Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

نبق من الطريق and انباق denote nearness and shortness in a way (TA, art. عجل), like مُسْتَعْجِلَةٌ.

نَبِقٌ, properly the fruit of the سِدْر or lote-tree, is also applied to The tree called سِدْر itself: see دَوْمٌ. The fruit so called is a drupe, resembling the crab.

It seems to be also applied to A drupe absolutely, or a drupe like that of the سِدْر: see its dim., نُبَيْقَةٌ↓ voce أَشْكَلُ: see also شِرْيَانٌ.

نبيق [app. نُبَيْقٌ] A bad sort of dates, also called حُبْيَقٌ. (TA in art. حبق.)

See نَبِقٌ.

نَبِيقَةٌ of a grape-vine, A زَمَعَة when it has grown large. (ISh in TA, art. زمع.)