نب
Not in Hans Wehr
This word isn't in Hans Wehr — but it's in Lane's Lexicon
نب doesn't appear in Hans Wehr's Modern Standard Arabic dictionary, but Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon has 2 entries for it, distinguished by diacritics. Select one below for the full classical Arabic definition.
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نَبَّ Form 1
1 نَبَّ ذ , aor. نَبِبَ , inf. n. نَبِيبٌ (S, K) and نَبٌّ and نُبَابٌ; and ; He (a goat) uttered a sound, or cry, [or rattled,] and was excited by desire of the female: (S:) or uttered a sound, or cry, [or rattled,] whe…
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نُبٌ
نُبٌ ذ Bees: pl. of نَائِبٌ: (S, K:) from نَوْبَةٌ “ a turn that falls to a man at a certain time, ” accord. to As: or so called because they feed and return to their place: (S:) and if so, the sing. is نائب: (TA:) or so…
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