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ي ن ف

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to be primarily related to proper names and lineage, specifically concerning a king of Himyar and his descendants. It does not seem to have broad semantic extensions into common vocabulary.

Derived headwords

يَنْفُ، بالفتحname
  1. 1.
    King of Himyarclassical

    A king belonging to the Himyarite dynasty.

يُنْكَفname
  1. 1.
    Descendant of Yanfuclassical

    A person whose lineage traces back to Yanfu, mentioned in relation to the root 'nkf'.

Parallel reading

يَنْفُ، بالفتح: ملك لحمير
Yanfu, with the fath (vowel) on the 'ya', is a king of Himyar.
وهو والد ينكف الذي تقدم نسبه في نكف
And he is the father of Yunkuf, whose lineage was previously mentioned under the root 'nkf'.