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1. ⇒ نفح

نَفَحَ, aor. ـَ {يَنْفَحُ}, (Ṣ, L, Ḳ,) inf. n. نَفْحٌ (L, Ḳ) and نُفُوحٌ (L) and نُفَاحٌ and نَفَحَانٌ, (Ḳ,) It (perfume) diffused its odour. (Ṣ, L, Ḳ.)

Root: نفح - Entry: 1. Signification: A2

نَفَحَتِ الرِّيحُ, (Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ,) aor. ـُ {يَنْفُحُ}, inf. n. نَفْحٌ, (Mṣb,)The wind blew: (Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ:) or blew gently; began to be in a state of commotion: (A:) نَفَحَتْ and لَفَحَتْ are syn., except that the effect of النَّفْح is greater than that of اللَّفْح: (Zj:) or, accord. to Aṣ, (Ṣ,) or IAạr, (TA,) نَفْحٌ relates to a cold, or cool, wind; and لَفْحٌ, to a hot wind: (Ṣ, TA.) [but see نَفْحَةٌ].

Root: نفح - Entry: 1. Signification: A3

نَفَحَتْهُ الجنوب بِبَرْدِهَاThe south wind blew upon it with its cold, or coolness. (IB.)

Root: نفح - Entry: 1. Signification: A4

نَفَحَ العِرْقَ, (aor. ـَ {يَنْفَحُ}, inf. n. نَفْحٌ, Ṣ,)The vein ejected, or spirted forth, blood. (Ṣ, Ḳ.) And in like manner, نَفَحَتِ الطَّعْنَةُ بِالدَّمِThe stab ejected, or spirted forth, blood. (TA.)

Root: نفح - Entry: 1. Signification: A5

نَفَحَ اللَّبَنَ نَفْحَةَHe churned the milk once. (A.)

Root: نفح - Entry: 1. Dissociation: B

نَفَحَهُ بالسَّيْفِHe struck him, or it, lightly, or slightly, with the sword: (A:) he reached, or hit, him, or it, (تَنَاوَلَهُ,) with the sword (Ṣ, L, Ḳ) from a distance, (Ṣ, L,) by a side-blow, شَزْرًا. (L.)

Root: نفح - Entry: 1. Signification: B2

نَفَحَ, inf. n. نَفْحٌ, He struck, smote, or beat. (L.) See 3.

Root: نفح - Entry: 1. Signification: B3

نَفَحَ, inf. n. نَفْحٌ, He threw, or cast. (L.)

Root: نفح - Entry: 1. Signification: B4

نَفَحَ شَيْئًاHe thrust, or pushed, or repelled, a thing from him. (L.)

Root: نفح - Entry: 1. Signification: B5

نَفَحَتِ الدَّابَّةُ, aor. ـَ {يَنْفَحُ}, inf. n. نَفْحٌ, The horse, or the like, kicked, or struck, with its hind leg: (L:) or, with its hoof: (Mṣb:) or, with the extremity of its hoof: النَّفْحُ is said to be with one hind leg: and الرَّمْحُ, with both hind legs together. (L.) نَفَحَتِ النَّاقَةُ The she-camel struck, or kicked, with her hind leg. (Ṣ.) أَبْطَلَ نَفْحَ الدَّابَّةِ He made the kicking of the horse, or the like, with its hind leg, to be of no account; not to require anything to be paid by its owner. (L.) [See 3 in art. عقب.]

Root: نفح - Entry: 1. Dissociation: C

نَفَحَهُ بِشَىْءٍ, (inf. n. نَفْحٌ, Mṣb,)He gave him a thing. (Ṣ, Ḳ.)

Root: نفح - Entry: 1. Signification: C2

نَفَحَهُ نَفْحَةً[He gave him a gift; or conferred upon him a favour]. (Ṣ.) [See an ex. voce عَرَبَة.]


3. ⇒ نافح

نَافَحُوهُمْ (inf. n. مُنَافَحَةٌ, TA)They contended with them with swords face to face; or encountered them in war face to face, having before their faces neither shields nor anything else; syn. كَافَحُوهُمْ: (Ṣ, Ḳ:) originally signifying they approached them in fight so near that the breath of each party reached the other (TA.)

Root: نفح - Entry: 3. Signification: A2

نافحهُHe contended with him. (Ḳ.)

Root: نفح - Entry: 3. Signification: A3

نافح عَنْهُ; (Ṣ, A;) andنَفَحَ↓ عَنْهُ, (A,) inf. n. نَفْحٌ. (IAạr;)He contended for him, or in defence of him; (Ṣ;) repelled from him, and defended him: (IAạr, A:) as also ناضح. (TA.)


نَفْحَةٌ

نَفْحَةٌ An odour, whether good or bad: or a plenteous odour; differing from نَفْخَةٌ, which is a slight odour: (AḤn, in L, art. نفخ:) pl. نَفَحَاتٌ. (L.) You say لَهُ نَفْحَةٌ طَيِّبَةٌ, (Ṣ, L.) and خَبِيثَةٌ, (L,) It has a good, or sweet, and a bad, or foul, odour. (L.)

Root: نفح - Entry: نَفْحَةٌ Signification: A2

نَفْحَةٌA blast, or breath, of wind. (Ḳ.)

Root: نفح - Entry: نَفْحَةٌ Signification: A3

نَفْحَةٌ مِنَ الصَّبَاA pleasant and fragrant blast of the east wind. And نفحةٌ مِنْ سَمُومٍA grievous blast of hot wind. (AHeyth.)

Root: نفح - Entry: نَفْحَةٌ Signification: A4

نَفْحَةٌ مِنَ العَذَابِA part, or portion, of punishment: (Ṣ, Ḳ:) or a grievous blast of punishment: (AHeyth:) or a most violent infliction of punishment. (L.)

Root: نفح - Entry: نَفْحَةٌ Signification: A5

نَفْحَةٌ الدَّمِThe first gush of blood from a wound. (Khálid Ibn-Jembeh, L.)

Root: نفح - Entry: نَفْحَةٌ Signification: A6

نَفْحَةٌA single churning (مَحْضَةٌ so in the A and TA: in. the CK and a MṢ copy of the Ḳ. مَحْضَة, with ح unpointed:) of milk. (A, Ḳ.)

Root: نفح - Entry: نَفْحَةٌ Signification: A7

[See 1.]

Root: نفح - Entry: نَفْحَةٌ Signification: A8

نَفْحةٌA gift: (Mṣb:) [pl. نَفَحَاتٌ].

Root: نفح - Entry: نَفْحَةٌ Signification: A9

لا تَزَالُ لِفُلَان نَفَحَاتٌ منَ المَعْرُوفِ (Ṣ, L) There cease not to be attributable to such a one acts of kindness, or favours. (L.)

Root: نفح - Entry: نَفْحَةٌ Signification: A10

تعَرَّضُوا لِنَفَحَاتِ رَحْمَةِ ٱللّٰهِ(TA:) see art. عرض, voce تَعَرَّضَ.


نَفُوحٌ

رِيحٌ نَفُوحٌA wind that blows violently, and raises the dust. (L.)

Root: نفح - Entry: نَفُوحٌ Signification: A2

يَمَانِيَّةٌ نَفُوحٌA south wind (Ṣ, IB) that blows coldly, or coolly (IB.)

Root: نفح - Entry: نَفُوحٌ Signification: A3

دَابَّةٌ نَفُوحٌ A horse, or the like, that kicks with its kind leg: or, with the extremity of its hoof. (L.) [See 1.]

Root: نفح - Entry: نَفُوحٌ Signification: A4

نَفُوحٌ ‡ A she-camel whose milk comes forth without its being drawn from the teat: (Ṣ, Ḳ:) and an udder that does not retain its milk. (AZ.) See نَفَّاحٌ.

Root: نفح - Entry: نَفُوحٌ Dissociation: B

قَوْسٌ نفُوحٌA bow that sends the arrow far; or that impels the arrow with force: (Ṣ, A, Ḳ:) as alsoنَفِيحَةٌ↓ (Ḳ) andمِنْفَحَةٌ↓: (TA:) each of which two words is a name for a bow: (Ṣ, with respect to the former, and TA, with respect to the latter:) pl. of the former نَفُائِحُ: (Ṣ:) andنَفيحةٌ↓ signifies a branch of the tree called نَبْع, of which a bow is made. (ISk, Ṣ, Ḳ.) [See also نَفِيجَةٌ, with ح.]


نَفِيحَةٌ

نَفِيحَةٌ: see نَفُوحٌ.


نَفَّاحٌ

مِسْكٌ نَفَّاحٌ [Musk that diffuses much odour or fragrance]. (A, art. خطر.)

Root: نفح - Entry: نَفَّاحٌ Dissociation: B

طَعْنَةٌ نَفَّاحَةٌA stab that ejects, or spirts forth, blood, much, or vehemently. (TA.) طَعْنَةٌ نَفُوحٌ↓A stab that ejects its blood quickly. (T.)

Root: نفح - Entry: نَفَّاحٌ Dissociation: C

نَفَّاحٌOne who gives many gifts. (TA.)

Root: نفح - Entry: نَفَّاحٌ Signification: C2

النَّفَّاحُ, (Ḳ,) or النَّفَّاحُ بِالخَيْرِ, (TA,) The Bestower of [many] benefits upon mankind, or the creation: (Ḳ:) an epithet applied to God; but disapproved by some, because not so applied in the Ḳur-án or the traditions.


نَافِحٌ

نَافِحٌ Diffusing odour; fragrant. Ex. نَافِجَةٌ نَافِحَةٌ A bag, or vesicle, of mush diffusing odour, or fragrant: pl. نَوَافِحُ. (A.)


إِنْفَحَةٌ

إِنْفَحَةٌ (Ṣ, Ḳ, &c.) said to be the most common form of the word, (TA,) for which one should not say أَنْفَحَةٌ, (ISk,) but this is mentioned by Ibn-Et-Teiyánee and the author of the ʼEyn, (MF,) and sometimes it is written and pronounced إِنْفَحَّةٌ, (Ḳ,) or this is the most common form, (Mṣb,) and most approved, (ISk,) and sometimes إِنْفِحَةٌ, (Ḳ,) andمِنْفَحَةٌ↓, (IAạr, Ṣ, Ḳ,) and بِنْفَحَةٌ, (IAạr, Ḳ,) with ب in the place of the م, (TA,) [The rennet, or rennet-bag, of a kid or lamb; i. e.] A substance that comes forth from the belly of a kid, containing coagulated milk which is termed لِبَأْ, used as a means of converting fresh milk into cheese: (IDrst:) or a thing that is taken forth from the belly of a sucking-pig, (or lamb, Mṣb,) of a yellow colour, and squeezed in some cotton, (which is soaked, into milk, L, Mṣb,) whereupon it (i. e. the milk, MF) becomes thick, like cheese: (L, Mṣb, Ḳ:) or the stomach (كَرِش) of a lamb or kid before it eats: (AZ, Ṣ, Mṣb:) when it eats, it is called كَرِش. (AZ, Ṣ.) F imputes inadvertence to J in his explaining انفحة by the term كَرِش; but he does not explain it by this term absolutely; and F adds to his own explanation what makes it exactly the same as that of J, [except that he makes it relate to a kid only,] saying “when the kid eats, it,” that is the انفحة, “is called كَرِش.” (MF.) None but a ruminating animal has an انفحة. (Lth.) The pl. is أَنَافِحُ. (Ṣ, Ḳ.) Any انفحة, especially [that of] the hare, if hung upon the thumb of a person suffering from a fever, cures him. (Ḳ.)

Root: نفح - Entry: إِنْفَحَةٌ Signification: A2

إِنْفَحَةٌ also signifies A kind of tree (شَجَر) resembling the بَاذِنْجَان. (Ḳ.)


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