النفنف

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to open spaces, expanses, and the air or atmosphere. It also extends to describe geographical features like mountain slopes and the edges of wells or structures, as well as internal areas of the body.

Derived headwords

النَّفْنَفnoun

1.
Airboth
Refers to the atmosphere or the air itself.
2.
Expanseboth
Any open space, particularly a passage or gap between two mountains.
3.
Mountain slopeclassical
The side of a mountain that appears like a built, flat wall, or the slopes that ascend and descend.
4.
Well edgeclassical
The distance from the lip of a well to its bottom.
5.
Vertical distanceclassical
The space between the top of a wall and its bottom, or between the sky and the earth.
6.
Desertclassical
An open, desolate, and vast tract of land.

النَّفْنَافnoun

1.
Expanseclassical
Similar to 'al-nafnaf', referring to an open space, especially a gap between two mountains.

نَفْنَفname

1.
Name of a singerclassical
The name of a singer, specifically Daba'al bin Ali.

نَفَانِفnoun

1.
Peripheriesclassical
The outer regions or surroundings of a house or the liver.

Parallel reading

الهواء

The air.

وكل مهوى بين جبلين

And every open space between two mountains.

كالنفناف

Like the expanse (between mountains).

وصقع الجبل الذي كأنه جدار مبني مستو

And the flat, even surface of a mountain that resembles a built wall.

ومن شفة الركية إلى قعرها

And from the lip of the well to its bottom.

وأسناد الجبل التي تعلوه منها وتهبط منها

And the mountain slopes that rise and fall from it.

وما بين أعلى الحائط إلى أسفل

And what is between the top of a wall and its bottom.

وبين السماء والأرض

And between the sky and the earth.

والمفازة

And the desert.

ونفنف: غلام دعبل بن علي، وكان مغنيا له.

And Nafnaf: a boy of Daba'al bin Ali, who was a singer for him.

ونفانف الدار والكبد: نواحيهما.

And the peripheries of the house and the liver: their surroundings.