نَبَاَ عَنِ الضَّرِيبَةِ

It (a sword) recoiled, or reverted, [or glanced off, or away,] from the thing struck with it, without penetrating, or without effect; (TA;) returned from it without cutting; (Msb;) took no effect upon it; (S;) synonym كَلَّ. (K.)

نَبَاَ It (the edge of a sword) would not cut; was blunt. (TA.)

نَبَاَ عَنِ الشَّىْءِ It (the sight) recoiled, or reverted, from the thing; was repelled by it; (S, * K, * TA;) synonym تَجَافَى (TA) and كلّ. (K.)

نَبَا عَنِ الشَّىْءِ It (nature) recoiled, flinched, shrank, or was averse, from the thing, or shunned it, and would not accept it. (Msb.)

نَبَا جَنْبُهُ عَنِ الفِرَاشِ (tropical:) His side did not rest, or was restless, or uneasy, upon the bed: (K, TA:) it shrank from it.

نَبَا It (a saddle) was unfirm, or unsteady; not firm, or steady, in its place. (TA.)