نفط

Root entry · 23 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns substances resembling tar or pitch, often used for treating animals or as fuel. It also extends to meanings related to anger, physical ailments like blisters, and sounds like sneezing or coughing.

Derived headwords

النِّفْطnoun

1.
Tar-like substanceclassical
A substance resembling tar or pitch, used for anointing camels against mange and sores. It is considered less potent than 'kuhayl'.
2.
Pitchclassical
A general term for pitch or tar.
3.
Blisterclassical
A blister that forms on the hand from work, filled with water.
4.
Soreclassical
A condition affecting the skin and flesh, particularly between the layers of skin, caused by work.

النَّفْطnoun

1.
Tar-like substanceclassical
A substance resembling tar or pitch, used for anointing camels against mange and sores. It is considered less potent than 'kuhayl'.
2.
Pitchclassical
A general term for pitch or tar.
3.
Blisterclassical
A blister that forms on the hand from work, filled with water.
4.
Soreclassical
A condition affecting the skin and flesh, particularly between the layers of skin, caused by work.

نفطverb

1.
To be angryclassical
To become angry or agitated.
2.
To boilclassical
Used for a pot that is boiling vigorously and bubbling.
3.
To blisterclassical
A hand blisters from work.
4.
To make blisterclassical
Work caused the hand to blister.
5.
To make a soundclassical
The sound a gazelle makes.
6.
To sneezeclassical
A goat sneezes.
7.
To scatterclassical
A goat scatters with its nose.

النفاطَةnoun

1.
Place of extractionclassical
The place from which pitch or tar is extracted.

النفاطاتnoun

1.
Type of lampclassical
A type of lamp used for illumination, into which pitch and fire are thrown.
2.
Brass vesselsclassical
Utensils made of copper into which pitch and fire are thrown.

ينفطverb

1.
To be angryclassical
He is agitated with anger.

نفيطاnoun

1.
Boiling soundclassical
The sound of a pot boiling and bubbling.
2.
Blisteringclassical
The condition of blistering on the hand from work.
3.
Soundclassical
The sound made by a gazelle.
4.
Sneezingclassical
A goat sneezing.
5.
Scatteringclassical
A goat scattering with its nose.

النفطانnoun

1.
Cough-like soundclassical
A sound similar to a cough.
2.
Exhalation of angerclassical
The puffing or exhalation associated with anger.

تنفطتverb

1.
To blisterclassical
His hand blistered from work.

أنفطهاverb

1.
To cause to blisterclassical
Work caused it (the hand) to blister.

نافطةadjective

1.
Having blistersclassical
Describing foam that has blisters or bubbles.
2.
Sneezingclassical
A female goat that sneezes.

منفوطةadjective

1.
Blisteredclassical
A hand that has blisters, though the etymology is questioned.

النفطةnoun

1.
Blisterclassical
A blister that forms on the hand from work, filled with water.

تنفطverb

1.
To blisterclassical
Water forms between the skin and flesh, causing a blister.

ينفطverb

1.
To make a soundclassical
The sound a gazelle makes.

نفطnoun

1.
Sneezingclassical
The act of sneezing.

نفطتverb

1.
To sneezeclassical
The goat sneezed.

نافطةnoun

1.
Sneezing oneclassical
A female animal that sneezes, specifically a goat.

العافطة ولا النافطةphrase

1.
Nothingclassical
An idiom meaning 'nothing' or 'no possessions'. It contrasts flatulence (عافطة) with sneezing (نافطة).

العفطnoun

1.
Flatulenceclassical
The act of passing gas.

العفيطnoun

1.
Snorting of sheepclassical
The snorting sound made by sheep.

النفيطnoun

1.
Snorting of goatsclassical
The snorting sound made by goats.

لا ينفط فيه عناقphrase

1.
No vengeance will be takenclassical
An idiom meaning that no blood vengeance will be sought for the slain person.

Parallel reading

النفط والنفط: دهن، والكسر أفصح.

Al-nafṭ and al-nifṭ: oil/fat, and the kasra is more eloquent.

النفط والنفط الذي تطلى به الإبل للجرب والدبر والقردان وهو دون الكحيل.

Al-nafṭ and al-nifṭ is what camels are anointed with for mange, sores, and ticks, and it is less potent than al-kuhayl.

النفط عامة القطران

Al-nafṭ is generally pitch.

النفط والنفط حلابة جبل في قعر بئر توقد به النار

Al-nafṭ and al-nifṭ is a mountain spring from which fire is kindled in the bottom of a well.

النفاطة والنفاطة: الموضع الذي يستخرج منه النفط.

Al-nafāṭah and al-nafāṭah: the place from which pitch is extracted.

النفاطات ضرب من السرج يرمى بها بالنفط

Al-nafāṭāt: a type of lamp into which pitch is thrown.

النفاطات أدوات تعمل من النحاس يرمى فيها بالنفط والنار.

Al-nafāṭāt: utensils made of copper into which pitch and fire are thrown.

نفط الرجل ينفط نفطا: غضب

A man became angry (nafṭa): he was angry.

وإنه لينفط غضبا أي يتحرك مثل ينفت.

And indeed he becomes agitated with anger, meaning he moves like he is about to sneeze.

والقدر تنفط نفيطا: لغة في تنفت إذا غلت وتبجست.

And the pot boils with a bubbling sound (nafīṭan): a variant of 'tanfata' when it boils and bubbles.

النفطان: شبيه بالسعال، والنفخ عند الغضب.

Al-nafṭān: similar to a cough, and the puffing sound during anger.

وقد نفطت يده، بالكسر، نفطا ونفطا ونفيطا وتنفطت: قرحت من العمل

And his hand blistered, with kasra, it blistered (nafṭan, nafṭan, nafīṭan) and became blistered (tanfaṭṭat): it became sore from work.

وقد أنفطها العمل

And the work caused it to blister.

والنفطة بثرة تخرج في اليد من العمل ملأى ماء.

And al-nafṭah: a blister that emerges on the hand from work, filled with water.

إذا كان بين الجلد واللحم ماء قيل: نفطت تنفط نفطا ونفيطا.

If there is water between the skin and the flesh, it is said: it blistered (nafṭan, nafīṭan).

ورغوة نافطة: ذات نفاطات؛ وأنشد: وحلب فيه رغا نوافط

And foaming (nāfiṭah): having blisters; and he recited: and in it was milk with frothy foam.

ونفط الظبي ينفط نفيطا: صوت

And the gazelle made a sound (nafīṭan), it made a sound (yanfiṭu).

ونفطت الماعزة، بالفتح، تنفط نفطا ونفيطا: عطست

And the goat sneezed (nafṭan, nafīṭan), it sneezed (tanfaṭu).

ويقال في المثل: ما له عافطة ولا نافطة أي ما له شيء

And it is said in the proverb: He has neither 'āfiṭah nor nāfiṭah, meaning he has nothing.

فالعافطة من دبرها، والنافطة من أنفها

For the 'āfiṭah is from the rear, and the nāfiṭah is from the nose.

والعفط الحصاص للشاة، والنفط عطاسها، والعفيط نثير الضأن، والنفيط نثير المعز.

And al-ʿafṭ is the bleating of a sheep, and al-nafṭ is its sneezing, and al-ʿafīṭ is the snorting of sheep, and al-nafīṭ is the snorting of goats.

وقولهم في المثل: لا ينفط فيه عناق أي لا يؤخذ لهذا القتيل بثأر.

And their saying in the proverb: No vengeance will be taken for this slain person.