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نفض
Root entry · 1 derived lemmaنِفَاضٌ ذ : see نُفَاضَةٌ: and نَفَضٌ. -A2- A piece of cloth upon which the leaves of the سَمُرُ and the like fall, it being spread, (K, TA.) and the tree being beaten with a staff, or stick: (TA:) pl. نُفُضٌ: (K:) and [in like manner] ↓ مِنْفَضٌ and ↓ مِنْفَاضٌ signify a garment of the kind called كِسَاآء, upon which the نَفَض [or leaves or fruit of a tree ] fall: (A, TA:) or ↓ مِنْفَضٌ signifies i. q. مِنْسَفٌ, (S, K,) i. e. a vessel (وِعَاآء) in which dates [ and grain ] are shaken to remove the dust &c. (TA.) ― -b2- A garment of the kind called اـِزَار worn by boys: (S, K:) pl. as above. (TA.) You say also, مَا عَلَيْهِ نِفَاضٌ, (S, K,) meaning He has not upon him any clothing. (Ibn-'Abbád, K.)
Derived headwords
نِفَاضٌ
- 1.
مَا عَلَيْهِ نِفَاضٌ