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نفز

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of leaping, jumping, or sudden movement. It extends to related ideas like dancing, shaking, and even the physical parts of an animal associated with movement, such as its legs. It also encompasses specific applications like testing the straightness of an arrow and a type of frothy substance.

Derived headwords

نَفَزَverb
  1. 1.
    to leapboth

    To jump or spring suddenly, often used to describe the movement of a gazelle.

يَنْفُزُverb
  1. 1.
    leapingboth

    Present tense form of 'نفز', describing the action of leaping.

نَفَزَانًاnoun
  1. 1.
    a leapingboth

    The act or instance of leaping or jumping.

ظَبْيٌ يَنْفُوزُnoun
  1. 1.
    a leaping gazelleclassical

    A gazelle that is characterized by its leaping or jumping.

نَفَّزَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to make danceclassical

    To cause something or someone to dance or move rhythmically.

تَنْفِيزًاnoun
  1. 1.
    causing to danceclassical

    The act of making something or someone dance.

أَنْفَزَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to test (arrow)classical

    To spin an arrow on one's fingernail to check its straightness or crookedness.

النَّفِيزُnoun
  1. 1.
    frothclassical

    A frothy substance that separates during churning and does not coalesce.

النَّفِيزَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    frothclassical

    A frothy substance that separates during churning and does not coalesce.

نَوَافِزُnoun
  1. 1.
    legsclassical

    The legs of a beast or animal.

نَفْزَةٌname
  1. 1.
    Nafzahclassical

    A place name in the Maghreb (North Africa).

كِرْمَانname
  1. 1.
    Kermanclassical

    A place name, possibly referring to a region or city.

يَتَنَافَزُونَverb
  1. 1.
    leap from each otherclassical

    To leap or jump from one to another, as in a game.

Parallel reading

نفز الظبي ينفز نفزانا
The gazelle leaped, it leaps, a leaping.
وهو ظبي ينفوز
And it is a leaping gazelle.
ونفزه تنفيزا
And he made it dance.
والسهم: أداره على ظفره، ليبين له اعوجاجه من استقامته، كأنفزه
And the arrow: he spun it on his fingernail, to show its crookedness or straightness, as if he tested it.
والنفيز والنفيزة: زبدة تتفرق في الممخض، لا تجتمع
And al-Nafiz and al-Nafizah: froth that disperses in the churn, and does not come together.
ونوافز الدابة: قوائمها
And the نوافز of the beast: its legs.
ونفزة: د بالمغرب
And Nafzah: a place in the Maghreb.
وكرمان: لعبة لهم، يتنافزون فيها، أي: يتواثبون
And Kerman: a game they play, in which they leap from each other, meaning: they jump.