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النفء

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root pertains to scattered or isolated patches of vegetation, such as sparse plants or small meadows separated from larger grassy areas. It can also refer to a single such patch.

Derived headwords

النَّفْءnoun
  1. 1.
    Scattered plantsboth

    Individual, scattered plants or small, isolated patches of vegetation.

  2. 2.
    Isolated meadowsclassical

    Small meadows or grassy areas that are separated from the main body of pasture.

نَفْءnoun
  1. 1.
    Patch of vegetationboth

    A single, isolated patch of vegetation, a single plant, or a small meadow.

نَفَأَverb
  1. 1.
    To be scatteredclassical

    To be scattered or isolated, referring to plants or vegetation.

Parallel reading

القطع المتفرقة من النبت
The scattered pieces of vegetation.
أو رياض مجتمعة تنقطع من معظم الكلأ
Or collected meadows that are separated from most of the pasture.
وتربي ms0039 عليه
And ms0039 grows upon it.
واحدته كصبرة
Its singular is like 'ṣabrah'.
ونفء، كنفع: ع
And 'naf' (like 'naf' - profit): verb.