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نفث

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

1 نَفَثَ ذ , aor. نَفِثَ and نَفُثَ , inf. n. نَفْثٌ (S, K) and نَفَثَانٌ, (TA,) [ He puffed; or blew, without spitting: or he sputtered, or blew forth a little spittle in minute scattered particles: or] he spat: or he [ did as though he ] spat without ejecting spittle: and نَفَثَ فى العُقْدَةِ signifies he spat, ejecting a little spittle, upon the knot, in enchantment: (Msb:) or النَّفْثُ is like النَّفْخُ, or blowing, and less than التَّفْلُ, or spitting, or ejecting spittle from the mouth: (S, K:) or like blowing, with [ the emission of ] spittle: (Keshsháf;) or like blowing, as done in enchantment, without spittle: the action, if accompanied by spittle, being termed التفل: this is the most correct explanation: ('Ináyeh:) or gentle blowing without spittle: (الاذكار:) or more than blowing; or like blowing; but less than spitting: sometimes without spittle, thus differing from التفل; and sometimes with a little spittle, thus differing from النفخ: or the emitting wind from the mouth, together with a little spittle. (MF.) ― -b2- لَا بُدَّ لِلْمَصْدُورِ أَنْ يَنْفِثَ [ He who has a disease in his chest must spit ]. A proverb. (S.) ― -b3- نَفَثَهُ مِنْ فِيهِ, aor. نَفِثَ , inf. n. نَفْثٌ, He ejected it from his mouth. (Msb.) ― -b4- [Hence,] نَفَثَ اللّٰهُ الشَّىْءِ فِى القَلْبِ (tropical:) God cast, or put, the thing into the heart. (Msb) ― -b5- نَفِثَ فِى رُوعِى كَذَا (tropical:) Such a thing was inspired, or put, into my mind. (A.) ― -b6- نَفَثَ فِى رُوعِى (tropical:) He (the Holy Spirit [Gabriel]) inspired, or cast, or put, into my mind, or heart. (Nh, from a trad.) ― -b7- [You say,] لَوْ نَفَثَ عَلَيْكَ فُلَانٌ قَطَّرَكَ [ If such a one blew, or spat, upon thee, he would throw thee down upon thy side. ]. Said to one who tries his strength with one superior to him. (A.) ― -b8- نَفَثَ عَلَىَّ غَضَبًا as though meaning He blew at me by reason of the violence of his anger. (L.) [See also نَفَتَ.] ― -b9- الحَيَّةُ تَنْفِثُ السَّمَّ اـِذَا نَكَزَتْ [ The serpent ejects venom from its mouth when it inflicts a wound with its nose ]. (S.) ― -b10- نَفَثَ It (a wound) emitted blood. (TA.) ― -b11- [From the blowing or spitting upon the knots:] نَفَثَهُ, inf. n. نَفْثٌ, He enchanted him. (Msb.) ― -b12- نَفَثَتِ القِدْرُ, aor. نَفِثَ , inf. n. نَفِيثٌ and نَفْثٌ, The cooking-pot boiled: or, boiled, and threw forth what resembled arrows, by reason of the vehemence of its boiling. (Msb.) [See also نَفَتَت.] It is when it begins to boil. (TA.)

Derived headwords

نَفَثَverb
  1. 1.
نَفَثَ فى العُقْدَةِ
لَا بُدَّ
لِلْمَصْدُورِ أَنْ يَنْفِثَ
نَفَثَهُ مِنْ فِيهِ
نَفَثَ اللّٰهُ الشَّىْءِ فِى
نَفِثَ فِى رُوعِى كَذَا
نَفَثَ فِى رُوعِى
لَوْ نَفَثَ عَلَيْكَ فُلَانٌ قَطَّرَكَ
نَفَثَ عَلَىَّ
الحَيَّةُ تَنْفِثُ السَّمَّ اـِذَا نَكَزَتْ
نَفَثَتِ القِدْرُ