نُغْبَةٌ

and نَغْبَةٌ A gulp; or as much as is swallowed at once; of water &c.: (S, K:) or the ↓ latter signifies a single act of gulping: (K:) differing from the former like as [its synonym] جَرْعَةٌ does from جُرْعَةٌ: (TA:) plural of the former نُغَبٌ: (S:) for which نُغَمٌ occurs in a verse. (TA.)

Ex. وَاهًا مَا أَبْرَدَهَا مِنْ نُغْبَةٍ مَا أَبْرَدَهَا عَلَى الفُوءَادِ تَعْسًا لِلْيَدَيْنِ وَالفَمِ (tropical:) [Excellent! How cool a gulp is it! How cool is it to the heart! May the hands and mouth perish!] said on hearing of the death of an enemy, or of any trial or affliction that has befallen him. (A.)

نُغْبَةٌ A foul action. (S, K.) So in the following saying, مَا جُرِّبَتْ عَلَيْهِ نُغْبَةٌ قَطُّ [A foul action was never found to be chargeable upon him.] (S.)