نَقِیۡبۡ

[1] نَقَبَ , aor. نَقُبَ , inf. n. 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.) ― 2-b2- نَقَبَ سُرَّةَ الدَّابَّةِ, aor. نَقُبَ , He (a farrier) perforated the navel of the beast in order that a yellow fluid might issue forth. (S.) See مَنْقَبٌ. ― 2-b3- نَقَبَ العَيْنَ, aor. نَقُبَ , inf. n. 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]. ― 2-b4- 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.) ― 2-b5- نَقَبَتْهُ نَكْبَةٌ, (aor. نَقُبَ , inf. n. 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.] ― 2-b6- نَقَبَ فِى الأَرْضِ, aor. 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 [Kur, l. 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.) نَقَّبْتُ ↓ فِى الآفَاقِ, in a verse of Imra-el-Keys, I journeyed through the tracts of the earth, and came and went. (TA.) ― 2-b7- نَقِبَ البَعِيرُ, aor. نَقَبَ , or نَقِبَ حُفُّ البعيرِ, (L, TA,) and ↓ انقب, (L,) The camel walked barefooted, syn. 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.) ― 2-b8- نَقِبَتْ أَقْدَامُنَا Our feet became thin in the skin, and blistered, by reason of walking. (L.) ― 2-b9- نَقَبَ الخُفَّ, aor. نَقُبَ , He patched the boot; repaired it by patching. (K.) Also, He made the boot thin: he made [or wore] holes in it. (Msb.) ― 2-b10- نَقِبَ الخُفُّ, aor. نَقَبَ , (inf. n. 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 ex. voce أَظَلُّ.] ― 2-b11- نَقَبَ, aor. نَقُبَ , inf. n. 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.) ＝ 1-A2- نَقَبَ عَنِ الأَخْبْارِ, aor. 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.) ― 2-b2- إِنِّى لَمْ أُؤْمَرْ 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 trad.) ― 2-b3- نَقَبَ عَلَى قَوْمِهِ, aor. نَقُبَ , inf. n. 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, aor. نَقُبَ , inf. n. نَقَابَةٌ, with fet-h, He became نقيب; (Fr., S, K;) as also نَقِبَ, aor. نَقَبَ : (IKtt, K:) or نقابة with kesr is a subst.; and with fet-h, an inf. n.; (S, K;) like وِلَايَةٌ and وَلَايَةٌ: so says Sb. (S.) ＝ 1-A3- نَقَبَ الثَّوْبَ, aor. نَقُبَ , inf. n. نَقْبٌ, He made the piece of cloth into a نُقْبَة. (S.)