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نشف

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of drying, absorbing, or soaking up liquids. It extends to describe the state of something being dry or absorbent, and also refers to specific types of stones and foam.

Derived headwords

نَشِفَverb
  1. 1.
    it absorbed itboth

    it absorbed it

  2. 2.
    when it absorbs waterboth

    when it absorbs water

نَشَفَverb
  1. 1.
    it absorbed itboth

    it absorbed it

  2. 2.
    when it absorbs waterboth

    when it absorbs water

نَشْفnoun
  1. 1.
    it absorbed itboth

    it absorbed it

  2. 2.
    when it absorbs waterboth

    when it absorbs water

نَشِفَةadjective
  1. 1.
    absorbentclassical

    Describing land that is very absorbent of water.

نَشْفnoun
  1. 1.
    it absorbed itboth

    it absorbed it

  2. 2.
    when it absorbs waterboth

    when it absorbs water

نَشْفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    lava stoneclassical

    A single stone from a lava field, used for rubbing the feet.

نَشَّافَةnoun
  1. 1.
    foam on milkclassical

    The froth or foam that rises to the top of milk when it is milked.

انْتَشَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to drink upclassical

    To drink up or absorb something, particularly the foam from milk.

تَنْشِيفnoun
  1. 1.
    foamingclassical

    The process of producing foam or froth, especially in relation to milk.

Parallel reading

نَشِفَ الثوبُ العَرَقَ
The garment dried the sweat.
نَشَفَ الحَوْضُ الماءَ
The basin absorbed the water.
نَشَفَهُ نَشْفاً
It absorbed it, an absorption.
أرضٌ نَشِفَةٌ بَيِّنَةُ النَّشَفِ بالتحريكِ
An absorbent land, clearly absorbent when agitated.
إذا كانت تَنْشِفُ الماءَ
If it absorbs water.
النَّشْفُ أيضاً: حجارةُ الحَرَّةِ
And al-nashf also: stones of the lava field.
وهي سودٌ كأنها مُحْتَرِقَةٌ
And they are black as if burnt.
والنَّشْفُ بالتسكينِ: لغةٌ فيهِ
And al-nashf (with sukun) is a variant pronunciation for it.
الواحدةُ نَشْفَةٌ
The singular is nashfah.
هي التي تَدْلُكُ بها الأَرْجُلَ
It is what you rub your feet with.
طوبى لمن كانت لهُ هَرْشَفَةٌ ونَشْفَةٌ يَمْلأُ منها كَفَّهُ
Blessed is he who has a cup and a stone with which he fills his palm.
النشَّافَةُ: الرَّغْوَةُ التي تَعْلُو اللبنَ إذا حُلِبَ
Al-nashshafah: the foam that rises on milk when it is milked.
وقد انْتَشَفْتُها، إذا شَرِبْتَها
And you have drunk it up, meaning you drank it.
ويقولُ الصبيُّ: أَنْشِفْني، أي أعطني النَّشَّافَةَ أشربُها
And the child says: 'Anshifni', meaning give me the foam to drink.
أمْسَتْ إبلُكم تَنْشِفُ وترغي، أي لها نَشَّافَةٌ ورَغْوَةٌ من التَّنْشِيفِ والرَّغْوِيَةِ
Your camels were foaming and frothing, meaning they had foam and froth from the foaming and frothing.