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ندف
Root entry · 5 derived lemmasThis root primarily relates to the act of plucking, fluffing, or separating fibers, especially from cotton. It extends to descriptions of rapid movement, like a horse's gait, and the falling of snow.
Derived headwords
نَدَفَverb
- 1.he carded the cotton, meaning he beat it with the carding toolboth
he carded the cotton, meaning he beat it with the carding tool
المندفnoun
- 1.cotton carderboth
A tool used for striking and fluffing cotton fibers.
مندوفadjective
- 1.plucked, fluffedboth
Describing cotton that has been processed and fluffed.
فما ينفك يؤتى بمزهر مندوف — and he was continually brought a lute with plucked strings
ندفnoun
- 1.he carded the cotton, meaning he beat it with the carding toolboth
he carded the cotton, meaning he beat it with the carding tool
والدابة تندف في سيرها ندفا — and the animal moves rapidly in its gait
النذيفnoun
- 1.plucked cottonboth
Cotton that has been processed and fluffed.
Parallel reading
ندف القطن : ضربه بالمندف.
To pluck cotton: to strike it with the mandaf.
وربما استعير في غيره.
And it may be metaphorically used for other things.
قال الأعشى: جالس عنده الندامى فما ينفك يؤتى بمزهر مندوف
Al-A'sha said: He sat with companions, and he was continually brought a lute with plucked strings.
وندفت السماء بالثلج، أي رمت به.
And the sky 'plucked' with snow, meaning it threw snow.
والدابة تندف في سيرها ندفا، وهو سرعة رجع يديها.
And the animal moves rapidly in its gait, which is the quick return of its forelegs.
والنذيف: القطن المندوف.
And the nathing: the plucked cotton.