نَهْبٌ
1.
Spoil; plunder; booty; (S, K;) as also
نُهْبَةٌ: (TA, article خلس:) example أَتَى لَهُ بِنَهْبٍ
he came to him with, or brought to him, spoil:
(TA:) plural نِهَابٌ (S, K) and نُهُوب: (Nh, &c:)
نُهْبَى also signifies the same; and thus is similar to نُحْلَى, meaning عَطِيَّةٌ: and also signifies what is allowed, or given, to be taken as spoil, plunder, or booty; and thus is similar to عُمْرَى and رُقْبَى; (IAth;) and so
نُهْبَةٌ (Msb) [and
نُهَيْبَى and
نُهَّيْبَى:] a man, named Fizr, said of some goats which he drove forth, هِىَ النُّهَّيْبَى, or النُّهَيْبَى, according to different readings; meaning that it was not allowable to any one person to take of them more than one (TA:) or نَهْبٌ signifies what is taken as spoil, plunder, or booty; or so taken by whomsoever will, of what is allowed to be so taken: synonym مَا انْتُهِبَ: (Lh, K:) and
نُهْبَى, what is allowed to be so taken; synonym إِسْمُ مَا أُنْهِبَ: (S:) or what is taken as spoil, plunder, or booty; synonym إِسْمُ مَا نُهِبَ. (So in one copy of the S.)
2.
[Hence] نَهْبٌ
An incursion made into an enemy's territory for the sake of acquiring spoil, plunder, or booty; and a spoiling, or plundering. (TA.)
3.
أَحْرَزْتُ نَهْبِى وَأَبْتَغِى النَّوَافِلَ, in a tradition of Aboo-Beker, means I have accomplished what I had to perform of the prayers termed
الوِتْرُ
before my sleeping, lest the occasion for my doing so should slip from me; and when I awake, I perform the prayers termed
النوافل. (TA.) [He termed the وتر prayers نَهْبٌ because he performed them before the right time.]