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النفط

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns petroleum and its properties, including its medicinal uses and applications. It also extends to describe various types of sores, blisters, and eruptions, as well as metaphorical uses related to anger, speech, and animal sounds. Additionally, it refers to specific locations, tools, and even a place name.

Derived headwords

النِّفْطnoun
  1. 1.
    Petroleumboth

    A naturally occurring, yellowish-black liquid found beneath the Earth's surface, which can be refined into various types of fuels. The entry notes that the white variety is considered best.

  2. 2.
    Medicinal substanceclassical

    Described as a solvent, it is used to treat blockages and colic, and is considered effective against worms in the female genitalia.

النِّفَاطَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Oil well/sourceclassical

    A place from which petroleum is extracted.

  2. 2.
    Lamp/light sourceclassical

    A type of lamp used for illumination, often made of copper, into which petroleum is placed.

النُّفْطَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Pustule/blisterboth

    A small inflamed elevation of the skin containing pus; a blister.

  2. 2.
    Smallpoxclassical

    A contagious disease characterized by fever and pustules or褰.

نَفِيطَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Pustule/blisterclassical

    A term for a pustule or blister, similar to 'nafṭah'.

مُنْفُوطَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Pustule/blisterclassical

    A term for a pustule or blister, similar to 'nafṭah'.

نَفِطَverb
  1. 1.
    To fester/blisterboth

    To develop a sore or blister, especially due to friction or work.

  2. 2.
    To become angryclassical

    To become intensely angry or enraged.

  3. 3.
    To sneezeclassical

    Used for a female goat (عنز) when it sneezes or snorts.

  4. 4.
    To boil overclassical

    Used for a pot (قدر) when it boils over.

  5. 5.
    To make a soundclassical

    Used for a child (صبي) making a sound.

  6. 6.
    To speak incoherentlyclassical

    Used for a person (فلان) speaking in a way that is not understood.

  7. 7.
    To burst/explodeclassical

    Used for a testicle (استه) when it bursts or explodes.

أَنْفَظَverb
  1. 1.
    To cause to fester/blisterclassical

    To cause something to develop a sore or blister, often attributed to work.

  2. 2.
    To expel urineclassical

    Used for a female goat (عنز) expelling urine forcefully.

تَنَفَّطَverb
  1. 1.
    To become intensely angryclassical

    To become intensely angry or enraged, similar to 'nafṭa'.

النَّافِطَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Female goatclassical

    A female goat, possibly as a follow-up term to 'ʿāfiṭah' (one that bleats).

  2. 2.
    One that expels urineclassical

    A female goat that forcefully expels its urine.

نَفْطَةname
  1. 1.
    Place nameclassical

    A city located in Ifriqiya (North Africa), whose inhabitants are Ibadi Muslims.

نَفَّاطadjective
  1. 1.
    Quick to angerclassical

    Someone who becomes angry quickly.

التَّنَافِيطnoun
  1. 1.
    Hair removal and cookingclassical

    The practice of removing the hair from a skin, throwing it into a fire to be eaten, done during times of famine.

تَنَافَطَverb
  1. 1.
    To throw off foam/scumclassical

    Used for a pot (قدر) when it throws off foam or scum.

Parallel reading

وأحسنه الأبيض، محلل مذيب مفتح للسدد، والمغص، قتال للديدان الكائنة في الفرج احتمالا في فرزجة.
And its white variety is the best, it is a solvent, dissolving, opening blockages, and for colic, it is lethal to worms residing in the vulva, possibly in the labia.
والنفاطة، مشددة: موضع يستخرج منه، وضرب من السرج يستصبح به، ويخفف فيهما، وأداة من النحاس يرمى فيها بالنفط.
And an-nafāṭah (with shaddah): a place from which it is extracted, and a type of lamp used for illumination, and it is lightened in both cases, and a copper tool into which petroleum is thrown.
والنفطة، ويكسر وكفرحة: الجدري، والبثرة، وكف نفيطة ومنفوطة، ونافطة.
And an-nafṭah (with kasrah or ḍammah): smallpox, and a pustule, and like nafīṭah and manfūṭah, and nāfiṭah.
وقد نفطت، كفرح، نفطا ونفطا ونفيطا: قرحت عملا، أو مجلت، وأنفظها العمل.
And it festered, like fariḥa, nafṭan and nafṭan and nafīṭan: it became sore from work, or calloused, and work caused it to fester.
ونفط ينفط: غضب، أو احترق غضبا، كتنفط، و ms0919 العنز نفيطا: نثرت بأنفها، أو عطست، و القدر: غلت، و الصبي: صوت، و فلان: تكلم بما لا يفهم، و استه: فقعت.
And nafṭa yanfuṭu: he became angry, or burned with anger, like tanaffaṭa, and the female goat nafṭat: she snorted with her nose, or sneezed, and the pot: it boiled over, and the child: he made a sound, and so-and-so: he spoke what is not understood, and his testicle: it burst.
والنافطة: الماعزة، أو إتباع للعافطة، والتي تنفط ببولها، أي: تدفعه دفعا.
And an-nāfiṭah: the female goat, or a follow-up to al-ʿāfiṭah (the bleating one), and she who forcefully expels her urine, meaning: she pushes it out forcefully.
ونفطة: د بإفريقية، أهلها إباضية.
And Nafṭah: a city in Ifriqiya, its people are Ibadi.
والتنافيط: أن ينزع شعر الجلد، فيلقيه في النار ليؤكل. يفعل ذلك في الجدب.
And at-tanāfīṭ: is to remove the hair from the skin, and throw it into the fire to be eaten. This is done during times of drought.
وأنفطت العنز ببولها: رمت.
And the female goat anfaṭat with her urine: she threw it.
والقدر تنافط: ترمي بالزبد.
And the pot tanāfaṭu: it throws off foam.