ندف

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

The root ندف primarily relates to actions of striking, beating, or scattering, often associated with processing materials like cotton or with rapid movement. It also extends to meanings of drinking, eating, and making sounds, as well as small quantities.

Derived headwords

نَدَفَverb

1.
to beat cottonboth
To beat cotton with a tool called a 'mindaaf' or 'mindaafah', which is a stick used to thin the cotton.
2.
to strikeclassical
To strike something, particularly with a stick or similar object.
3.
to drink (like a cat)classical
Used to describe how predatory animals drink water by lapping with their tongues.
4.
to eatclassical
To consume food.
5.
to split (udder)classical
For a milker to split the udder of a female animal with a finger.

يَنْدِفُverb

1.
to beat cottonboth
The present tense of beating cotton with a tool.

مَنْدَفnoun

1.
cotton beaterboth
A tool, specifically a stick, used for beating and thinning cotton.

مِنْدَفَةnoun

1.
cotton beaterboth
A tool, specifically a stick, used for beating and thinning cotton.

مَنْدُوفadjective

1.
beaten (cotton)both
Describing cotton that has been beaten or processed.

نَدِيفadjective

1.
beaten (cotton)both
Describing cotton that has been beaten or processed.

نَدْفnoun

1.
rapid movementclassical
The quick movement of a riding animal's forelegs.

نَدَفَانnoun

1.
rapid movementclassical
The quick movement of a riding animal's forelegs.

أَنْدَفَverb

1.
to drive (animal)classical
To drive an animal forcefully or rapidly.
2.
to be drawn to musicclassical
To be inclined or attracted to the sound of a musical instrument.
3.
to lick (dog)classical
For a dog to lick something, particularly its tongue.

نَدْفَةnoun

1.
small amount of milkboth
A small quantity of milk.
2.
flake (snow)classical
A flake of snow.

نَطَفَتْverb

1.
to drizzle (rain)classical
Used to describe the sky drizzling with rain.

رَمَتْverb

1.
to throw (snow)classical
Used to describe the sky throwing snow.

أَوْلَغَverb

1.
to lick (dog)classical
For a dog to lick something, especially with its tongue.

Parallel reading

ندف القطن يندفه: ضربه بالمندف والمندفة

To beat cotton, one beats it with the mindaaf and the mindaafah.

أي: خشبته التي يطرق بها الوتر ليرق القطن

Meaning: its stick with which the fiber is struck to thin the cotton.

وهو مندوف ونديف

And it is beaten and thinned (referring to cotton).

والدابة ندفا وندفانا، محركة: أسرعت رجع يديها

And a riding animal, with 'nafadan' and 'nafadan' (vowels marked), means it quickened the movement of its forelegs.

والسباع: شربت الماء بألسنتها

And predatory animals: they drank water with their tongues.

والطعام: أكله

And food: to eat it.

والحالب: فطر الضرة بإصبعه

And the milker: he split the udder with his finger.

والسماء بالمطر: نطفت

And the sky with rain: it drizzled.

وبالثلج: رمت به

And with snow: it threw it.

والدابة: ساقها عنيفا، كأندفها

And the riding animal: he drove it forcefully, like 'andafaha'.

وأندف: مال إلى صوت العود

And 'andafa': he was drawn to the sound of the lute.

والكلب: أولغه

And the dog: it licked.