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نفء

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns scattered or isolated patches of vegetation, particularly grass or herbs. It can refer to these patches themselves or the act of being scattered.

Derived headwords

النَّفْأnoun
  1. 1.
    Scattered patches of plantsboth

    Refers to isolated, dispersed sections of vegetation, appearing here and there. It can also describe cohesive meadows that are separated from the main body of pasture.

نفأةnoun
  1. 1.
    A single patch of plantsboth

    The singular form of 'naf'a', referring to one instance of a scattered patch of vegetation.

نَفْءnoun
  1. 1.
    Scattered vegetationclassical

    A term for dispersed vegetation, similar to 'naf'a'. The entry notes it was mentioned by Al-Saghani but without specific definition.

Parallel reading

هي (القطع المتفرقة من النبت) هنا وهنا
It is (the scattered patches of plants) here and there.
أو رياض مجتمعة تنقطع من معظم الكلإ وتربي عليه
Or cohesive meadows that are separated from the main body of pasture and grow upon it.
جادت سواريه وآزر نبته نفأ من الصفراء والزباد
Its streams flowed abundantly, and its plants were nourished by scattered patches of al-safra' and al-zubad.
ورواه ابن بري: من القراص والزباد
And Ibn Barrī narrated it as: from al-qurras and al-zubad.
هما نبتان من العشب
They are two types of grass.