نبقنبق 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. b2:  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.