نتف

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of plucking, pulling out, or tearing off small pieces. It extends to concepts of taking small amounts of knowledge, a light draw, and things that have fallen off.

Derived headwords

نَتَفَverb

1.
to pluck outboth
To pull out hair or feathers, or to tear off small pieces from something.
2.
to draw lightlyclassical
In archery, to draw the bowstring a short distance.

يَنْتِفُهُverb

1.
he plucks it outboth
The present tense form of the verb 'to pluck out'.

نَتْفًاnoun

1.
pluckingboth
The act of plucking or pulling out.

تَنْتِيفًاnoun

1.
plucking (intensive)both
An intensive form of the verbal noun, emphasizing the act of plucking.

انْتَتَفَverb

1.
to pluck oneselfboth
To pluck one's own hair or feathers.

تَنَاتَفَverb

1.
to pluck each otherboth
To pluck each other's hair or feathers.

نُتُوفٌnoun

1.
fallen piecesclassical
What has fallen off from being plucked or torn.

نُتْفَةٌnoun

1.
a small plucked pieceboth
A small amount plucked with one's finger from a plant or other material.

نُتَفٌnoun

1.
small plucked piecesboth
Plural of نتفة, referring to small amounts plucked off.

نُتْفَةٌnoun

1.
one who takes superficiallyclassical
Someone who takes a little bit of knowledge without thorough study.

مِنْتَافٌadjective

1.
pluckingclassical
One who plucks or picks things up; a plucker.
2.
short-striding camelclassical
A camel that takes short, close steps, not wide or smooth.

مُنْتُوفٌname

1.
Muntūfclassical
A client (mawla) of the Banu Qays ibn Tha'labah tribe.

نَتْفُ الْجَنَاحِadjective

1.
plucked wingclassical
Describing a bird whose wing feathers have been plucked.

نَتِيفٌadjective

1.
plucked until brandedclassical
A camel that has been plucked (perhaps for branding or treatment) until it requires cauterization (hana').

أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْأَصْفَهَانِيُّ الْأُصُولِيُّ الْفَقِيهُname

1.
Abu Abdullah al-Isfahaniclassical
A title or nickname for a scholar known as Abu Abdullah al-Isfahani, who was an Usuli (legal theorist) and a jurist (Faqih).

Parallel reading

نتف شعره ينتفه، ونتفه تنتيفا فانتتف وتناتف

He plucked his hair, he plucks it, and he plucked it intensely, so he plucked himself and they plucked each other.

وفي القوس: نزع نزعا خفيفا

And in archery: to draw a light draw.

وككناسة وغراب: ما سقط من النتف

And like 'kunasah' (sweeping) and 'ghurab' (crow): what falls from plucking.

والنتفة، بالضم: ما تنتفه بإصبعك من النبت وغيره، ج: كصرد

And 'nutfah', with dammah: what you pluck with your finger from plants and other things, its plural is like 'surad'.

وكهمزة: من ينتف من العلم شيئا ولا يستقصيه

And like 'humazah': one who plucks something from knowledge without fully investigating it.

والمنتاف: المنتاش، وجمل مقارب الخطو غير وساع، ولا يكون حينئذ وطيئا

And 'al-mintaaf': the plucker, and a camel with short steps, not wide, and not smooth at that time.

والمنتوف: مولى لبني قيس بن ثعلبة

And 'al-Muntūf': a client of the Banu Qays ibn Tha'labah.

وغراب نتف الجناح، ككتف، أي: منتتفه

And a bird with a plucked wing, like 'katif', meaning: its wing is plucked.

وجمل نتيف، كأمير: نتف حتى يعمل فيه الهناء

And a camel 'natif', like 'ameer': plucked until the branding iron is applied to it.

والنتيف أيضا: لقب أبي عبد الله الأصفهاني الأصولي الفقيه

And 'al-Natīf' is also: the title of Abu Abdullah al-Isfahani, the Usuli and the Faqih.