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نبّأ : see 4.

نابأهُ He acquainted or informed him, and the latter did the same. (K.) ― -b2- Also, simply, He acquainted or informed him. (TA.) ― -b3- نَابَأَهُمْ He quitted their neighbourhood; withdrew to a distance from them. (K.) [See also art. نبو .]

انبأهُ اـِيَّاهُ , and بِهِ , (and عَنْهُ , S, K, art. كود ;) and ↓ نبّأهُ (S, * K) and ↓ نَبَأَهُ , (S, * TA,) each followed by ايّاه or به ; (TA;) He informed him, or told him, of it: (K:) or these verbs, followed by ايّاه , signify he made him to know it; and followed by به , he informed him, or told him, of it. (TA.) ― -b2- Es-Semeen says, that انبأ and نبّأ and اخبر and خبّر , when they convey the meaning of knowledge, are triply transitive, or may govern three objective complements, the greatest number that any verb can govern: (TA:) [ex. أَنْبَأْتُ زَيْدًا عَمْرًا قَايءِمًا I acquainted Zeyd that 'Amr was standing]. ― -b3- It is also said, that ↓ نبّأ has a more intensive signification than انبأ : ex. مَنْ أَنْبَأَكَ هٰذَا قَالَ نَبَّأَنِى العَلِيمُ الخَبِيرُ [Who hath acquainted thee with this? He said, The Knowing, the Intelligent (God), hath apprized me: Kur, lxvi. 3]. (TA.) ― -b4- Sb has mentioned أَنَا أَنَبُوءُكَ [for انا أَنْبَوءُكَ ] as used for the sake of conformity in sound with a preceding word. (M, TA.) [See art. جوأ .] -A2- رَمَى فَأَنْبَأَ He cast, or shot, but did not split, or cleave, or make a slight cut, or scratch: (S, K:) or, did not penetrate. (K.)

تنبّأ , (S, K,) said to have been pronounced with ء universally; (Sb, S;) but in the L, تنبّى ; (TA;) He arrogated to himself the gift of prophecy, or office of a prophet. (L, K.)

استنبأ النَّبَأَ He sought, or searched after, information, or news. (K.) ― -b2- وَيَسْتَنْبِيءُونَكَ أَحَقٌّ هُوَ (in the Kur, x. 54) means And they will ask thee to inform them, [saying,] Is it true? (Bd.)

نَبَأٌ Information; a piece of information; intelligence; an announcement; news; tidings; a piece of news; an account; a narrative, or narration; a story: or what is related from another or others: syn. خَبَرٌ : (S, Msb, K:) it is generally held to be syn. with خَبَرٌ ; but accord. to Er-Rághib, signifies an announcement of great utility, from which results either knowledge or a predominance of opinion, and true: (TA:) pl. أَنْبَا=ءُ . (K.) ― -b2- النَّبَأُ العَظِيمُ [Kur, lxxviii. 2,] accord. to some, The Kur-án: others say, the resurrection: and others, the case of the Prophet. (TA.) ― -b3- الأَنْبَا=ءُ , in the Kur, xxviii. 66, ( فَعَمِيَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ الأَنْبَا=ءُ ) signifies The allegations, pleas, or excuses. (TA.)

نَبْأَةٌ An eminence, or protuberance, in the earth, or ground. (TA.) ― -b2- نَبْأَةٌ A low voice, or sound: (S, K:) or the cry, or barking, of dogs. (K.)

نَبِىْءٌ , (S, K,) pronounced with ء in the dial. of the people of Mekkeh, (S,) whose pronunciation of it is disapproved by Sb on account of its uncommonness; (TA;) by others, نَبِىٌّ , without ء ; (S, K, TA;) A prophet: (TA:) of the measure فَعِيلٌ used in the sense of the measure مُفْعل [i. e. مُفْعِلٌ or مَفْعَلٌ ] (IB) or فَاعِلٌ (S, Es-Sunoosee) or مَفْعُولٌ ; (Es-Sunoosee) i. e., who acquaints or informs mankind, (S, K, TA,) or who is acquainted or informed, respecting God and things unseen: or accord. to some, it is derived from نَبْوَةٌ and نَبَاوَةٌ signifying “ elevation; ” (see art. نبو ;) in which case it is originally without ء : or, accord. to others, from نَبِىْءٌ in a sense given below; that of “ a conspicuous way. ” (TA.) It is a less special word than رَسُولٌ [when thereby is meant an apostle of God]; for every رسول is a نبىّ , but not every نبىّ is a رسول . (TA.) Pl. أَنْبِيَا=ءُ (S, K, without ء , because the ء is changed into ى in the sing., S,) and نُبَأ=ءُ (S, K, like كُرَمَا=ءُ [pl. of كَرِيمٌ ] TA,) and أَنْبَا=ءٌ [K, these two preserving the original radical ء ] and نَبِيُّونَ , (K,) without ء : (TA:) but some pronounced the first and last of these pls., in the Kur-án, with ء ; though the more approved pronunciation is without ء . (TA.) The dim. is نُبَيّيءٌ , (S, K,) with those who make the pl. نُبَأ=ءٌ [or أَنْبَا=ءٌ ]; but with those who make the pl. أَنْبِيَا=ء , it is نُبَىٌّ . (K.) ― -b2- An Arab of the desert said to Mohammad, يَا نَبِىْءَ اللّٰهِ , and the latter disapproved of his pronouncing نبىء in this case with ء , because, as it signifies An emigrant, he meant thereby to call him an emigrant from Mekkeh to El-Medeeneh. (S, K, TA.) ― -b3- نَبِىْءٌ A conspicuous, an evident, or a clear, way. (K.) Hence, accord. to some, the apostle [or rather prophet] is so called, because he is the conspicuous, evident, way, that conducts to God. (MF.) ― -b4- نَبِىْءٌ and ↓ نَابِيءٌ An elevated, or a protuberant, or gibbous, place. (K.) ― -b5- Hence it is said in a trad., لَا تُصَلُّوا عَلَى النَّبِىْءِ [Pray not upon the place that is elevated, or protuberant]. (K.)

نُبُوْءَةٌ , (K, in the CK نُبُوَّة ) in which the ء is sometimes softened in pronunciation, and sometimes [or rather generally] changed into و which is incorporated into the preceding و so that the word is written and pronounced نُبُوَّةٌ , (TA,) Prophecy; the gift of prophecy; the office, or function, of a prophet. (MA, K.) Dim. نُبَيِّيءَةٌ . (S, K.)

نَابِيءٌ act. part. n. of نَبَأَ . ― -b2- A bull [app. a ثَوْرٌ وَحْشِىٌّ ] that goes forth from one land or country to another. (TA.) ― -b3- A torrent that comes forth from another land or tract. (S.) ― -b4- A man coming forth unexpectedly from an unknown quarter. (S, A.) ― -b5- [See also نَبِىْءٌ .]

هَلْ عِنْدَكُمْ نَابِيءَةُ خَبَرٍ , i. q. جَايءِبَةُ خَبَرٍ , [Have ye any current news? or — news from a distant place? &c.: see جايءبة ]. (A.)