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نفح

Root entry · 18 derived lemmas

The root 'نفح' primarily relates to the act of emitting a scent or fragrance, or a gust of wind. It extends to concepts of giving, touching, and even fighting or confronting. Derived terms also encompass specific items like rennet and plants, as well as descriptions of people and animals.

Derived headwords

نفحverb
  1. 1.
    to emit fragranceboth

    The scent, especially of perfume or incense, emanated or spread.

  2. 2.
    to blowboth

    Referring to the wind, it blew or gusted.

  3. 3.
    to bleedclassical

    Blood gushed or sprang forth from a wound or injury.

  4. 4.
    to touchclassical

    To take or grasp something, particularly with a sword.

  5. 5.
    to giveboth

    To bestow or grant something to someone.

  6. 6.
    to moveclassical

    To stir or move something, such as hair.

نفحاnoun
  1. 1.
    emission of fragranceboth

    The act of emitting a pleasant scent or fragrance.

نفاحاnoun
  1. 1.
    emission of fragranceboth

    The act of emitting a pleasant scent or fragrance.

نفحاناnoun
  1. 1.
    emission of fragranceboth

    The act of emitting a pleasant scent or fragrance.

النفحةnoun
  1. 1.
    gust of windboth

    A sudden, brief blast or puff of wind.

  2. 2.
    portion of tormentclassical

    A segment or portion of divine punishment or torment.

  3. 3.
    pure milkclassical

    The pure, unadulterated milk from an animal.

النفوحadjective
  1. 1.
    producing milk naturallyclassical

    Describes a female camel that lets down her milk without being milked.

  2. 2.
    releasing arrowsclassical

    Describes a bow that easily releases its arrows.

النفيحةadjective
  1. 1.
    releasing arrowsclassical

    Describes a bow that easily releases its arrows.

نافحهverb
  1. 1.
    to confrontboth

    To contend with, oppose, or fight against someone.

  2. 2.
    to quarrelboth

    To engage in dispute or argument with someone.

الإنفحةnoun
  1. 1.
    rennetboth

    A substance extracted from the stomach of a young suckling goat, used to curdle milk for cheese making.

  2. 2.
    plantclassical

    A plant resembling an eggplant.

المنفحةnoun
  1. 1.
    rennetboth

    A substance extracted from the stomach of a young suckling goat, used to curdle milk for cheese making.

البنفحةnoun
  1. 1.
    rennetboth

    A substance extracted from the stomach of a young suckling goat, used to curdle milk for cheese making.

الأنافحnoun
  1. 1.
    rennetboth

    A substance extracted from the stomach of a young suckling goat, used to curdle milk for cheese making.

نية نفحadjective
  1. 1.
    distant intentionclassical

    A far-reaching or ambitious intention or plan.

نفحadjective
  1. 1.
    generous manclassical

    A man who is generous or bestows favors.

انتفحverb
  1. 1.
    to interceptclassical

    To lie in wait for or confront someone suddenly.

  2. 2.
    to turn towardsclassical

    To turn or move towards a specific place.

النفاحnoun
  1. 1.
    benefactorclassical

    One who is beneficial and bestows favors upon creation.

  2. 2.
    husbandclassical

    A woman's husband.

النفيحةnoun
  1. 1.
    reed shootclassical

    A young shoot or stalk of a reed.

الإنفحةnoun
  1. 1.
    plantclassical

    A plant resembling an eggplant.

Parallel reading

نفح الطيب نفحا ونفاحا، بالضم، ونفحاناً
The perfume emanated a fragrance, a spreading, and a diffusion.
والريح: هبت
And the wind: it blew.
والعرق: نزى منه الدم
And the wound: blood sprang from it.
والشيء بسيفه: تناوله
And the thing with his sword: he took it.
وفلانا بشيء: أعطاه
And so-and-so with something: he gave it to him.
واللمة: حركها
And the lock of hair: he moved it.
والنفحة من الريح: الدفعة
And the gust from the wind: the blast.
ومن العذاب: القطعة
And from the torment: the portion.
ومن الألبان: المحضة
And from the milks: the pure one.
والنفوح من النوق: ما تخرج لبنها من غير حلب
And the Nufuh from the she-camels: that which lets out her milk without milking.
ومن القسي: الطروح، كالنفيحة
And from the bows: the easily releasing, like the Nafihah.
ونافحه: كافحه، وخاصمه
And he contended with him: he fought him, and he quarrelled with him.
والإنفحة، بكسر الهمزة، وقد تشدد الحاء، وقد تكسر الفاء، والمنفحة والبنفحة: شيء يستخرج من بطن الجدي الرضيع
And the Infah, with a kasrah on the hamzah, and the haa may be doubled, and the faa may be kasred, and the Manfah and the Binfah: is something extracted from the belly of a suckling kid.
والأنافح كلها، لا سيما الأرنب، إذا علق منها على إبهام المحموم شفي
And all the Anafih, especially that of the hare, if a piece of it is hung on the thumb of a feverish person, he is healed.
ونية نفح، محركة: بعيدة
And a Niyyah Nafh, with a harakah: distant.
والنفاح: النفاع المنعم على الخلق، وزوج المرأة
And the Naffah: the beneficent bestower upon creation, and the woman's husband.
والنفيحة: شطيبة من نبع
And the Nafihah: a reed shoot from a spring.
والإنفحة: شجر كالباذنجان
And the Infahah: a tree like an eggplant.