نيوب
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Arabic[edit]
Noun[edit]
نُيُوب • (nuyūb) pl
- plural of نَاب (nāb, “fang”)
- 10th century, Al-Mutanabbi
- إِذَا رَأَيْتَ نُيُوبَ ٱللَّيْثِ بَارِزَةً / فَلَا تَظُنَّنَّ أَنَّ ٱللَّيْثَ يَبْتَسِمُ
- ʔiḏā raʔayta nuyūba l-layṯi bārizatan / falā taẓunnanna ʔanna l-layṯa yabtasimu
- If you see the lion's fangs protruding, / Think not that the lion is smiling.
- Synonym: أَنْيَاب (ʔanyāb)
- 10th century, Al-Mutanabbi