نفخ

Root entry · 19 derived lemmas

The root 'نفخ' primarily concerns the act of blowing air, whether through the mouth, for fire, or in a spiritual or metaphorical sense. It extends to concepts of inflation, swelling, pride, and even sudden appearance or movement, often related to wind or breath.

Derived headwords

نَفَخَverb

1.
to blowboth
To expel air from the mouth, used for cooling, assisting, or in a general sense.
2.
to blow (fire)both
To blow air onto a fire to make it burn brighter or to ignite it.
3.
to inflateboth
To fill something with air or gas, causing it to swell.
4.
to puff up (with pride)classical
To become arrogant or conceited.
5.
to throw, to castclassical
To throw something away or cast it aside, as in the command to 'blow them away'.
6.
to fartclassical
To expel gas from the anus.

نفخ فيه فانتفخ — He blew into it and it became inflated.

نفخ النار وغيرها ينفخها نفخا — He blew on the fire and other things, blowing them.

نفخ الإنسان في اليراع وغيره — A person blows into a reed pipe and other things.

أنه نهى عن النفخ في الشراب — He prohibited blowing into the drink.

انفخهما أي ارمهما وألقهما — Blow them away, meaning throw them and cast them off.

نفخ بها: ضرط — He farted with it.

نَفْخnoun

1.
blowingboth
The act of expelling air, especially from the mouth.
2.
inflationboth
The state of being filled with air or gas, causing swelling.
3.
pride, arroganceclassical
Conceit and haughtiness, often associated with self-importance.
4.
sudden windclassical
A sudden gust of wind.
5.
youthful vigorclassical
The prime or peak of youth and vitality.

نفخ فيه فانتفخ — He blew into it and it became inflated.

نفخ النار وغيرها ينفخها نفخا — He blew on the fire and other things, blowing them.

نهى عن النفخ في الشراب — He prohibited blowing into the drink.

نفخه الكبر — Pride made him arrogant.

انتفاخ الأهله أي عظمها — The crescent moon's swelling, meaning its size.

انْتَفَخَverb

1.
to become inflatedboth
To swell up as a result of being filled with air or gas.
2.
to swell (with pride or anger)both
To become arrogant, conceited, or enraged.
3.
to rise (of the day)classical
To reach its peak or height, referring to the time of day.

نفخ فيه فانتفخ — He blew into it and it became inflated.

انتفخ علي أي لاينته وخادعته حين غضب علي — He became angry with me, meaning I appeased and deceived him when he was angry with me.

انتفخ النهار: علا قبل الانتصاف بساعة — The day became inflated: it rose an hour before noon.

نَفِيخnoun

1.
fire-blowerclassical
One who is appointed to blow on a fire, often a blacksmith's assistant.
2.
one who blowsclassical
A person who habitually blows on something.

والنفيخ: الموكل بنفخ النار — And the nafikh: the one appointed to blow on the fire.

صار الذي ينفخ نفيخا مثل الجليس ونحوه — He who was blowing became a nafikh, like a companion and so on.

مِنْفَاخnoun

1.
bellowsboth
The tool used by a blacksmith to blow air into a fire.
2.
blowerboth
A device or person used for blowing air.

والمنفاخ: كير الحداد — And the minfakh: the blacksmith's bellows.

والمنفاخ: الذي ينفخ به في النار وغيرها — And the minfakh: that by which one blows into fire and other things.

نَافِخ ضِرْمَةnoun phrase

1.
no oneclassical
Literally 'a blower of embers', used idiomatically to mean no one is present.

وما بالدار نافخ ضرمة أي ما بها أحد — And there is no blower of embers in the house, meaning no one is there.

أنه ما بقي من بني هاشم نافخ ضرمة أي أحد — That no one from the Banu Hashim remained, meaning anyone at all.

مَنْفُوخadjective

1.
inflatedboth
Filled with air or gas, swollen.
2.
fat, corpulentboth
Having a large or swollen belly, often due to being overweight.
3.
cowardlyclassical
Described as cowardly by analogy to a swollen stomach, implying fear.

ينفحن منه لهبا منفوحا إنما أراد منفوخا — They blow from it a blown flame, meaning he intended a blown (flame).

ورجل منتفخ ومنفوخ أي سمين — And a man who is inflated and blown, meaning fat.

وهو أيضا الجبان على التشبيه بذلك لأنه انتفخ سحره — And he is also cowardly by analogy to that because his stomach swelled.

نَفْخَةnoun

1.
puff of airboth
A single expulsion of air, often from the mouth.
2.
blast (of the trumpet)both
The sound or act of blowing the trumpet, especially the trumpet of the Day of Judgment.
3.
swellingboth
A noticeable swelling or inflation.
4.
odor, scentclassical
A light or strong smell, especially of perfume.

والنفخة: نفخة يوم القيامة — And the nafkhah: the blowing of the Day of Judgment.

فإذا نفخ في الصور — So when the trumpet is blown.

والنفخة: انتفاخ البطن من طعام ونحوه — And the nafkhah: the inflation of the belly from food and the like.

نفخ المسك في وجهي — Musk was blown into my face.

أَنْفَخَadjective

1.
having swollen testiclesclassical
Describing a male animal, particularly a horse, with swollen testicles.

نفخ نفخا، وهو أنفخ — He had نفخ, and he is anafakh (having swollen testicles).

نَفَّاخnoun

1.
swelling (medical)classical
A tumor or swelling caused by a disease.
2.
air bladder (fish)classical
A buoyant organ in fish that helps them control their depth.

والنفّاخ: الورم — And the nafakh: the swelling.

والنفاخة: هنة منتفخة تكون في بطن السمكة وهو نصابها فيما زعموا — And the nafakhah: a swollen thing found in the belly of a fish, which they claim is its apparatus.

مُنْتَفِخadjective

1.
swollenboth
Physically enlarged or distended.
2.
pompous, arrogantboth
Full of oneself, displaying excessive pride or self-importance.
3.
ready (for action)classical
Prepared or poised to act, often in a negative or aggressive way.

ورجل منتفخ ومنفوخ أي سمين — And a man who is inflated and blown, meaning fat.

نابخ حضنيه أي منتفخ مستعد لأن يعمل عمله من الشر — He puffed up his chest, meaning swollen and ready to do his evil deed.

نَفْخَاءnoun

1.
elevated landclassical
A type of elevated, soft, fertile land, free of sand and stones.
2.
shin boneclassical
The upper part of the shin bone.

والنفخاء من الأرض: مثل النبخاء — And the nafkhā' from the land: like the nabkhā'.

والنفخاء: أعلى عظم الساق — And the nafkhā': the upper part of the shin bone.

نَفَخَ فيهverb phrase

1.
to breathe life intoboth
To give life or spirit to something, as in the creation of Adam or birds.
2.
to blow intoboth
To direct air into something, often with a specific purpose.

فأنفخ فيه فيكون طيرا بإذن الله — So I shall breathe into it, and it will be a bird by Allah's permission.

ويقال: نفخ الصور ونفخ فيه — And it is said: the blowing of the trumpet and blowing into it.

نَفَخَ الصُّوَرَverb phrase

1.
to blow the trumpetboth
Specifically referring to the blowing of the trumpet on the Day of Judgment.

فإذا نفخ في الصور — So when the trumpet is blown.

حتى ينفخ الصور — Until the trumpet is blown.

نَفَخَ بهاverb phrase

1.
to fartclassical
To pass wind.

ونفخ بها: ضرط — And nafakha biha: he farted.

نَفْخَةُ الرَّبِيعnoun phrase

1.
spring bloomclassical
The peak of spring when plants are lush and abundant.

أتانا في نفخة الربيع أي حين أعشب وأخصب — He came to us in the nafkhah of spring, meaning when it became green and fertile.

هذه نفخة الربيع، ونفخته: انتهاء نبته — This is the nafkhah of spring, and its nafkhah: the completion of its growth.

شَابٌّ نَفْخadjective phrase

1.
youthful and full of vigorclassical
A young man in the prime of his youth, full of energy.

وشاب نفخ وجارية نفخ: ملأتهما نفخة الشباب — And a nafkh young man and a nafkh young woman: the nafkhah of youth filled them.

أَنْفَخَانadjective

1.
bloated, corpulentclassical
Describing a person whose body is bloated or excessively fat, often with softness.

ورجل منفوخ وأنفخان وإنفخان — And a man who is blown (fat) and anfakhān and infakhān.

نَفَخَتْverb

1.
to blow (wind)classical
Used for wind that comes suddenly or forcefully.

فنفخت بهم الطريق، بالخاء المعجمة، أي رمت بهم بغتة من نفخت الريح إذا جاءت بغتة — So the road blew them, with the unpointed khā', meaning it threw them suddenly, from when the wind blows suddenly.

Parallel reading

نفخ فيه فانتفخ.

He blew into it and it became inflated.

ابن سيده: نفخ بفمه ينفخ نفخا إذا أخرج منه الريح يكون ذلك في الاستراحة والمعالجة ونحوهما؛

Ibn Sidah said: He blows with his mouth, blowing with a blowing, if he expels air from it, this occurs during rest, treatment, and the like;

وفي الخبر: فإذا هو مغتاظ ينفخ ؛

And in the hadith: He was enraged, blowing.

ونفخ النار وغيرها ينفخها نفخا ونفيخا.

And he blows on fire and other things, blowing them with blowing and nafikh.

والنفيخ: الموكل بنفخ النار؛

And the nafikh: the one appointed to blow on the fire;

صار الذي ينفخ نفيخا مثل الجليس ونحوه لأنه لا يزال يتعهده بالنفخ.

He who was blowing became a nafikh, like a companion and so on, because he constantly attends to it with blowing.

والمنفاخ: كير الحداد.

And the minfakh: the blacksmith's bellows.

وما بالدار نافخ ضرمة أي ما بها أحد.

And there is no blower of embers in the house, meaning no one is there.

ود معاوية أنه ما بقي من بني هاشم نافخ ضرمة أي أحد لأن النار ينفخها الصغير والكبير والذكر والأنثى؛

Mu'awiyah wished that no blower of embers remained from the Banu Hashim, meaning anyone, because fire is blown by the young and old, male and female;

ينفحن منه لهبا منفوحا إنما أراد منفوخا فأبدل الحاء مكان الخاء،

They blow from it a blown flame, meaning he intended a blown (flame), substituting Hā' for Khā',

أنه نهى عن النفخ في الشراب ؛

That he prohibited blowing into the drink;

إنما هو من أجل ما يخاف أن يبدر من ريقه فيقع فيه فربما شرب بعده غيره فيتأذى به.

It is only because of what is feared, that his saliva might fall into it, and perhaps someone else drinks after him and is harmed by it.

فإذا نفخ في الصور*

So when the trumpet is blown*

فأنفخ فيه فيكون طيرا بإذن الله .

So I shall breathe into it, and it will be a bird by Allah's permission.

ونفخ بها: ضرط؛

And nafakha biha: he farted;

والنفخة: انتفاخ البطن من طعام ونحوه.

And the nafkhah: the inflation of the belly from food and the like.

ورجل ذو نفخ وذو نفج، بالجيم، أي صاحب فخر وكبر.

And a man of nafkh and nafaj, with a jīm, meaning a possessor of pride and arrogance.

أعوذ بك من همزه ونفثه ونفخه، فنفثه الشعر، ونفخه الكبر، وهمزه الموتة لأن المتكبر يتعاظم ويجمع نفسه ونفسه فيحتاج أن ينفخ.

I seek refuge in You from his slander, his spitting, and his blowing; his spitting is poetry, and his blowing is pride, and his slander is the agony of death, because the arrogant person magnifies himself and gathers himself, needing to blow.

انتفاخ الأهله أي عظمها وقد انتفخ عليه.

The swelling of the crescent moon, meaning its size, and it has become large for him.

نابخ حضنيه أي منتفخ مستعد لأن يعمل عمله من الشر.

He puffed up his chest, meaning swollen and ready to do his evil deed.

وقصدت قصده إذ انتفخ علي أي لاينته وخادعته حين غضب علي.

And I intended his purpose when he became inflated towards me, meaning I appeased and deceived him when he became angry with me.

انتفخ النهار: علا قبل الانتصاف بساعة؛

The day became inflated: it rose an hour before noon;

والنفخ: ارتفاع الضحى.

And the nafkh: the rising of the forenoon.

نفخة الشباب: معظمه، وشاب نفخ وجارية نفخ: ملأتهما نفخة الشباب.

The nafkhah of youth: its prime; and a nafkh young man and a nafkh young woman: the nafkhah of youth filled them.

وأتانا في نفخة الربيع أي حين أعشب وأخصب.

And he came to us in the nafkhah of spring, meaning when it became green and fertile.

هذه نفخة الربيع، ونفخته: انتهاء نبته.

This is the nafkhah of spring, and its nafkhah: the completion of its growth.

والنفخ: للفتى الممتلئ شبابا، بضم النون والفاء، وكذلك الجارية بغير هاء.

And the nafkh: for the young man full of youth, with damma on the nūn and fā', and likewise for the young woman without hā'.

ورجل منتفخ ومنفوخ أي سمين.

And a man who is inflated and blown, meaning fat.

ورجل منفوخ وأنفخان وإنفخان والأنثى أنفخانة وإنفخانة: نفخهما السمن فلا يكون إلا سمنا في رخاوة.

And a man who is blown (fat) and anfakhān and infakhān, and the female is anfakhānah and infakhānah: their bloating is from fatness, and it is only fatness with softness.

والمنفوخ: العظيم البطن، وهو أيضا الجبان على التشبيه بذلك لأنه انتفخ سحره.

And the manfūkh: the large-bellied, and he is also cowardly by analogy to that because his stomach swelled.

والنفاخة: هنة منتفخة تكون في بطن السمكة وهو نصابها فيما زعموا وبها تستقل في الماء وتردد.

And the nafakhah: a swollen thing found in the belly of a fish, which they claim is its apparatus, and by it, it floats and moves in the water.

والنفاخة: الحجاة التي ترتفع فوق الماء.

And the nafakhah: the bladder that rises above the water.

والنفخاء من الأرض: مثل النبخاء؛

And the nafkhā' from the land: like the nabkhā';

وقيل: النفخاء أرض لينة فيها ارتفاع؛

And it was said: The nafkhā' is soft land with an elevation;

وقيل لابنة الخس: أي شيء أحسن؟ فقالت: أثر غادية «1»، في إثر سارية، في بلاد خاوية، في نفخاء رابية؛

And it was said to the daughter of al-Khass: What is most beautiful? She said: The trace of a morning shower, following a night shower, in desolate lands, in a high nafkhā';

والنفخاء: أعلى عظم الساق.

And the nafkhā': the upper part of the shin bone.