نُبٌ

Bees: plural of نَايءِبٌ: (S, K:) from نَوْبَةٌ “ a turn that falls to a man at a certain time, ” according to As: or so called because they feed and return to their place: (S:) and if so, the singular is نايءب: (TA:) or so called because they are of a colour inclining to black; (S, from A'Obeyd; or, as in some copies of the S, A'Obeydeh;) or as likened to the nation of negroes called النُّوبَةُ: and if so, the word has no singular (TA.) See also لُوبٌ.

-A2- النُّوبُ (S, K) and ↓ النُّوبَةُ (S) [The Nubians;] a nation of the Negroes [or rather Ethiopians]: (S, K:) or the latter is the name of their country; an extensive country south of Upper Egypt. (K, TA.)

↓ نوبِىٌّ [A Nubian;] an individual of the nation above mentioned. (S.) See لُوبَةٌ.

↓ أَسْوَدُ نُوبِىٌّ: see لُوبِىٌّ.