نقب
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نقب¹
verb نَقَبَ · naqaba · يَنْقُبُ · نَقْب · نَاقِب
- to dig, to grave, to bore into (literally, or as to find, or to rummage a territory, etc.)
نقب²
verb نَقِبَ · naqiba · يَنْقَبُ · نَقَب · -
- to teem in holes, to be gappy
نقب³
verb نَقَّبَ · naqqaba · يُنَقِّبُ · تَنْقِيب · مُنَقِّب
- to pierce, to lacerate (the skin)
- to perforate, to drill a hole into (e.g. a wall)
- to drill
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to dig
Similar: نَبَّثَ
- to dig into, to investigate thoroughly
نقب⁴
noun نَقْب · naqb · أَنْقَاب · نِقَاب · النَّقْب
- verbal noun of نَقَبَ (naqaba) (form I) آتُونِي زُبَرَ الْحَدِيدِ حَتَّىٰ إِذَا سَاوَىٰ بَيْنَ الصَّدَفَيْنِ قَالَ ٱنْفُخُوا حَتَّىٰ إِذَا جَعَلَهُ نَارًا قَالَ آتُونِي أُفْرِغْ عَلَيْهِ قِطْرًا فَمَا ٱسْطَاعُوا أَن يَظْهَرُوهُ وَمَا ٱسْتَطَاعُوا لَهُ نَقْبًا
- passage, breach, tunnel لَيْسَ مِنْ بَلَدٍ إِلَّا سَيَطَؤُهُ الدَّجَّالُ إِلَّا مَكَّةَ وَالْمَدِينَةَ وَلَيْسَ نَقْبٌ مِنْ أَنْقَابِهَا إِلَّا عَلَيْهِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ صَافِّينَ تَحْرُسُهَا
نقب⁵
noun نَقَب · naqab · النَّقَب · نَقَبٌ
- verbal noun of نَقِبَ (naqiba) (form I)
نقب⁶
verb نَقُبَ · naquba · يَنْقُبُ · نَقَابَة · نَقِيب
- to become a leader
نقب⁷
noun نُقُب · nuqub
- plural of نِقَاب (niqāb, “veil”)
In English
- drill to make a hole
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