نيب
Not in Hans Wehr
This word isn't in Hans Wehr — but it's in Lane's Lexicon
نيب doesn't appear in Hans Wehr's Modern Standard Arabic dictionary, but Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon has 3 entries for it, distinguished by diacritics. Select one below for the full classical Arabic definition.
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نَابَهُ Form 1
1 نَابَهُ ذ , aor. يَنِيبُ, He hit him on his ناب, i. e., his canine tooth. (S, K.)…
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نيّب Form 2
2 نيّب السَّهْمَ ذ He bit the wood of the arrow, to know whether it were strong or weak, and made an impression upon it with his canine tooth. (S, K.) -b2- نيّب فِيهِ He (a beast of prey) made an impression upon him with…
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نُيَّبٌ
نُيَّبٌ ذ [as though pl. of نَائِبٌ or نَائِبَةٌ] an epithet added to نُيُوبٌ as signifying “ canine teeth. ” to render the signification intensive, or energetic. (TA.)…
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