ن • خ • ب

, (S, K,) aor. نَخَبَ , (S,) or نَخُبَ , (K,) inf. n. نَخْب; (S, K;) and ↓ انتخب; (S;) He drew, or took, out, or forth: (S, K:) syn. of the latter verb انتزع, (S,) in a trans. sense. (TA.) نَخَبَ الصَّيْدَ He (a hawk) tore out the heart of the game. (TA.) نَخَبَ, aor. نَخَبَ and نَخُبَ , (K,) inf. n. نَخْبٌ, (S, K,) Inivit feminam: (S, K:) so accord. to some, in an absolute sense: (ISd:) or inivit feminam peculiari quodam modo. (ISd, K.) نَخَبَ, aor. نَخُبَ , inf. n. نَخْبٌ, It (an ant, or a louse, TA) bit. (K.) -A2- نُخِبٌ He was cowardly, and his intellect quitted him; syn. هُبِتَ. (S, art. هبت.) كَلَّمْتُهُ فَنُخِبَ عَنِّى I spoke to him, and he was unable to reply to me: syn. كَلَّ عَنْ جَوَابِى. (TA.)

(as also انجب, TA) He begot a cowardly son: (K:) from مَنْخُوبٌ. (TA.) انخب He begot a brave, or courageous, son: (K:) from نُخَبَةٌ. (TA.) Thus the verb bears two contr. significations. (K.) See also انجب.

Congressum viri concupivit femina. (El-Umawee, S, K.)

Lean; meagre; emaciated. (K.) See نَخِبٌ.

syn. with مِنْجَابٌ; (TA;) A weak man, in whom is no good: (K:) pl. مَنَاخِيبُ, and sometimes, in poetry, مَنَاخِبُ. (TA.)

(S, K) and ↓ نَخْبٌ and ↓ نَخْبَةٌ (so accord. to the TA: in the CK نُخْبَةٌ:) and ↓ نُخْبَةٌ (in the CK ↓ نُخَبَةٌ) and ↓ نِخَبٌّ and ↓ نِخِبٌّ (K) and ↓ نَخِيبٌ and ↓ مَنْخُوبٌ and ↓ مُنْتَخَبٌ (S, K) and ↓ يَنْخُوبٌ, (K,) to which the CK adds ↓ نَخَبٌ, A cowardly man; a coward; as though his heart were drawn out; (S;) i. e., having no heart. (TA.) ↓ قَلْبٌ نَخِيبٌ [A cowardly heart]: نخيب signifies a coward, who has no heart: or, accord. to some, one who acts corruptly. (TA.) Pl. (of ↓ نخيب, TA,) نُخُبٌ: (K:) of ↓ منخوب, مَنْخُوبُونَ, and sometimes, in poetry, accord. to IAth, مَنَاخِبُ: and Aboo-Bekr mentions نخبات as a pl. of نخبة. (TA.)

, (K,) or ↓ نَخْبَةٌ, (L, confirmed by the citation of two examples in verse,) and ↓ مَنْخَبَةٌ (K) and يَنْخُوبَةٌ (L) The podex: syn. إِسْتٌ. (L, K.) نَخْبٌ Foramen vulvæ feræ: syn. خرق الثفر. (TA.) نَخْبَةٌ Foramen pudendi: syn. خرق الجلد. (Nh.) -A2- نَخْبٌ Cowardice; weakness of heart. (TA.) See نَخِبٌ. -A3- نَخْبٌ A large draught; i. q. Pers. دُوسْتْكَانِى [dóst-kánee]. (K.)

: see نَخْبٌ and نَخِبٌ. -A2- نَخْبَةُ نَمْلَةٍ, and نَجْبَةُ نملة, q. v., A bite of an ant. Both these modes of writing the word are mentioned by IAth on the authority of Z.

The skin of the heart. (TA.)

and نِخِبٌّ and نَخِيبٌ: see نَخِبٌ.

(As, S, K) and ↓ نُخْبَةٌ (AM, K), the former the more approved word, (TA,) Chosen; choice; select; preferred; excellent; best: or what is chosen, &c.: (K:) i. q. نُجَبَةٌ, q. v.: (S:) pl. of the former نُخَبٌ. (S.) Ex. جَاءَ فى نُخَبِ أَصْحَابِهِ He came with the best of his companions. (S.) نخبةُ المَتَاعِ The choice part of the goods, or utensils, &c.; what was drawn, or taken, out from them. (TA.) A company, or troop, chosen, or selected, and drawn out, from the men. Ex., from a trad., خَرَجْنَا فِى النُّخَبَةِ We went forth with the chosen band. (TA.) See نَخِبٌ.

: see نَخِبٌ and نُخَبَةٌ.