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نفش

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of spreading out, fluffing up, or becoming disheveled, often applied to materials like cotton or wool. It also extends to animals, particularly livestock grazing at night without a herdsman, and a cat becoming agitated.

Derived headwords

نَفَشَverb
  1. 1.
    he fluffed the wool and cottonboth

    he fluffed the wool and cotton

  2. 2.
    to fluff, to card (intensive)both

    to fluff, to card (intensive)

أَنْفَشَverb
  1. 1.
    to let graze at nightclassical

    To allow livestock to graze at night without a herdsman.

نَفْشًاnoun
  1. 1.
    grazing at nightboth

    grazing at night

مَنْفُوشadjective
  1. 1.
    fluffed, cardedboth

    fluffed, carded

تَنْفِيشnoun
  1. 1.
    fluffingboth

    The act of fluffing or spreading out material; similar to نفش.

انْتَفَشَverb
  1. 1.
    to puff upboth

    To become puffed up or disheveled, often used for animals.

  2. 2.
    to become agitatedboth

    To become agitated or bristled, like a cat.

تَنَفَّشَverb
  1. 1.
    to puff upboth

    To become puffed up or disheveled, similar to انتفش.

  2. 2.
    to become agitatedboth

    To become agitated or bristled, like a cat.

نَفَشَتْverb
  1. 1.
    it grazed at night without a shepherd (camels and sheep)both

    it grazed at night without a shepherd (camels and sheep)

تَنْفُشُverb
  1. 1.
    to graze at nightclassical

    Livestock grazing at night without a herdsman.

نُفُوشًاnoun
  1. 1.
    night grazingclassical

    The act of livestock grazing at night without a herdsman.

إِنْفَاشnoun
  1. 1.
    night grazingclassical

    The act of livestock grazing at night without a herdsman.

إِبِلٌ نَفْشnoun
  1. 1.
    night-grazing camelsclassical

    Camels that graze at night without a herdsman.

نَفَّاشnoun
  1. 1.
    night-grazing animalsclassical

    Animals that graze at night without a herdsman.

نَوَافِشnoun
  1. 1.
    night-grazing animalsclassical

    Animals that graze at night without a herdsman.

Parallel reading

نفشت القطن والصوف أنفش نفشا.
I fluffed the cotton and wool, making it fluffy.
وعهن منفوش، والتنفيش مثله.
And fluffy wool, and fluffing is like it.
وانتفشت الهرة وتنفشت، أي ازبأرت.
The cat became agitated and bristled, meaning it became angry.
ونفشت الإبل والغنم تنفش وتنفش نفوشا، أي رعت ليلا بلا راع.
And the camels and sheep grazed at night, grazing at night without a herdsman.
إذ نفشت فيه غنم القوم
When the people's sheep grazed at night therein
وأنفشتها أنا: تركتها ترعى ليلا بلا راع.
And I let them graze at night: I left them to graze at night without a herdsman.
فما لها الليلة من إنفاش
So it has no night grazing tonight.
وهى إبل نفش بالتحريك، ونفاش، ونوافش.
And they are camels that graze at night, and night-grazing animals, and night-grazing animals.
ولا يكون النفش إلا بالليل، والهمل يكون ليلا ونهارا.
And night grazing only occurs at night, while straying can occur day and night.