ندف

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

The root ندف primarily relates to the action of beating or striking, particularly cotton with a tool called a 'mandaf'. This core meaning extends to descriptions of things being struck or fluffed, and metaphorically to rapid movement or falling.

Derived headwords

نَدَفَverb

1.
to beat cottonboth
To beat cotton with a tool called a 'mandaf' in order to fluff it.
2.
to strikeclassical
To strike or beat something, often used metaphorically.
3.
to drink (animals)classical
The way animals, like wild beasts, drink water with their tongues.
4.
to fall (snow/hail)classical
When the sky 'throws' snow or hail.
5.
to move quicklyclassical
Describing a beast's rapid movement, characterized by quick swinging of the forelegs.

نَدْفnoun

1.
beating cottonboth
The act of beating cotton with a 'mandaf'.
2.
drinking (animals)classical
The manner in which animals drink water with their tongues.
3.
eatingclassical
The act of eating.
4.
sound of musicclassical
The sound of a musical instrument, specifically a lute, played in a woman's lap.
5.
rapid movementclassical
The quick, swinging motion of forelegs in a beast's gait.

نَدِيفadjective

1.
fluffed cottonboth
Cotton that has been beaten and fluffed.
2.
cotton for saleclassical
Cotton that is sold in the market after being fluffed.

مَنْدُوفadjective

1.
fluffedboth
Something that has been beaten or fluffed, especially cotton.
2.
cut offclassical
Describing something as cut off or severed.

مِنْدَفnoun

1.
cotton beaterboth
The tool used for beating and fluffing cotton.

مِنْدَفَةnoun

1.
cotton beaterboth
A tool used for beating and fluffing cotton.

نَدَّافnoun

1.
cotton beaterboth
A person whose profession is beating and fluffing cotton.
2.
musicianclassical
A musician who plays a stringed instrument like a lute.
3.
big eaterclassical
A person who eats a lot.

يَنْدُفُverb

1.
beats cottonboth
He beats cotton with a 'mandaf'.

أَنْدَفَverb

1.
leans towardsclassical
A man inclines towards 'al-nafd', which is the sound of a lute.

نَدِيفَانnoun

1.
rapid movementclassical
The quick, swinging motion of forelegs in a beast's gait.

Parallel reading

طرق القطن بالمندف.

Beating cotton with the 'mandaf'.

ندف القطن يندفه ندفا: ضربه بالمندف، فهو نديف؛

He beats cotton, beating it with the 'mandaf', so it is 'nadif' (fluffed);

قال الأعشى: جالس عنده الندامى، فما ينفك ... يؤتى بمزهر مندوف

Al-A'sha said: 'Sitting with companions, and a fluffed lute is brought...

والمحذوف الزق؛ وأنشد: قاعدا حوله الندامى، فما ينفك ... يؤتى بموكر محذوف

And 'al-mahdhuf' is the waterskin; and he recited: 'Sitting around him companions, and a cut-off perch is brought.'

ورواه أبو عبيد: مندوف، وأما محذوف فما رواه غير الليث.

Abu Ubaid narrated it as 'manduf', but 'mahdhuf' was narrated by others than Al-Layth.

والنديف: القطن المندوف.

And 'al-nadif': the fluffed cotton.

والمندف والمندفة: ما ندف به.

And 'al-mandaf' and 'al-mandafa': what is used for beating (cotton).

والنداف: نادف القطن، عربية صحيحة.

And 'al-naddaf': the cotton beater, a correct Arabic term.

والنديف: القطن الذي يباع في السوق مندوفا.

And 'al-nadif': the cotton sold in the market after being fluffed.

والندف: شرب السباع الماء بألسنتها.

And 'al-nafd': the drinking of water by wild beasts with their tongues.

والنداف: الضارب بالعود؛

And 'al-naddaf': the one who strikes the lute;

وقال الأصمعي: رجل نداف كثير الأكل.

And Al-Asma'i said: A man 'naddaf' is one who eats a lot.

والندف: الأكل.

And 'al-nafd': eating.

ابن الأعرابي: أندف الرجل إذا مال إلى الندف، وهو صوت العود في حجر الكرينة.

Ibn Al-A'rabi: A man 'andafa' if he inclines towards 'al-nafd', which is the sound of the lute in the lap of a singer.

وندفت السماء بالثلج أي رمت به.

And the sky 'nadifat' with snow, meaning it threw it.

وندفت السحابة البرد ندفا على المثل.

And the cloud 'nadifat' hail, 'nafdan', by analogy.

وندفت الدابة تندف في سيرها ندفا ونديفا وندفانا، وهو سرعة رجع اليدين.

And the beast 'tandifu' in its gait, 'nafdan', 'nadifan', and 'nadhafanan', which is the quick swing of the forelegs.