نفنف

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

The root 'نفنف' primarily denotes concepts related to open spaces, voids, and distances, particularly the air or a void between things, and by extension, vast, empty expanses like deserts or ravines. It also extends to the edges or peripheries of objects or places.

Derived headwords

النَّفْنَفnoun

1.
Air, voidboth
The air, or specifically the space or void between two things. It can also refer to any space between an object and the ground.
2.
Chasm, abyssclassical
A deep, empty space, such as a chasm between two mountains or a void from the lip to the bottom of a well.
3.
Desert, wastelandclassical
A vast, empty, and desolate expanse of land, like a desert or a barren plain.

نَفْنَفverb

1.
To be vast, emptyclassical
To be a wide, open, or empty space, referring to a desert or a chasm.

النَّفْنَافadjective

1.
Distant, remoteclassical
Describing something as being far away or remote.

نَفَانِفnoun

1.
Peripheries, outskirtsclassical
The surrounding areas or outskirts of something, such as the liver ('نفانف الكبد') or a house ('نفانف الدار').
2.
Mountain slopesclassical
The rising and falling slopes of a mountain, characterized by rough, barren terrain.
3.
Well depthclassical
The distance from the lip to the bottom of a well.

Parallel reading

الهواء، وقيل: الهواء بين الشيئين؛ وكل شيء بينه وبين الأرض مهوى، فهو نفنف

The air, and it is said: the air between two things; and everything that has a void between it and the ground, it is 'nafnaf'.

ترى قرطها من حرة الليت مشرفا، ... على هلك، في نفنف يتطوح

You see her earring protruding from the heat of the sand... swaying in a vast, empty space.

النفنف مهواة ما بين جبلين

The 'nafnaf' is a chasm between two mountains.

والنفنف: المفازة

And the 'nafnaf' is the desert.

والنفناف: البعيد

And the 'nafnaf' means distant.

ونفانف الكبد: نواحيها

And the 'nafānif' of the liver are its peripheries.

ونفانف الدار: نواحيها

And the 'nafānif' of the house are its outskirts.

وصقع الجبل الذي كأنه جدار مبني مستو نفنف

And the side of the mountain that is like a flat, built wall is 'nafnaf'.

والركية من شفتها إلى قعرها نفنف

And the well, from its lip to its bottom, is a 'nafnaf' (depth/void).

والنفنف: أسناد الجبل التي تعلوه منها وتهبط منها فتلك نفانف، ولا تنبت النفانف شيئا لأنها خشنة غليظة بعيدة من الأرض

And the 'nafānif' are the mountain slopes, which rise and fall; those are 'nafānif', and the 'nafānif' do not grow anything because they are rough, coarse, and far from the ground.

النفنف ما بين أعلى الحائط إلى أسفل، وبين السماء والأرض، وأعلى البئر إلى أسفل

The 'nafnaf' is what is between the top of a wall and the bottom, and between the sky and the earth, and the top of a well to the bottom.