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نفس
Root entry · 1 derived lemmaنَافِسٌ ذ : see نَفِيسٌ, in three places. -A2- See also نُفَسَاآءُ. -A3- (tropical:) Smiting with an evil, or envious, eye. (S, M, K.) -A4- The fifth of the arrows used in the game called المَيْسِر; (S, M, K;) which has five notches; and for which one wins five portions if it be successful, and loses five portions if it be unsuccessful: (Lh, M:) or, as some say, the fourth. (S.)
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نَافِسٌ
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