ن ف ط

Root entry · 37 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns a viscous, flammable substance, often a type of petroleum or tar, used for various purposes including medicinal applications and as fuel. It also extends to related concepts like sores, blisters, and even metaphorical expressions of anger or rapid speech.

Derived headwords

النِّفْطnoun

1.
petroleum, crude oilboth
A viscous, flammable liquid substance found underground, often used as fuel or for medicinal purposes. It is also referred to as tar or a type of bitumen.
2.
tarboth
A dark, viscous liquid obtained from the destructive distillation of wood or coal, used as a sealant or in medicine.
3.
bitumenclassical
A black, viscous, tar-like substance, a form of petroleum.

نَفَطَverb

1.
to blister, to festerboth
Said of a hand or skin that has become sore or calloused due to work, forming blisters filled with fluid.
2.
to boil, to bubbleclassical
Said of a pot that is boiling vigorously and bubbling up.
3.
to get angry, to burn with angerclassical
To become intensely angry, to be consumed by rage.
4.
to make a sound with the noseclassical
Said of a goat that makes a sound with its nose, possibly sniffing or sneezing.
5.
to speak unintelligiblyclassical
To speak in a way that is not understood, perhaps due to anger.
6.
to burst, to popclassical
Said of an anus that has burst or popped, referring to flatulence.

نَفْطnoun

1.
blister, soreboth
A sore or blister that forms on the skin, especially on the hand, due to work or friction.
2.
callusboth
A hardened or thickened part of the skin, especially on the hands, resulting from repeated friction.

نَفِيطnoun

1.
blistering, festeringboth
The act or process of a wound or skin becoming blistered or festering.
2.
boilingclassical
The act of boiling or bubbling, said of a liquid.
3.
angerclassical
The state of being angry or burning with rage.
4.
making a sound with the noseclassical
The act of making a sound with the nose, as a goat might.

النِّفَاطَةnoun

1.
place where petroleum is extractedclassical
A location or site from which petroleum or tar is extracted.
2.
lamp, light sourceboth
A type of lamp or light source that uses petroleum (naft) for illumination.
3.
vessel for burning oilboth
A container, often made of copper, used to hold petroleum and fire for light or other purposes.

النُّفْطَةnoun

1.
smallpox, chickenpoxboth
A type of eruptive disease characterized by pustules or blisters, such as smallpox or chickenpox, particularly in children and livestock.
2.
blisterboth
A small, raised area on the skin containing watery fluid, often caused by friction or burns.

نَفَّطَverb

1.
to cause to blisterboth
To cause a hand or skin to become sore and blistered due to work or friction.

أَنْفَطَverb

1.
to cause to blisterboth
To cause a hand or skin to become sore and blistered due to work or friction.
2.
to expel urine forcefullyclassical
Said of a female animal that expels urine forcefully.

مُنْفَطnoun

1.
blisterclassical
A blister or sore that forms on the skin, especially on the hand, due to work.

نَافِطadjective

1.
expelling urine forcefullyclassical
Said of a female animal that expels urine forcefully.
2.
foaming, frothyclassical
Said of a liquid that is foaming or frothy.

تَنَفَّطَverb

1.
to burn with angerclassical
To become intensely angry, to be consumed by rage.

النَّفَّاطnoun

1.
group of archers with naphthaclassical
A group of archers who use naphtha (flammable liquid) in warfare.

النَّفَّاطَةnoun

1.
group of archers with naphthaclassical
A group of archers who use naphtha (flammable liquid) in warfare.

النِّفْطِيّname

1.
person from Naftaboth
A nisba referring to someone from the town of Nafta in Ifriqiya (modern Tunisia).

النَّفَطَانnoun

1.
coughing soundclassical
A sound resembling a cough, or a puffing sound made when angry.

نَوَافِطnoun

1.
frothy bubblesclassical
Frothy bubbles, especially those that rise to the surface of milk or other liquids.

نَفْطَوَيْهname

1.
nickname of a grammarianclassical
A nickname given to a famous grammarian, Abu Muhammad, who studied under Tha'lab.

مَنْفَطَةname

1.
village nameboth
The name of a village located in the region of Asyut in Upper Egypt.

نَفِيطnoun

1.
bursting, poppingclassical
The act of bursting or popping, particularly referring to flatulence.

نَفْطَةnoun

1.
a person who gets angry quicklyclassical
Someone who becomes angry quickly and whose face reddens with anger.

تَنَافِيطnoun

1.
burning hair from skinclassical
The practice of pulling hair from animal hides and burning it, done during times of hardship.

تَنَافَطَverb

1.
to bubble upclassical
Said of a pot that is bubbling up and throwing off foam, similar to 'tanāfata'.

نَفَطَتْverb

1.
it blisteredboth
Said of a hand or skin that became sore and blistered due to work.

نَفَطَتْverb

1.
it boiledclassical
Said of a pot that boiled vigorously.

نَفَطَverb

1.
to make a soundclassical
Said of a gazelle making a sound, possibly a bleat or cry.

نَفَطَverb

1.
to speak unintelligiblyclassical
To speak in a way that is not understood, possibly due to anger.

نَفَطَتْverb

1.
it burstclassical
Said of an anus that burst or popped, referring to flatulence.

نَافِطَةnoun

1.
a she-goatclassical
A female goat, particularly one that makes a sound with its nose or expels urine forcefully.

عَافِطَةnoun

1.
a eweclassical
A female sheep (ewe), used in a proverb to mean having nothing.

نَافِطَةnoun

1.
a she-goatclassical
A female goat, used in a proverb to mean having nothing.

نَفْطnoun

1.
sneezingclassical
The act of sneezing.

نَفْطnoun

1.
expelling urineclassical
The act of expelling urine forcefully, said of a female animal.

نَفْطnoun

1.
a type of soreclassical
A sore that occurs between the skin and the flesh, filled with water.

نَفَطَتْverb

1.
it sneezedclassical
Said of an animal that sneezed.

نَفَطَتْverb

1.
it expelled urineclassical
Said of a female animal that expelled urine forcefully.

نَفْطَانnoun

1.
coughing soundclassical
A sound resembling a cough, or a puffing sound made when angry.

رَغْوَةٌ نَافِطَةphrase

1.
frothy foamclassical
Foam that is characterized by bubbles, as seen on milk or other liquids.

Parallel reading

كأن بين إبطها والإبط ثوبا من الثوم ثوى في نفط

As if between her armpit and the armpit was a garment of garlic that lay in naphtha.

والكسر أفصح

And the kasra (vowel) is more eloquent.

دهن

Oil/grease.

الذي تطلى به الإبل للجرب والدبر والقردان، وهو دون الكحيل

That with which camels are smeared for mange, sores, and ticks, and it is less potent than al-kuhayl.

النفط عامة القطران

Naft is generally tar.

وأحسنه الأبيض محلل مذيب مفتح للسدد والمغص، قتال للديدان الكائنة في الفرج احتمالا في فرزجة، كما ذكره الأطباء

And its best, the white one, is a dissolver, a solvent, opening blockages and colic, deadly to worms that occur in the vulva, possibly in the labia, as mentioned by physicians.

موضع يستخرج منه النفط

A place from which naphtha is extracted.

ضرب من السرج يستصبح به

A type of saddle with which one seeks light.

ضرب من السرج يرمى بها بالنفط ويخفف فيهما، والتشديد أعرف

A type of saddle that is thrown with naphtha and is lightened in both, and the doubling (of the letter) is more known.

أداة تعمل من النحاس يرمى فيها بالنفط والنار

An instrument made of copper in which naphtha and fire are thrown.

الجدري يكون بالصبيان والغنم

Smallpox that occurs in children and sheep.

بثرة تخرج في اليد من العمل ملأى ماء

A blister that comes out on the hand from work, filled with water.

كف نفيطة، ومنفوطة، ونافطة

A hand that is blistered, has blisters, or is affected by blisters.

منفوطة، ولا وجه له عندي، لأنه من أنفطها العمل

Munfūṭah, and I see no basis for it, because it is from the work causing it to blister.

وقد نفطت يده كفرح نفطا، بالفتح، ونفطا، بالتحريك، ونفيطا، كأمير: قرحت عملا أو مجلت

And his hand became sore as in 'fariḥa', nafṭan (with fatḥa), nafṭan (with taḥrīk), and nafīṭan (as in 'amīr'): it became ulcerated from work or calloused.

وقد أنفطها العمل

And the work caused it to blister.

النفط بالتحريك المجل

Naft (with taḥrīk) is a callus.

هو ما يصيب اليد بين الجلد واللحم

It is what affects the hand between the skin and the flesh.

إذا كان بين الجلد واللحم ماء قيل نفطت تنفط نفطا ونفيطا

If there is water between the skin and the flesh, it is said: 'nafaṭat tanfaṭu nafṭan wa nafīṭan'.

نفط ينفط، أي غضب، أو احترق غضبا، كتنفط

Nafaṭa yanfaṭu, meaning he got angry, or burned with anger, like tanaffaṭa.

وإن فلانا لينفط غضبا، أي يتحرق، مثل ينفت

And indeed, so-and-so is burning with anger, meaning he is consumed by it, like yanfatu.

نفطت العنز نفيطا: نثرت بأنفها

The goat made a sound (nafṭat) with its nose (nafīṭan): it scattered with its nose.

أو عطست

Or it sneezed.

نفطت القدر تنفط نفيطا: غلت، وتبجست، لغة في تنفت

The pot boiled (nafṭat) and bubbled (tanfaṭu nafīṭan): it boiled over and burst forth, a variant of tanfata.

فصارت ترمي بمثل السهام

And it began to throw like arrows.

صوابه الظبي، ينفط نفيطا: صوت

Its correction is 'al-ẓaby' (the gazelle), it makes a sound (yanfaṭu nafīṭan): a sound.

نفط فلان: تكلم بما لا يفهم، كأنه من غضبه

So-and-so spoke unintelligibly (nafaṭa): he spoke what is not understood, as if from his anger.

نفطت استه: فقعت، عن ابن عباد، أي حبقت

His anus burst (nafṭat): it popped, from Ibn 'Abbad, meaning it farted.

ماله عافطة ولا نافطة

He has neither 'āfiṭah nor nāfiṭah (meaning he has nothing).

فقيل: العافطة: الضائنة، والنافطة: الماعزة

And it was said: Al-'āfiṭah is the ewe, and al-nāfiṭah is the she-goat.

أو العافطة: الماعزة إذا عطستن والنافطة إتباع للعافطة، والمعنى: ماله شيء

Or al-'āfiṭah is the she-goat when it sneezes, and al-nāfiṭah is an echo of al-'āfiṭah, and the meaning is: he has nothing.

وقيل: العفط: الضرط. والنفط: العطاس، فالعافطة من دبرها، والنافطة من أنفها

And it was said: Al-'afṭ is flatulence. And al-naft is sneezing, so al-'āfiṭah is from the rear, and al-nāfiṭah is from the nose.

وقيل: النافطة: التي تنفط ببولها، أي تدفعه دفعا

And it was said: Al-nāfiṭah is she who expels her urine forcefully, meaning she pushes it out.

العافطة: النعجة، والنافطة: العنز

Al-'āfiṭah is the ewe, and al-nāfiṭah is the she-goat.

العافطة: الأمة. والنافطة: الشاة

Al-'āfiṭah is the female slave. And al-nāfiṭah is the sheep.

د، بإفريقية، أهلها إباضية متمردون، بينه وبين توزر مرحلة، وإلى قفصة مرحلتان

A town in Ifriqiya, its people are rebellious Ibāḍīs, it is one stage from Tawzar, and two stages from Gafsa.

ومنهم أبو القاسم عبد الرحمن بن محمد بن أحمد النفطي يعرف بابن الصوفي ورحل إلى العراق، فدخل دمشق وأجاز الحافظ أبا القاسم ابن عساكر، ثم رجع إلى بلده

And among them is Abu al-Qasim 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Naftī, known as Ibn al-Ṣūfī, who traveled to Iraq, entered Damascus, and received authorization from al-Ḥāfiẓ Abu al-Qāsim Ibn 'Asākir, then returned to his homeland.

من يغضب سريعا، ويحمر وجهه

One who gets angry quickly, and his face reddens.

أن ينزع شعر الجلد فيلقيه في النار ليؤكل، يفعل ذلك في الجدب وشدة الدهر وعجف المال، قال يونس

To pull the hair from the skin and throw it into the fire to be eaten; this is done in times of drought, hardship, and scarcity of wealth, according to Yunus.

أنفطت العنز ببولها، أي رمت، قال: والناس يقولون: أنفصت، بالصاد

The she-goat expelled urine forcefully (anfaṭat) with its urine, meaning it threw it; he said: And people say 'anfaṣat' (with ṣād).

والقدر تنافط، أي ترمي بالزبد، لغة في تنافت

And the pot bubbles up (tanāfaṭu), meaning it throws off foam, a variant of tanāfata.

بالتشديد: جماعة الرماة بالنفط

(With shadda): A group of archers with naphtha.

خرج النفاطون ومعهم النفاطات

The naphtha-throwers went out, and with them were the naphtha-throwers (or their equipment).

وتنفطت يده من العمل كنفطت

And his hand became blistered from work, like nafaṭat.

شبيه بالسعال، والنفخ عند الغضب

Similar to a cough, and puffing when angry.

وكذلك النفتان، وقد ذكر في موضعه

And likewise al-naftān, which has been mentioned in its place.

ذات نفاطات

Having bubbles.

حلب فيه رغا نوافط

Milk was milked from it, with frothy bubbles.

لا ينفط فيه عناق

No she-goat is avenged for this one.

لقب أبي محمد النحوي المشهور، أخذ عن ثعلب

The title of the famous grammarian Abu Muhammad, who took from Tha'lab.

قرية من أعمال أسيوط بالصعيد

A village from the districts of Asyut in Upper Egypt.