ناب

See also: نأب and نأت

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ن و ب (n-w-b).

Verb

نَابَ (nāba) I, non-past يَنُوبُ‎ (yanūbu)

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

Etymology 2

From Aramaic ניב (nīḇ, fang, tusk; pincer), 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 of a mature elder camel stems from a long thick rump likened to a long thick tooth. Belongs morphologically to the root ن ي ب (n-y-b)

Noun

نَاب (nāb) m (plural أَنْيَابٌ (ʾanyābun) or نُيُوبٌ (nuyūbun) or أَنَايِيب (ʾanāyīb) or أَنْيُب (ʾanyub))

  1. fang, tusk
  2. canine tooth
  3. large teeth, long thick teeth
Declension
Descendants

Noun

نَاب (nāb) m (plural أَنْيَابٌ (ʾanyābun) or نُيُوبٌ (nuyūbun) or نِيب (nīb))

  1. old she-camel
Declension

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1837), ناب”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (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 (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 (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 (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 1375
  • Wahrmund, Adolf (1887), ناب”, in Handwörterbuch der neu-arabischen und deutschen Sprache (in German), volume 2, Gießen: J. Ricker’sche Buchhandlung, page 965
  • Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), ناب”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1324
  • Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), ناب”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1333

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian *anāb (undiluted, pure).

Adjective

ناب (nâb)

  1. pure
  2. undiluted
  3. unalloyed
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