(ف) نَبَاَ يَنْبَاُ نَبْاً وَنُبُوْءًاnabaʾa yanbaʾu naban wa-nubūʾan: to be high; to come forth from somewhere. (This verb is not used in the Quran.)
نَبَاٌnabaʾ pl. اَنْبَآءٌanbāʾ (noun, ism dhāt): important news that is useful, free of falsehood, and gives sound knowledge and certainty. ﴿عَمَّ يَتَسَآءَلُوْنَ عَنِ النَّبَاِ الْعَظِيْمِ﴾ (An-Nabaʾ 78:1–2)
نَبِيٌّnabiyy pl. نَبِيُّوْنَ وَاَنْبِيَآءُnabiyyūna wa-anbiyāʾu (on the pattern of فَعِيْلٌfaʿīl): one who receives and conveys news from God; according to some of the lexicographers, from the sense of «being high»: one of high rank. ﴿يٰٓاَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ اتَّقِ اللّٰهَ﴾ (Al-Aḥzāb 33:1)
Form IV (ifʿāl) اَنْبَاَ يُنْبِئُ اِنْبَآءًanbaʾa yunbiʾu inbāʾan: to inform; اَنْبِئْanbiʾ (imperative, amr): inform! ﴿اَنْۢبِـُٔوْنِيْ بِاَسْمَآءِ هٰٓؤُلَآءِ﴾ (Al-Baqarah 2:31)
Form II (tafʿīl) نَبَّاَ يُنَبِّئُ تَنْبِئَةًnabbaʾa yunabbiʾu tanbiʾatan: to tell in detail and pointedly. ﴿نَبِّئْ عِبَادِيْٓ اَنِّيْٓ اَنَا الْغَفُوْرُ الرَّحِيْمُ﴾ (Al-Ḥijr 15:49)
Form X (istifʿāl) اِسْتَنْبَاَ يَسْتَنْبِئُ اِسْتِنْبَآءًistanbaʾa yastanbiʾu istinbāʾan: to ask for news. ﴿وَيَسْتَنْۢبِـُٔوْنَكَ اَحَقٌّ هُوَ﴾ (Yūnus 10:53)