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نفث

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

The root 'نفث' primarily relates to the act of spitting or blowing with a small amount of saliva, often associated with incantations or magical practices. It extends metaphorically to inspiration, casting spells, and even poetic speech, as well as the expulsion of substances like blood or poison.

Derived headwords

نَفَثَ يَنْفِثُverb
  1. 1.
    to spit lightlyboth

    To blow with a little saliva, often in the context of incantations or healing.

  2. 2.
    to blowclassical

    To blow gently, without saliva, as in a light puff of air.

  3. 3.
    to spitboth

    To spit out, to eject saliva from the mouth.

  4. 4.
    to castboth

    To throw or cast something out, like poison or blood.

  5. 5.
    to inspireclassical

    To inspire or instill something, often divinely or magically.

نَفْثٌnoun
  1. 1.
    light spittingboth

    The act of spitting lightly, with or without a little saliva, often used in incantations.

  2. 2.
    inspirationclassical

    Divine inspiration or a spiritual infusion, as in the context of prophecy.

  3. 3.
    magic spellclassical

    A spell or incantation, particularly one involving spitting.

نَفَثَانٌnoun
  1. 1.
    spittingclassical

    The act of spitting, a light expulsion of saliva.

نَفَثَ فِي العُقْدَةِverb
  1. 1.
    to blow into knotsclassical

    To blow into knots, a practice associated with witchcraft and incantations.

نَفَثَ الشَّيْطَانُverb
  1. 1.
    Satan's whisperingclassical

    The act of Satan whispering or inciting evil, specifically referring to poetic verses attributed to him.

نَفَثَ فِي رَوْعِيverb
  1. 1.
    inspired my heartclassical

    To inspire or instill something into one's heart or mind, often divinely.

نَفَثَ السَّمَّverb
  1. 1.
    to spit venomboth

    To expel venom or poison, as a snake does.

نَفَثَ الدَّمَverb
  1. 1.
    to ooze bloodboth

    For a wound to bleed or ooze blood.

نَفَثَ فِي القَدْرِverb
  1. 1.
    to bubbleclassical

    For a pot to bubble or steam, especially at the beginning of boiling.

نَفَّاثَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    expelled matterboth

    What is expelled from the mouth by someone with a chest ailment or sorrow; often refers to phlegm or a sigh.

  2. 2.
    splinter of a siwakclassical

    A small splinter or fragment from a miswak stick that remains in the mouth.

نَفَّاثَاتٌ فِي العُقَدِnoun
  1. 1.
    sorceressesclassical

    Women who practice sorcery, specifically those who blow into knots as part of their spells.

نَفِيْثٌadjective
  1. 1.
    expelledboth

    Something that has been expelled or ejected, such as poison or blood from a wound.

مَنْفُوْثٌadjective
  1. 1.
    bewitchedclassical

    One who has been affected by sorcery or a spell.

نُفَاثَةٌname
  1. 1.
    a tribe nameclassical

    The name of a tribe from the Banu Kinanah.

نُفَاثٌnoun
  1. 1.
    poetryclassical

    Poetry, especially that which is whispered or insinuated, likened to something spat out.

مِئْنَثٌ كَأَنَّهَا نَفَّاثٌadjective
  1. 1.
    prolific in daughtersclassical

    Describing a woman who gives birth to many daughters, likened to the continuous and rapid nature of 'nafth'.

Parallel reading

النفث: شبه النفخ يكون في الرقية ولا ريق معه، فإن كان معه ريق فهو التفل، وهو الأصح
Al-nafth: is like blowing that occurs in incantations without saliva; if there is saliva with it, it is al-tafl, and this is the more correct view.
قال أهل اللغة: النصفث: نفخ لطيف بلا ريق.
The linguists said: Al-nafth is a gentle blowing without saliva.
النفث: إخراج الريح من الفم بقليل من الريق.
Al-nafth: is expelling air from the mouth with a little saliva.
نفثه من فمه نفثا: رمى به.
He spat it from his mouth – nafthan: he threw it.
نفث، إذا بزق، وبعضهم يقول: إذا بزق ولا ريق معه.
Nafatha, if he spat, and some say: if he spat without saliva.
أن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال إن روح القدس نفث في روعي
That the Prophet, peace be upon him, said: 'The Holy Spirit breathed into my heart.'
من همزه ونفثه ونفخه
From his temptation, his whispering, and his puffing.
وأما نفث الشيطان: الشعر.
As for the whispering of Satan: it is poetry.
ومن شر النفاثات فى العقد
And from the evil of the blowers in the knots.
هن السواحر حين ينفثن في العقد بلا ريق.
They are the sorceresses when they blow into the knots without saliva.
لا بد للمصدور أن ينفث
It is inevitable for the one with chest pain to sigh/expel.
وهو ينفث علي غضبا، أي كأنه ينفخ من شدة غضبه.
And he is blowing at me in anger, meaning as if he is puffing from the intensity of his anger.
والقدر تنفث، وذالك في أول غليانها.
And the pot bubbles, and that is at the beginning of its boiling.
مئناث كأنها نفاث
Prolific in daughters, as if she were continuously giving birth.