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نفء

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns scattered or isolated patches of vegetation, particularly grass or pasture. It can refer to individual plants or small, distinct areas of growth.

Derived headwords

النَّفْأnoun
  1. 1.
    Scattered vegetationclassical

    Patches of plants scattered here and there. It can also refer to small, collected meadows that are separated from the main grazing areas.

نَفْأَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Patch of grassclassical

    A single patch or clump of grass or vegetation, used as a singular form for 'نفأ'.

نَفَأَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Patch of grass (vocalized)classical

    A single patch or clump of grass or vegetation, with the second letter vocalized (fatha), used as a singular form for 'نفأ'.

Parallel reading

النفأ: القطع من النبات المتفرقة هنا وهنا.
Al-naf'a: Patches of plants scattered here and there.
وقيل: هي رياض مجتمعة تنقطع من معظم الكلإ وتربي عليه.
And it was said: They are collected meadows that are separated from the majority of the pasture and grow upon it.
جادت سواريه، وآزر نبته ... نفأ من الصفراء والزباد فهما نبتان من العشب، واحدته نفأة مثل صبرة وصبر، ونفأة، بالتحريك، على فعل.
Its streams watered it, and its plant grew strong... Naf'a from al-safra' and al-zubad, for they are two types of grass, the singular of which is naf'a, like sabra and sabr, and nafaha, with haraka, on the pattern of fa'al.
وآزر نبته يقوي أن نفأة ونفأ من باب عشرة وعشر، إذ لو كان مكسرا لاحتال حتى يقول آزرت.
And its plant grew strong supports that nafaha and naf'a are from the pattern of 'ashara and 'ashar, for if it were broken (plural), he would have contrived to say 'azart (he made strong).