نفو

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

The root نفو (n-f-w) primarily concerns the concept of removal, expulsion, or pushing away. This extends to ideas of banishment, rejection, and things being cast off or blown away. It also encompasses meanings related to denial, refutation, and the remnants or refuse of something.

Derived headwords

نَفَى، يَنْفِي، نَفْيٌverb

1.
to banish, exileboth
To expel someone from a place, often as a form of punishment or exile.
2.
to deny, refuteboth
To reject a statement or claim as false; to negate.
3.
to push away, repelboth
To move something away forcefully, or to cause it to be repelled.
4.
to blow away, scatterboth
Used for wind or water scattering light objects or dust.

أو {ينفوا من الأرض} — or {they are exiled from the land}

ونفي الزاني الذي لم يحصن: أن ينفى من بلده الذي هو به إلى بلد آخر سنة — And the banishment of an unmarried adulterer is that he is exiled from his city to another city for a year

نَفْيٌnoun

1.
exile, banishmentboth
The act or state of being banished or exiled.
2.
denial, refutationboth
The act of denying or refuting something.
3.
what is expelledclassical
Refers to things expelled by boiling, wind, or water.
4.
foam, sprayclassical
What is splashed from water, especially from a rope when drawing water from a well.
5.
shieldclassical
A shield made from palm leaves.
6.
remnants, refuseclassical
The bad or remaining part of something.
7.
threat, warningclassical
A threat or warning given to someone.

المدينة كالكير تنفي خبثها — The city is like a furnace, expelling its impurities

ما جفأت به القدر عند الغليان — what the pot expels when boiling

ما تطاير من الماء عن الرشاء عند الاستقاء — what flies off the rope from the water when drawing

ما نفته الحوافر من حصى وغيرها في السير — what the hooves kick up of pebbles and other things while walking

ترس يعمل من خوص — a shield made from palm leaves

ما تنفيه الريح في أصول الشجر من التراب — what the wind blows away at the base of trees

أتانا نفيكم — they brought us your threat

نَفْيَانٌnoun

1.
what is blown awayclassical
What the wind blows away, especially dust or sand at the base of trees or walls.
2.
part of an armyclassical
Figuratively refers to the vanguard or fringe of an army.
3.
rain, drizzleclassical
The initial light rain or drizzle from a cloud.

ما تنفيه الريح في أصول الشجر من التراب — what the wind blows away at the base of trees

ما يتطرف من معظم الجيش — what is at the fringe of the main army

ينفي أول شيء رشا أو بردا — it blows away the first bit of rain or hail

انْتَفَى، يَنْتَفِي، انْتِفَاءٌverb

1.
to withdraw, move awayboth
To move oneself away from a place or situation; to recede.
2.
to be expelled, cast offclassical
To be removed or cast off, often as a result of being pushed away.
3.
to disown, deny parentageclassical
To deny someone as one's child.
4.
to refuse, disdainclassical
To reject something out of pride or disdain.

تنحى — to move away

نفى شعر فلان ينفي إذا ثار واشعان وشعث وتساقط — a person's hair becomes disheveled, scattered, and falls out

نفاه أبوه عن أن يكون له ولدا — his father disowned him as his child

انتفى منه: تبرأ وأيضا رغب عنه أنفا واستنكافا — to disown him, and also to turn away from him in pride and disdain

نَفَاةٌnoun

1.
remnants, refuseclassical
The bad or remaining part of something, especially food.

نُفَاةٌnoun

1.
remnants, refuseclassical
The bad or remaining part of something.

نَفَايَةٌnoun

1.
remnants, refuseclassical
The bad or remaining part of something.

نَفَاتَةٌnoun

1.
remnants, refuseclassical
The bad or remaining part of something.

نَفْوَةٌnoun

1.
remnants, refuseclassical
The bad or remaining part of something.

نَفْوَةٌnoun

1.
what is expelledclassical
What is expelled by boiling, wind, or water.

نَفْيَةٌnoun

1.
what is expelledclassical
What is expelled by boiling, wind, or water.
2.
tray, platterclassical
A wide, round tray made of palm leaves, used for serving food like cheese.

سفرة من خوص شبه الطبق عريض مدور واسع يشر عليها الأقط — a tray of palm leaves, like a wide, round platter on which cheese is spread

أرسلني أبي إلى ابن عمر فقلت له: إن أبي أرسلني إليك تكتب إلى عاملك بخيبر يصنع لنا نفيتين نشرر عليهما الأقط — My father sent me to Ibn Umar, and I said to him: My father sent me to you to write to your agent in Khaybar to make us two trays on which we can spread cheese

نَفِيٌّnoun

1.
what is expelledclassical
What is expelled by boiling, wind, or water.

مَنْفِيٌّadjective

1.
exiled, banishedboth
Someone who has been expelled or banished from their homeland or city.
2.
denied, negatedboth
Something that has been denied or refuted.

المطرود — the banished one

مَنَافٍnoun

1.
exiled peopleclassical
Plural of 'manfiyy', referring to banished individuals.

نَفِيٌّnoun

1.
rain, drizzleclassical
What the wind blows and sprinkles, referring to rain.

ما تنفيه الريح وترشه — what the wind blows and sprinkles

Parallel reading

أو {ينفوا من الأرض}

or {they are exiled from the land}

أي يطردوا

meaning they are expelled

وقيل معناه يقاتلون حيث توجهوا منها

and it was said its meaning is they fight wherever they turn within it

ونفي الزاني الذي لم يحصن: أن ينفى من بلده الذي هو به إلى بلد آخر سنة، وهو التغريب الذي جاء في الحديث.

And the banishment of an unmarried adulterer is that he is exiled from his city to another city for a year, which is the expatriation mentioned in the hadith.

وفي الحديث: (المدينة كالكير تنفي خبثها)، أي تخرجه عنها.

And in the hadith: (The city is like a furnace, expelling its impurities), meaning it expels them from it.

فأصبح جاراكم قتيلا ونافيا أصم فزادوا في مسامعه وقرا

So your neighbor became a slain man, and a deaf one who expels, and they increased deafness in his hearing

ومن هذا يقال:! نفى شعر فلان ينفي إذا ثار واشعان وشعث وتساقط.

And from this it is said: a person's hair 'nafiy' if it becomes disheveled, scattered, and falls out.

وانتفى: تنحى، وهو مطاوع نفاه إذا نحاه وطرده.

And 'intafā': to move away, and it is the passive of 'nafāhu' if he moved him away and expelled him.

ونفى السيل الغثاء: حمله ودفعه

And the flood 'nafā' the debris: it carried and pushed it

ونفى الشيء نفيا: جحده

And 'nafā' the thing, 'nafyan': he denied it

ونفى الأب الابن يقال: ابن نفي، كغني إذا نفاه أبوه عن أن يكون له ولدا.

And the father 'nafā' the son; it is said: a 'nafiyy' son, like 'ghaniyy', if his father disowned him as his child.

ونفت الريح التراب نفيا ونفيانا، بفتحهما، أطارته.

And the wind 'nafat' the dust, 'nafyan' and 'nafayānan', with both open, it made it fly.

نفي الدراهم تنقاد الصياريف

sifting dirhams, which the money changers handle

ونفت السحابة ماءها نفيا: مجته، أي صبته ودفعته.

And the cloud 'nafat' its water, 'nafyan': it squeezed it out, meaning it poured it and pushed it out.

النفي، كغني: ما جفأت به القدر عند الغليان.

An-nafiyy, like 'ghaniyy': what the pot expels when boiling.

النفي أيضا: ما تطاير من الماء عن الرشاء عند الاستقاء كالنثي.

An-nafiyy also: what flies off the rope from the water when drawing, like an-nathiyy.

كأن متنيه من النفي مواقع الطير على الصفي

as if its two sides were from the spray like birds' droppings on the smooth rock

ونفي الماء: ما انتضح منه إذا نزع من البئر.

And nafiyy al-mā': what splashes from it when it is drawn from the well.

النفي أيضا: ما نفته الحوافر من حصى وغيرها في السير.

An-nafiyy also: what the hooves kick up of pebbles and other things while walking.

ترس يعمل من خوص.

a shield made from palm leaves.

ما تنفيه الريح في أصول الشجر من التراب

what the wind blows away at the base of trees

كالنفيان، محركة

like an-nafayān, with harakah

وحرب يضج القوم من نفيانها ضجيج الجمال الجلة الدبرات

And a war from which people cry out due to its vanguard, like the clamor of heavily laden, lame camels

أتانا نفيكم: أي وعيدكم الذي توعدوننا

Your threat came to us: meaning your warning which you threaten us with

ونفاية الشيء، كسحابة وهي اللغة المشهورة، ونفاته ونفوته ونفيه، كغني، ونفاؤه، بفتحهن؛ إلا أن الصاغاني ضبط النفوة بالكسر خاصة؛ ونفاته، بالضم، رديئه وبقيته

And nufāyat ash-shay', like saḥābah, and this is the famous pronunciation, and nufātuhu, nufūtuhu, and nufiyuhu, like ghaniyy, and nufā'uhu, with their vowels open; except that As-Saghani specifically vocalized an-nafwah with kasr; and nufātuhu, with dammah, its bad part and its remainder

والنفية، بالفتح، والنفية، كغنية: سفرة من خوص شبه الطبق عريض مدور واسع يشر عليها الأقط

And an-nafiyyah, with fatha, and an-nafiyyah, like ghaniyyah: a tray of palm leaves, like a wide, round platter on which cheese is spread

أرسلني أبي إلى ابن عمر فقلت له: إن أبي أرسلني إليك تكتب إلى عاملك بخيبر يصنع لنا نفيتين نشرر عليهما الأقط، فأمر قيمه لنا بذلك

My father sent me to Ibn Umar, and I said to him: My father sent me to you to write to your agent in Khaybar to make us two trays on which we can spread cheese, so he ordered his steward to do that for us

انتفى شعر الإنسان: إذا تساقط.

A person's hair 'intafā': if it falls out.

ونفيان السيل، بالتحريك: ما فاض من مجتمعه

And nafayān of the flood, with harakah: what overflows from its gathering place

وانتفى منه: تبرأ وأيضا رغب عنه أنفا واستنكافا.

And 'intafā' from him: to disown him, and also to turn away from him in pride and disdain.

ويقال، هذا ينافي ذلك، وهما يتنافيان.

And it is said, this contradicts that, and they are contradictory.

والمنفي. المطرود، والجمع المنافي.

And al-manfiyy. The banished one, and the plural is al-manāfiyy.

ونفي المطر، كغني: ما تنفيه الريح وترشه

And nafiyy al-maṭar, like ghaniyy: what the wind blows and sprinkles

والنفيان، محركة: السحاب ينفي أول شيء رشا أو بردا

And an-nafayān, with harakah: the cloud that blows away the first bit of rain or hail

والطائر ينفي بجناحيه نفيانا كما تنفي السحابة الرش والبرد.

And the bird flaps its wings 'nafayānan' just as the cloud sprinkles rain and hail.

والنفيان أيضا: ما وقع عن الرشاء من الماء على ظهر المستقي.

And an-nafayān also: what falls from the rope of water onto the back of the water-carrier.

النفية والنفوة، أي بكسرهما، وهما الاسم لنفي الشيء إذا نفيته.

An-nafiyyah and an-nafwah, meaning with their kasr, and they are the name for expelling something when you expel it.

والنفوة، بالكسر، والنفية أيضا: كل ما نفيت.

And an-nafwah, with kasr, and an-nafiyyah also: everything you have expelled.

يقال للدائرة التي في قصاص الشعر: النافية، وقصاص الشعر مقدمه.

It is said about the circle in the forelock of hair: an-nāfiyah, and the forelock of hair is its front.

نفيت الشيء أنفيه نفاية ونفيا إذا رددته، وكل ما رددته فقد نفيته.

I 'nafaytu' the thing, 'anfīhi', 'nafāyah' and 'nafyan' if I rejected it, and everything you reject, you have 'nafaytu' it.

ما حربت عليه نفية في كلامه: أي سقطة وفضيحة.

He did not commit 'nafiyyah' against him in his speech: meaning a slip or a disgrace.

ونفي الرحى: لما ترامت من الطحين.

And nafiyy ar-raḥā: what is thrown from the flour.

وانتفى الشجر من الوادي: ذهب.

And the trees 'intafā' from the valley: they went.

هو من نفايات القوم ونفاتهم: أي رذا لهم، وهو مجاز.

He is from the refuse of the people and their refuse: meaning their bad ones, and this is metaphorical.

ونفيا، بالكسر: قرية بمصر من أعمال الغربية وقد دخلتها مرارا.

And Nafyā, with kasr: a village in Egypt in the province of Al-Gharbiyyah, and I have entered it several times.

والمنفية: بلدة مشهورة بساحل بحر الزنج، عن ياقوت.

And Al-Manfiyyah: a famous town on the coast of the Zanj Sea, according to Yaqut.