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نفخ
Root entry · 1 derived lemmaنُفَّاخَةٌ ذ A bubble upon water. (L, K [but in some copies of the K, for الحَجَاةُ is erroneously put الحجارة.]) ― -b2- [The air-bladder of a fish; ] an inflated thing in the belly of a fish, which is ( as they assert, L,) its نِصَاب [app. meaning its most essential part, or element, ] by means of which it rises in the water, and moves to and fro. (L, K.) ― -b3- A bladder of a plant (S, O, L, voce قَتَادٌ, &c.) N. un. of نُفَّاخٌ (AHn, in TA, voce عُشَّرٌ.) [And in anatomy, A cell. ]
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