نخب1 نَخَبَ, (S, K,) aor. ـَ (S,) or ـُ (K,) inf. n. نَخْب; (S, K;) and ↓ انتخب; (S;) He drew, or took, out, or forth: (S, K:) syn. of the latter verb انتزع, (S,) in a trans. sense. (TA.) b2: نَخَبَ الصَّيْدَ He (a hawk) tore out the heart of the game. (TA.) b3:  نَخَبَ, aor. ـَ and نَخُبَ, (K,) inf. n. نَخْبٌ, (S, K,) Inivit feminam: (S, K:) so accord. to some, in an absolute sense: (ISd:) or inivit feminam peculiari quodam modo. (ISd, K.) b4:  نَخَبَ, aor. ـُ inf. n. نَخْبٌ, It (an ant, or a louse, TA) bit. (K.) A2:  نُخِبٌ He was cowardly, and his intellect quitted him; syn. هُبِتَ. (S, art. هبت.) b2:  كَلَّمْتُهُ فَنُخِبَ عَنِّى I spoke to him, and he was unable to reply to me: syn. كَلَّ عَنْ جَوَابِى. (TA.) 4 انخب (as also انجب, TA) He begot a cowardly son: (K:) from مَنْخُوبٌ. (TA.) b2: انخب He begot a brave, or courageous, son: (K:) from نُخَبَةٌ. (TA.) Thus the verb bears two contr. significations. (K.) See also انجب.5 تَنَخَّبَ see 8.8 إِنْتَخَبَ See 1. b2:  انتخبهُ [and ↓ تنخّبهُ, as is shown by a verse cited in art. سقب, conj. 4,] He chose, selected, or preferred, him, or it. (S, K.) Ex.انتخب مِنَ القَوْمِ مِائَة رَجُلٍ He chose, or selected, from the people a hundred men. (TA, from a trad.) 10 استنخبت Congressum viri concupivit femina. (El-Umawee, S, K.) نَخْبٌ, (K,) or ↓ نَخْبَةٌ, (L, confirmed by the citation of two examples in verse,) and ↓ مَنْخَبَةٌ (K) and يَنْخُوبَةٌ (L) The podex: syn. إِسْتٌ. (L, K.) b2:  نَخْبٌ Foramen vulvæ feræ: syn. خرق الثفر. (TA.) b3:  نَخْبَةٌ Foramen pudendi: syn. خرق الجلد. (Nh.) A2:  نَخْبٌ Cowardice; weakness of heart. (TA.) See نَخِبٌ.A3:  نَخْبٌ A large draught; i. q. Pers\. دُوسْتْكَانِى [dóst-kánee]. (K.) نَخَبٌ: see نَخِبٌ.نَخِبٌ (S, K) and ↓ نَخْبٌ and ↓ نَخْبَةٌ (so accord. to the TA: in the CK نُخْبَةٌ:) and ↓ نُخْبَةٌ (in the CK ↓ نُخَبَةٌ) and ↓ نِخَبٌّ and ↓ نِخِبٌّ (K) and ↓ نَخِيبٌ and ↓ مَنْخُوبٌ and ↓ مُنْتَخَبٌ (S, K) and ↓ يَنْخُوبٌ, (K,) to which the CK adds ↓ نَخَبٌ, A cowardly man; a coward; as though his heart were drawn out; (S;) i. e., having no heart. (TA.) ↓ قَلْبٌ نَخِيبٌ [A cowardly heart]: نخيب signifies a coward, who has no heart: or, accord. to some, one who acts corruptly. (TA.) Pl. (of ↓ نخيب, TA,) نُخُبٌ: (K:) of ↓ منخوب, مَنْخُوبُونَ, and sometimes, in poetry, accord. to IAth, مَنَاخِبُ: and Aboo-Bekr mentions نخبات as a pl. of نخبة. (TA.) نَخْبَةٌ: see نَخْبٌ and نَخِبٌ.A2:  نَخْبَةُ نَمْلَةٍ, and نَجْبَةُ نملة, q. v., A bite of an ant. Both these modes of writing the word are mentioned by IAth on the authority of Z.نُخْبَةٌ: see نَخِبٌ and نُخَبَةٌ.نُخَبَةٌ (As, S, K) and ↓ نُخْبَةٌ (AM, K), the former the more approved word, (TA,) Chosen; choice; select; preferred; excellent; best: or what is chosen, &c.: (K:) i. q. نُجَبَةٌ, q. v.: (S:) pl. of the former نُخَبٌ. (S.) Ex. جَاءَ فى نُخَبِأَصْحَابِهِ He came with the best of his companions. (S.) نخبةُ المَتَاعِ The choice part of the goods, or utensils, &c.; what was drawn, or taken, out from them. (TA.) b2:  A company, or troop, chosen, or selected, and drawn out, from the men. Ex., from a trad., خَرَجْنَا فِى النُّخَبَةِ We went forth with the chosen band. (TA.) b3:  See نَخِبٌ.نِخَبٌّ and نِخِبٌّ and نَخِيبٌ: see نَخِبٌ.نِخَابٌ The skin of the heart. (TA.) مَنْخَبَةٌ: see نَخْبٌ.مِنْخَابٌ syn. with مِنْجَابٌ; (TA;) A weak man, in whom is no good: (K:) pl. مَنَاخِيبُ, and sometimes, in poetry, مَنَاخِبُ. (TA.) مَنْخُوبٌ Lean; meagre; emaciated. (K.) b2: See نَخِبٌ.مُنْتَخَبٌ: see نَخِبٌ.يَنْخُوبٌ: see نَخِبٌ.يَنْخُوبَةٌ: see نَخْبٌ.