيَاب (ʔanyāb) or نُيُوب (nuyūb) or نِيب (nīb))

  1. old she-camel
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Etymology 3

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Root
ن ب و (n b w)
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Derived from the active participle of نَبَا (nabā, to be or go amiss).

Adjective

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نَابٍ (nābin) (construct state نَابِي (nābī))

  1. not on target
  2. dislikable, hideous
    • 2018, وَجْدِيّ الْأَهْدَل [wajdiyy al-ʔahdal], أرض المؤامرات السعيدة, Bayrūt: Nawfal / Hachette Antoine, →ISBN, page 115:
      كان يصرخ بشتائم نابية زلزلت جدران القسم.
      He exclaimed shabby insults making the walls of the department tremble.
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References

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  • Freytag, Georg (1837) “ناب”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 348
  • Freytag, Georg (1837) “ناب”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[2] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 357
  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “ناب”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc[3] (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 1362
  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “ناب”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc[4] (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 1375
  • Wahrmund, Adolf (1887) “ناب”, in Handwörterbuch der neu-arabischen und deutschen Sprache[5] (in German), volume 2, Gießen: J. Ricker’sche Buchhandlung, page 965
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “ناب”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[6] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1324
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “ناب”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[7] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1333
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (2020) “ناب”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 6th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 894

Moroccan Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic ناب (nāb).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ناب (nābm (plural نياب (nyāb))

  1. canine tooth

Persian

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Etymology

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From Middle Persian *anāb (undiluted, pure).

Adjective

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ناب (nâb)

  1. pure
  2. undiluted
  3. unalloyed