ن صف

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to sifting, separating, and purifying substances, often through sieving. It also extends to meanings of biting, leaving a mark, and the resulting abrasion or dust, as well as the act of striking or a forceful impact.

Derived headwords

نَسَفَverb

1.
to siftboth
To sift or sieve something, separating the fine from the coarse.
2.
to biteclassical
To bite an animal, particularly a female donkey (atan) with the mouth, leaving a mark.
3.
to strikeclassical
To strike with a foot, like a camel striking with its leg.
4.
to overflowclassical
For a vessel to overflow.
5.
to stabclassical
To stab or thrust, similar to 'naz'a'.

نسف الحمار الأتان بفيه، ينسفها نسفا ومنسفا — The donkey bit the female donkey with its mouth, biting her, leaving a mark.

نَسِيفnoun

1.
sieved materialclassical
That which has been sifted or separated.
2.
mark of a biteclassical
A mark left by a bite, or a slight abrasion and loss of hair.
3.
mark of runningclassical
The mark left by a person's running alongside a camel, causing the hair to rub off.

ترك فيها نسيفا — leaving in it a mark from a bite, or a slight abrasion and loss of hair.

نَسِيفَةnoun

1.
sieved materialclassical
That which has been sifted or separated.

نَسْفnoun

1.
siftingboth
The act of sifting or purifying, separating the good from the bad.
2.
bite markclassical
The mark left by a bite.
3.
strikingclassical
The act of striking with a foot.
4.
stabbingclassical
The act of stabbing or thrusting.

والنسف: تنقية الجيد من الرديء — And sifting: purifying the good from the bad.

مِنْسَفnoun

1.
sieveclassical
A sieve or winnowing basket used for sifting.
2.
mark on the backclassical
A mark or abrasion on one's back, similar to 'madrib'.

والمنسفة: الغربال — And the minsafa: the sieve.

وما في ظهره منسف — And what is on his back is a mark (like a place to strike).

مِنْسَافَةnoun

1.
sieveclassical
A sieve or winnowing basket used for sifting.

والمنسفة: الغربال — And the minsafa: the sieve.

اِنْتَسَفُواverb

1.
to concealclassical
To conceal or reduce speech among themselves.

وانتصفوا الكلام بينهم: أخفوه وقللوه — And they concealed the speech between them: they hid it and reduced it.

نَسَّافَةnoun

1.
dustclassical
The dust that rises from the earth.

النسافة، بالضم: ما يثور من غبار الأرض — The nasafa, with damma: what rises of the dust of the earth.

Parallel reading

حتي جنبيه.

until his sides.

ونسف الشيء، وهو نسيف: غربله.

And to sift a thing, and it is naseef: to sieve it.

والنسف: تنقية الجيد من الرديء.

And sifting: purifying the good from the bad.

ويقال: اعزل النسافة، وكل من الخالص.

And it is said: separate the sieved material, and all of the pure.

والمنسفة: الغربال.

And the minsafa: the sieve.

وانتصفوا الكلام بينهم: أخفوه وقللوه.

And they concealed the speech between them: they hid it and reduced it.

ونسف الحمار الأتان بفيه، ينسفها نسفا ومنسفا، ومنسفا: عضها فترك فيها أثرا، الأخيرة كمرجع من قوله تعالى: إلى الله مرجعكم وترك فيها نسيفا: أي أثرا من عضة، أو انحصاص وبر.

And the donkey bit the female donkey with its mouth, biting her, leaving a mark, the latter like 'marji'' from the saying of God Almighty: 'To God is your return', and leaving in it a naseef: meaning a mark from a bite, or a slight abrasion of hair.

والنسيف: أثر ركض الرجل بجنبي البعير إذا انحص عنه الوبر، يقال: اتخذ فلان في جنب ناقته نسيفا: إذا انجرد وبر مركضيه برجليه.

And the naseef: the mark of a person running alongside a camel when its hair is rubbed off; it is said: 'So-and-so made a naseef on the side of his she-camel': meaning the hair of its flanks was scraped off by his legs.

وما في ظهره منسف، كقولك: ما في ظهره مضرب.

And what is on his back is a minsaf, like your saying: 'What is on his back is a place to strike'.

ونسف البعير برجله نسفا: ضرب بها قدما.

And the camel struck with its leg, nasfan: it struck a foot with it.

ونسف الإناء، ينسف: فاض.

And the vessel overflowed, yansifu: it overflowed.

والنسف: الطعن، مثل النزع.

And nasf: the stabbing, like naz'.

والنسافة، بالضم: ما يثور من غبار الأرض، قاله الراغب.

And the nasafa, with damma: what rises of the dust of the earth, said Al-Raghib.