ن • ب • ق

, properly the fruit of the سِدْر or lote-tree, is also applied to The tree called سِدْر itself: see دَوْمٌ. The fruit so called is a drupe, resembling the crab. It seems to be also applied to A drupe absolutely, or a drupe like that of the سِدْر: see its dim., ↓ نُبَيْقَةٌ voce أَشْكَلُ: see also شِرْيَانٌ.

of a grape-vine, A زَمَعَة when it has grown large. (ISh in TA, art. زمع.)

and انباق denote nearness and shortness in a way (TA, art. عجل), like مُسْتَعْجِلَةٌ.

[app. نُبَيْقٌ] A bad sort of dates, also called حُبْيَقٌ. (TA in art. حبق.) See نَبِقٌ.