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ن ف ل

Root entry · 20 derived lemmas

The root ن ف ل (n-f-l) primarily relates to gain, bounty, and extra or voluntary acts. It encompasses concepts like spoils of war, gifts, voluntary religious observances, and additions beyond what is obligatory or original.

Derived headwords

النَّفَلnoun
  1. 1.
    Spoils of warboth

    Refers to the booty or spoils acquired in warfare, particularly those granted to Muslims as a special favor.

  2. 2.
    Gift, bountyboth

    A gift or bounty, often implying something given freely and generously.

  3. 3.
    Herb, plantclassical

    A type of herb or plant, described as having yellow, fragrant flowers and being grazed by birds.

  4. 4.
    Three nights of the monthclassical

    Specifically, the fourth, fifth, and sixth nights of the lunar month, considered an addition to the initial bright nights.

  5. 5.
    Voluntary actboth

    An act performed voluntarily, especially in religious contexts, beyond what is obligatory.

أنفالnoun
  1. 1.
    Spoils of war (pl.)both

    Plural of نَفَل, referring to spoils of war.

نِفالnoun
  1. 1.
    Spoils of war (pl.)both

    Plural of نَفَل, referring to spoils of war.

نَفْلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    A plantclassical

    A single plant of the type described as نَفَل, known for its fragrance.

  2. 2.
    A voluntary actboth

    A single voluntary act or gift.

نَفَّلَverb
  1. 1.
    To give a giftboth

    To give someone a gift or bounty, especially a portion of spoils.

  2. 2.
    To grant spoilsclassical

    For a leader or imam to grant spoils of war to soldiers.

  3. 3.
    To make swearclassical

    To cause someone to swear an oath.

  4. 4.
    To give voluntarilyboth

    To give a voluntary act of kindness or charity.

تَنْفِيلاًnoun
  1. 1.
    Giving a giftboth

    The act of giving a gift or bounty, or granting a portion of spoils.

  2. 2.
    Making someone swearclassical

    The act of causing someone to take an oath.

  3. 3.
    Granting spoilsclassical

    The act of granting spoils to soldiers.

أَنْفَلَverb
  1. 1.
    To give a giftboth

    To give someone a gift or bounty.

  2. 2.
    To grant spoilsclassical

    To grant spoils of war to soldiers.

النَّافِلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Spoils of warboth

    Refers to spoils of war, a bounty or gain.

  2. 2.
    Gift, bountyboth

    A gift or bounty, especially one given freely and generously.

  3. 3.
    Voluntary actboth

    An act performed voluntarily, especially a religious act beyond what is obligatory, like extra prayers.

  4. 4.
    Grandchildclassical

    The child of one's child, considered an addition or bounty beyond the original offspring.

النَّفَلnoun
  1. 1.
    Voluntary actboth

    A voluntary religious act, such as extra prayers.

النَّوْفَلnoun
  1. 1.
    Seaclassical

    A name for the sea.

  2. 2.
    Gift, bountyclassical

    A gift or bounty, likened to the vastness of the sea.

  3. 3.
    Young of predatorsclassical

    A young animal from the cat family or a jackal.

  4. 4.
    Generous manclassical

    A man who is very generous and giving.

  5. 5.
    Young, handsome manclassical

    A young and handsome man.

  6. 6.
    Hardshipclassical

    Difficulty or hardship.

نوفلname
  1. 1.
    Male given nameboth

    A male given name, borne by several companions and scholars.

النَّوْفَلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Head ornamentclassical

    A type of head ornament worn by Arab women, made of wool.

  2. 2.
    Salted foodclassical

    A preparation of salted food.

انْتَفَلَverb
  1. 1.
    To seekclassical

    To seek or request.

  2. 2.
    To disown, denyclassical

    To disown, deny responsibility for, or distance oneself from something or someone.

  3. 3.
  4. 4.
    To make an excuseclassical

    To offer an excuse or apology.

تَنَفَّلَverb
  1. 1.
    To pray voluntary prayersboth

    To perform voluntary acts of worship, such as extra prayers.

  2. 2.
    To take more than one's shareclassical

    To take more than one's allotted share from spoils or gains.

نُفَيْلnoun
  1. 1.
    Nameclassical

    A name, possibly derived from the plant نَفَل.

النَّفْلnoun
  1. 1.
    Coldclassical

    Coldness or a cold condition.

النَّفَلnoun
  1. 1.
    Exile, banishmentclassical

    The act of banishing or expelling.

النَّافِلadjective
  1. 1.
    Exiling, banishingclassical

    One who banishes or expels.

النَّفْلِيَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    Head ornamentclassical

    A type of head ornament worn by Arab women.

  2. 2.
    Hair combing styleclassical

    A particular style of combing or arranging hair.

مُنَفَّلadjective
  1. 1.
    Motivated by spoilsclassical

    Referring to soldiers whose primary motivation for fighting is the acquisition of spoils.

Parallel reading

إن تقوى ربنا خير نفل
Indeed, the piety towards our Lord is the best bounty.
وبإذن الله ريثي والعجل
And by God's permission, my delay and my haste.
وقد علمت فهم عند اللقاء ... بأنهم لك كانوا نفالا
And Fahm knew at the encounter... that they were your spoils.
يسئلونك عن الأنفال
They ask you concerning the spoils of war.
النفل: قت البر تأكله الإبل وتسمن عليه.
Al-Nafal: is wild barley fodder that camels eat and grow fat on.
النفل: ثلاث ليال من الشهر بعد الغرر
Al-Nafal: three nights of the month after the bright ones.
نفل السرايا في البدأة الربع وفي الرجعة الثلث
He granted the detachments a quarter [of the spoils] in the initial engagement and a third upon their return.
لوددت أن بني أمية رضوا ونفلناهم خمسين من بني هاشم يحلفون ما قتلنا عثمان ولا نعلم له قاتلا
I would wish that the Umayyads would be satisfied, and we would give them fifty from the Banu Hashim to swear that we did not kill Uthman, nor do we know his killer.
فانفل، قال: لا أنفل
So swear, he said: I will not swear.
الإمام الجند: جعل لهم ما غنموا
The Imam to the soldiers: he granted them what they gained.
فإن تك أنثى من معد كريمة ... علينا فقد أعطيت نافلة الفضل
If she is a noble female from Ma'add... then you have been given a bounty of favor.
لله نافلة الأجل الأفضل
To God belongs the best and most excellent bounty.
رجل كثير النوافل
A man of many bounties.
فتهجد به نافلة لك
And from [part of] the night, pray the voluntary prayers [Qur'an 17:79].
ووهبنا له إسحاق ويعقوب نافلة
And We granted him Isaac and Jacob as a bounty [Qur'an 21:72].
النوفل: البحر
Al-Nawfal: the sea.
أخو رغائب يعطيها ويسألها ... يأبى الظلامة منه النوفل الزفر
Brother of desires he gives and asks for... the generous, bountiful Al-Nawfal refuses injustice from him.
غياث المضوع رئاب الصدوع ... لأمتك الزفر النوفل
A rescuer of the distressed, a healer of the broken... for your people, the generous, bountiful one.
لا تغرن امرأ نوفلية ... على الرأس بعدي والترائب وضح
Let not a 'Nawfaliyyah' deceive a man... on my head after me, and the collarbones are clear.
رجاء أن أنفل أو أزدادا
Hoping to gain [fodder] or increase [my herd].
الإنفال: أخذ الفأس لقطع القتاد لإبله
Al-Infal: taking the axe to cut the thorny branches for his camels.
إن فلانا انتفل من ولده
So-and-so has disowned his child.
لا تلفنا عن دماء القوم ننتفل
You will not find us distancing ourselves from the blood of the people.
نفله فنفل، أي: حلفه فحلف
He made him swear, and he swore; meaning, he caused him to swear, and he swore.
نفلت عن فلان ما قيل فيه تنفيلا
You defended him from what was said about him.
أخذ من النفل أكثر
He took more from the spoils.
إياكم والخيل المنفلة
Beware of the horses motivated by spoils.