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نفطر

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily discusses scattered vegetation, particularly the early growth of the spring rains. It also touches upon the concept of nightfall and, in a less common usage, refers to flowers.

Derived headwords

النَّفَاطِيرُnoun
  1. 1.
    Scattered vegetationclassical

    Scattered herbage in different parts of the earth. It specifically refers to the first plants that appear after the spring rains.

أَطْفَلَverb
  1. 1.
    To become darkclassical

    Referring to the night, it means to become dark or to fall.

التَّفَاطِيرُnoun
  1. 1.
    Flowersclassical

    Flowers, with the singular being 'nafṭūrah'. The 'n' is considered extra.

نَفْطُورَةnoun
  1. 1.
    A flowerclassical

    The singular form of 'al-tafāṭīr', referring to a flower. The 'n' is considered extra.

Parallel reading

الكلأ المتفرق في مواضع من الأرض مختلفة
Scattered herbage in different parts of the earth.
أول نبات الوسمي
The first plants of the spring rains.
طباهن حتى أطفل الليل دونها نفاطير وسمي رواء جذورها
He lured them until the night fell upon them, with scattered spring plants whose roots were lush.
أي دعاهن نفاطير وسمي
Meaning he called them scattered spring plants.
أطفل الليل: أظلم
And 'aṭfala al-layl' means: it became dark.
النفاطير من النبات
The scattered plants are from the vegetation.
التفاطير بالتاء: النور
And 'al-tafāṭīr' with the 't' means: the flowers.
الواحدة نفطورة، بالضم، والنون زائدة
The singular is 'nafṭūrah', with the 'ḍammah', and the 'n' is extra.