ناب

See also: نأب and نأت

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ن و ب (n-w-b).

Verb

1. to replace, to substitute Template:+preo
2. to act on behalf of, to represent Template:+preo
3. to nod assent to, to agree with, to turn towards Template:+preo

Etymology 2

From Aramaic ניב (nīḇ, “fang, tusk; pincer”) unless otherwise a Proto-Semitic development, potentially an extension from Akkadian 𒉏𒋭 (nūbtu, “honeybee; stringers”), hence sharp things that pierce in and do not release like a predator's use of canine teeth. The sense of a mature elder camel seems to stem from a long thick rump likened to a long thick tooth. It belongs morphologically to the root ن ي ب (n-y-b), with connections to نُوب (nūb, “bees”), Ugaritic 𐎐𐎁𐎚 (nbt, “honey”), Phoenician 𐤍𐤐𐤕 (npt, “virgin honey”), Ge'ez ንህብ (nəhb, “bee, drone”), and Shehri nibbet (“bee, wasp, stinging insect”).

Noun

نَاب • (nāb) m (plural أَنْيَاب (ʔanyāb) or نُيُوب (nuyūb) or أَنَايِيب (ʔanāyīb) or أَنْيُب (ʔanyub))

1. fang, tusk
   • 10th century, Al-Mutanabbi

     إِذَا رَأَيْتَ نُيُوبَ ٱللَّيْثِ بَارِزَةً
     فَلَا تَظُنَّنَّ أَنَّ ٱللَّيْثَ يَبْتَسِمُ

     ʔiḏā raʔayta nuyūba l-layṯi bārizatan
     fa-lā taẓunnanna ʔanna l-layṯa yabtasimu

     If you see the lion’s fangs jut out,
     you are not supposed to believe that the lion smiles!

2. canine tooth
3. large teeth, long thick teeth

Declension

Declension of noun نَاب (nāb)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَاب nāb	النَّاب an-nāb	نَاب nāb
Nominative	نَابٌ nābun	النَّابُ an-nābu	نَابُ nābu
Accusative	نَابًا nāban	النَّابَ an-nāba	نَابَ nāba
Genitive	نَابٍ nābin	النَّابِ an-nābi	نَابِ nābi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَابَيْن nābayn	النَّابَيْن an-nābayn	نَابَيْ nābay
Nominative	نَابَانِ nābāni	النَّابَانِ an-nābāni	نَابَا nābā
Accusative	نَابَيْنِ nābayni	النَّابَيْنِ an-nābayni	نَابَيْ nābay
Genitive	نَابَيْنِ nābayni	النَّابَيْنِ an-nābayni	نَابَيْ nābay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote‎; basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَنْيَاب‎; نُيُوب‎; أَنَايِيب‎; أَنْيُب ʔanyāb‎; nuyūb‎; ʔanāyīb‎; ʔanyub	الْأَنْيَاب‎; النُّيُوب‎; الْأَنَايِيب‎; الْأَنْيُب al-ʔanyāb‎; an-nuyūb‎; al-ʔanāyīb‎; al-ʔanyub	أَنْيَاب‎; نُيُوب‎; أَنَايِيب‎; أَنْيُب ʔanyāb‎; nuyūb‎; ʔanāyīb‎; ʔanyub
Nominative	أَنْيَابٌ‎; نُيُوبٌ‎; أَنَايِيبُ‎; أَنْيُبٌ ʔanyābun‎; nuyūbun‎; ʔanāyību‎; ʔanyubun	الْأَنْيَابُ‎; النُّيُوبُ‎; الْأَنَايِيبُ‎; الْأَنْيُبُ al-ʔanyābu‎; an-nuyūbu‎; al-ʔanāyību‎; al-ʔanyubu	أَنْيَابُ‎; نُيُوبُ‎; أَنَايِيبُ‎; أَنْيُبُ ʔanyābu‎; nuyūbu‎; ʔanāyību‎; ʔanyubu
Accusative	أَنْيَابًا‎; نُيُوبًا‎; أَنَايِيبَ‎; أَنْيُبًا ʔanyāban‎; nuyūban‎; ʔanāyība‎; ʔanyuban	الْأَنْيَابَ‎; النُّيُوبَ‎; الْأَنَايِيبَ‎; الْأَنْيُبَ al-ʔanyāba‎; an-nuyūba‎; al-ʔanāyība‎; al-ʔanyuba	أَنْيَابَ‎; نُيُوبَ‎; أَنَايِيبَ‎; أَنْيُبَ ʔanyāba‎; nuyūba‎; ʔanāyība‎; ʔanyuba
Genitive	أَنْيَابٍ‎; نُيُوبٍ‎; أَنَايِيبَ‎; أَنْيُبٍ ʔanyābin‎; nuyūbin‎; ʔanāyība‎; ʔanyubin	الْأَنْيَابِ‎; النُّيُوبِ‎; الْأَنَايِيبِ‎; الْأَنْيُبِ al-ʔanyābi‎; an-nuyūbi‎; al-ʔanāyībi‎; al-ʔanyubi	أَنْيَابِ‎; نُيُوبِ‎; أَنَايِيبِ‎; أَنْيُبِ ʔanyābi‎; nuyūbi‎; ʔanāyībi‎; ʔanyubi

Descendants

• Maltese: nejba
• Moroccan Arabic: ناب (nāb)

Noun

نَاب • (nāb) m (plural أَنْيَاب (ʔanyāb) or نُيُوب (nuyūb) or نِيب (nīb))

1. old she-camel

Declension

Declension of noun نَاب (nāb)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَاب nāb	النَّاب an-nāb	نَاب nāb
Nominative	نَابٌ nābun	النَّابُ an-nābu	نَابُ nābu
Accusative	نَابًا nāban	النَّابَ an-nāba	نَابَ nāba
Genitive	نَابٍ nābin	النَّابِ an-nābi	نَابِ nābi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَابَيْن nābayn	النَّابَيْن an-nābayn	نَابَيْ nābay
Nominative	نَابَانِ nābāni	النَّابَانِ an-nābāni	نَابَا nābā
Accusative	نَابَيْنِ nābayni	النَّابَيْنِ an-nābayni	نَابَيْ nābay
Genitive	نَابَيْنِ nābayni	النَّابَيْنِ an-nābayni	نَابَيْ nābay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَنْيَاب‎; نُيُوب‎; نِيب ʔanyāb‎; nuyūb‎; nīb	الْأَنْيَاب‎; النُّيُوب‎; النِّيب al-ʔanyāb‎; an-nuyūb‎; an-nīb	أَنْيَاب‎; نُيُوب‎; نِيب ʔanyāb‎; nuyūb‎; nīb
Nominative	أَنْيَابٌ‎; نُيُوبٌ‎; نِيبٌ ʔanyābun‎; nuyūbun‎; nībun	الْأَنْيَابُ‎; النُّيُوبُ‎; النِّيبُ al-ʔanyābu‎; an-nuyūbu‎; an-nību	أَنْيَابُ‎; نُيُوبُ‎; نِيبُ ʔanyābu‎; nuyūbu‎; nību
Accusative	أَنْيَابًا‎; نُيُوبًا‎; نِيبًا ʔanyāban‎; nuyūban‎; nīban	الْأَنْيَابَ‎; النُّيُوبَ‎; النِّيبَ al-ʔanyāba‎; an-nuyūba‎; an-nība	أَنْيَابَ‎; نُيُوبَ‎; نِيبَ ʔanyāba‎; nuyūba‎; nība
Genitive	أَنْيَابٍ‎; نُيُوبٍ‎; نِيبٍ ʔanyābin‎; nuyūbin‎; nībin	الْأَنْيَابِ‎; النُّيُوبِ‎; النِّيبِ al-ʔanyābi‎; an-nuyūbi‎; an-nībi	أَنْيَابِ‎; نُيُوبِ‎; نِيبِ ʔanyābi‎; nuyūbi‎; nībi

References

• Freytag, Georg (1837) “ناب”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 348
• Freytag, Georg (1837) “ناب”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[2] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 357
• Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “ناب”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc‎^[3] (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, page 1362
• Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “ناب”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc‎^[4] (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, page 1375
• Wahrmund, Adolf (1887) “ناب”, in Handwörterbuch der neu-arabischen und deutschen Sprache‎^[5] (in German), volume 2, Gießen: J. Ricker’sche Buchhandlung, page 965
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “ناب”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[6] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1324
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “ناب”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[7] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1333

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Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic ناب (nāb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naːb/

Noun

ناب • (nāb) m (plural نياب (nyāb))

1. canine tooth

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Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian *anāb (“undiluted, pure”).

Adjective

ناب • (nâb)

1. pure
2. undiluted
3. unalloyed