نَقَبَ

, aorist نَقُبَ , verbal noun نَقْبٌ, He perforated, pierced, bored, or made a hole through, or in, or into, anything: like ثَقَبَ. (TA.) He made a hole through a wall. (S.)

نَقَبَ سُرَّةَ الدَّابَّةِ, aorist نَقُبَ , He (a farrier) perforated the navel of the beast in order that a yellow fluid might issue forth. (S.) See مَنْقَبٌ.

نَقَبَ العَيْنَ, aorist نَقُبَ , verbal noun نَقْبٌ, He performed, upon the eye, what is called القَدْحُ in the language of the physicians; i. e., a remedial operation for the black fluid that arises in the eye: from the phrase next following: (IAth:) [but this is not a good explanation: the meaning is he performed upon the eye the operation of couching, for the cataract: so in many Arabic works, ancient and modern: (IbrD:) the couching-needle is called مِقْدَحٌ, and إِبْرَةُ القَدْحِ, in the present day].

نَقَبَ حَافِرَ الدَّابَّةِ He (a farrier) pierced a hole in the hoof of the beast, in order to extract what had entered into it. (IAth.)

نَقَبَتْهُ نَكْبَةٌ, (aorist نَقُبَ , verbal noun نَقْبٌ, TA,) A misfortune, an evil accident, or a calamity befell him, (K,) and overcame him, or afflicted him; like نَكَبَتْهُ. (TA.) [In the CK, for أَصَابَتْهُ, is put اثابته.]

نَقَبَ فِى الأَرْضِ, aorist نَقُبَ , and ↓ انقب and ↓ نَقّب, He went, or went away, through the land, or country: (K:) [in the CK and some MS. copies of the K, we afterwards find نَقِبَ فِى البِلَادِ with kesr to the ق, explained as signifying he proceeded, or journeyed, through the lands:] ↓ انقب he proceeded, or journeyed, through the country: (IAar:) نقّبوا فِى البِلَادِ [Qur'an, 50:35,] they proceeded, or journeyed, through the lands, seeking for a place of refuge: (S:) or they traversed the lands, and journeyed through them, much, &c.: (Fr.:) or they went about and about, and searched, &c. (Zj.) فِى الافَاقِ ↓ نَقَّبْتُ, in a verse of Imra-el-Keys, I journeyed through the tracts of the earth, and came and went. (TA.)

نَقِبَ البَعِيرُ, aorist نَقَبَ , or نَقِبَ حُفُّ البعيرِ, (L, TA,) and ↓ انقب, (L,) The camel walked barefooted, synonym حَفِىَ, (L, K,) until his feet became worn in holes: (TA:) or نَقِبَ البعير, (S, K,) and ↓ انقب, (K,) the camel's feet became thin, [or were worn thin; which is also a signification of حَفِىَ]. (S, K.)

نَقِبَتْ أَقْدَامُنَا Our feet became thin in the skin, and blistered, by reason of walking. (L.)

نَقَبَ الخُفَّ, aorist نَقُبَ , He patched the boot; repaired it by patching. (K.) Also, He made the boot thin: he made [or wore] holes in it. (Msb.)

نَقِبَ الخُفُّ, aorist نَقَبَ , (verbal noun نَقَبٌ, TA,) The boot became lacerated, or worn through, in holes. (S, K, TA.) [And in like manner The sole of the foot of a camel or of a man: see below: and see an example voce أَظَلُّ.]

نَقَبَ, aorist نَقُبَ , verbal noun نَقْبٌ, He (a horse) put his feet together in his running (فِى حُضْرِهِ, [for which Golius and Freytag appear to have read فى خَصْرِهِ,] K,) not spreading his fore feet, his running being [a kind of] leaping. (TA.)

-A2- نَقَبَ عَنِ الأَخْبْارِ, aorist نَقُبَ , He scrutinized, investigated, searched into, examined into, or inquired into, the news; (K;) and, in like manner, anything else: (MF:) [as also ↓ نقّب: see the phrase نقّبوا فى البلاد, explained above:] or he told, announced, or related, the news. (K.)

إِنِّى لَمْ أُوءْمَرْ أَنْ أَنْقُبَ عَنْ قُلُوبِ النَّاسِ Verily I have not been commanded to scrutinize and reveal what is in the hearts of men. (TA, from a tradition)

نَقَبَ عَلَى قَوْمِهِ, aorist نَقُبَ , verbal noun نِقَابَةٌ, He acted as the نَقِيب over his people; was their نقيب: (S, K:) but of a man who was not نقيب, and has become so, you say نَقُبَ, with damm, aorist نَقُبَ , verbal noun نَقَابَةٌ, with fet-h, He became نقيب; (Fr., S, K;) as also نَقِبَ, aorist نَقَبَ : (IKtt, K:) or نقابة with kesr is a subst.; and with fet-h, a verbal noun; (S, K;) like وِلَايَةٌ and وَلَايَةٌ: so says Sb. (S.)

-A3- نَقَبَ الثَّوْبَ, aorist نَقُبَ , verbal noun نَقْبٌ, He made the piece of cloth into a نُقْبَة. (S.)