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نفت

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to states of agitation, boiling, and swelling. It encompasses anger, the boiling or sticking of a pot, and the swelling of dough when water is added. It also refers to a specific type of thick food.

Derived headwords

نَفَتَverb
  1. 1.
    to be angryboth

    To experience anger or rage.

  2. 2.
    to boil vigorouslyclassical

    Used to describe a pot boiling intensely, often with bubbling.

  3. 3.
    to stickclassical

    Describes food, like broth, sticking to the sides of a pot.

  4. 4.
    to swellboth

    Refers to dough or similar substances swelling up after water is added.

نَفْتًاnoun
  1. 1.
    angerclassical

    The state of being angry; rage.

  2. 2.
    boilingclassical

    The act of a pot boiling vigorously.

  3. 3.
    stickingclassical

    The act of food sticking to the sides of a pot.

  4. 4.
    swellingclassical

    The process of dough or similar material swelling.

نَفَتَانًاnoun
  1. 1.
    angerclassical

    A state of intense anger or rage.

  2. 2.
    swellingclassical

    The act or process of swelling.

تَنَفَّخَverb
  1. 1.
    to swell upboth

    To become inflated or swollen, especially dough when water is added.

النَّفِيتَةnoun
  1. 1.
    thickened foodclassical

    A type of food that is thicker than 'sakhina', likely a porridge or gruel.

Parallel reading

نفت ينفت نفتا ونفتانا: غضب
Nafta, yanfitu, naftan and naftanan: to be angry.
أو نفخ غضبا
Or to puff up in anger.
والقدر: غلت
And the pot: to boil vigorously.
أو لزق المرق بجوانبها
Or the broth stuck to its sides.
والدقيق ونحوه نفتا: صب عليه الماء فتنفخ
And flour and the like, nafta: water was poured on it and it swelled up.
والنفيتة: طعام أغلظ من السخينة
And al-nafītah: a food thicker than al-sakhīnah.