ن ف ن ف

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes open, airy spaces, particularly those with a significant drop or depth. It extends to describe steep or sheer geological formations and, metaphorically, distant or remote things.

Derived headwords

النَّفْنَفnoun

1.
open spaceboth
An open, airy space, often with a significant drop or depth.
2.
airclassical
The air or atmosphere, especially in an open expanse.

نَفِيفnoun

1.
dropboth
A significant drop or fall, especially between two elevated points.
2.
chasmclassical
A deep gorge or chasm, particularly between mountains.

نَفْنَفverb

1.
to be steepclassical
Describing a steep or sheer geological formation, like a wall or cliff.
2.
to fallclassical
To fall or drop from a height, as from the lip of a well to its bottom.

نَفْنَفnoun

1.
steep placeclassical
A steep or sheer place, such as a cliff face or the side of a mountain.
2.
well depthclassical
The distance from the lip of a well to its bottom.
3.
height differenceclassical
The space between a high point and a low point, like between a wall's top and bottom, or between the sky and the earth.

نَفَانِفnoun

1.
mountain slopesclassical
The slopes of a mountain that rise and fall, characterized by being rough and barren.
2.
sides of a placeclassical
The sides or peripheries of a place, such as a house or the liver.

نَفْنَانadjective

1.
distantclassical
Far away or remote.

نَفْنُوفnoun

1.
chasmclassical
A chasm or deep drop between two mountains, used colloquially.

Parallel reading

هو الهواء زاد غيره: بين الشيئين وكل مهوى بين جبلين نفيف

It is the air, and others added: between two things, and every drop between two mountains is 'nafīf'.

على سورة حتى كأن عزيزها ... ترامى به من بين نيقين نفيف

So high that its proud one seemed ... to be thrown from between two peaks into a deep drop.

ترمى المردى نفنفا فنفنفا

The one who throws the fallen is thrown into a steep place, repeatedly.

وصقع الجبل الذي كأنه جدار مبني مستو: نفنف

And the flat, level surface of a mountain that resembles a built wall is 'nafnaf'.

ومن شفة الركية إلى قعرها نفنف

And from the lip of the well to its bottom is a 'nafnaf' (depth).

النفنف أعلى البئر إلى الأسفل

The 'nafnaf' is the upper part of the well down to the bottom.

والنفنف أيضا: أسناد الجبل التي تعلوه منها وتهبط منها فتلك نفانف، ولا تنبت النفانف شيئا لأنها خشنة غليظة بعيدة من الأرض

And the 'nafānif' are also the mountain slopes that rise from them and descend from them; those are 'nafānif', and the 'nafānif' do not grow anything because they are rough, coarse, and far from the ground.

النفنف: ما بين أعلى الحائط إلى أسفل، وبين السماء والأرض

The 'nafnaf' is what is between the top of the wall and the bottom, and between the sky and the earth.

كل شيء بينه وبين الأرض مهوى فهو نفيف

Everything that has a drop between it and the ground is 'nafīf'.

ترى قرطها من حرة الليث مشرفا ... على هلك في نفيف يتطوح

You see her earring from the lioness's heat, towering ... over destruction, swaying in a deep drop.

وظل للأعيس المزجي نواهضه ... في نفنف اللوح تصويب وتصعيد

And a shadow for the one guiding the camels, its humps ... in the open expanse of the plain, descending and ascending.

عفا برد من أم عمر وفنفنف

Bard from Umm 'Amr has become desolate, and 'Fanfanf' (a place).

إذا علونا نفنفا فنفنفا

When we ascended an open expanse, then another open expanse.

نفانف الدار والكبد: نواحيهما

The 'nafānif' of the house and the liver are their sides.

النفناف: البعيد

The 'nafānāf' is the distant one.

والنفنوف: مهوى بين الجبلين، عامية

And the 'nafānūf' is a drop between two mountains, colloquial.