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Entries on نفس in 19 Arabic dictionaries by the authors Al-Rāghib al-Isfahānī, al-Mufradāt fī Gharīb al-Qurʾān, Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes by Reinhart Dozy, Abū Mūsā al-Madīnī, al-Majmūʿ al-Mughīth fī Gharībay al-Qurʾān wa-l-Ḥadīth, and 16 more

نفس


نَفَسَ(n. ac. نَفْس)
a. Injured.

نَفِسَ(n. ac. نَفَس)
a. [Bi], Was miserly, tenacious of.
b.(n. ac. نَفَاْسَة) ['Ala & acc.
or
Bi], Envied; thought unworthy of.
c.(n. ac. نَفَس
نَفَاْسَة
نِفَاْس), Was confined, delivered (woman). _ast;

نَفُسَ(n. ac. نَفَس
نَفَاْسَة
نِفَاْس
نُفُوْس)
a. Was precious, costly.
b. [pass.], Brought forth, bore.
c. [pass.], Was born.
نَفَّسَa. Cheered, comforted, refreshed.
b. [acc. & 'An], Relieved, rid of.
c. Cracked.

نَاْفَسَ
a. [Fī], Desired, aspired after.
b. [acc. & Fī], Strove with... for; envied.
أَنْفَسَa. Pleased.
b. [acc. & Fī], Made to desire.
c. see (نَفُسَ) (a).
تَنَفَّسَa. Breathed, drew breath.
b. Heaved ( a sigh ).
c. Appeared, shone, dawned; advanced (day);
became long, protracted.
d. Rose (water).
e. Split, became cracked.
f. Was relieved.

تَنَاْفَسَa. see III (a)b. [Fī], Strove for.
نَفْس
(pl.
أَنْفُس
نُفُوْس
27)
a. Soul; spirit; breath of life; vital principle
life.
b. Blood, life-blood.
c. Self; person, individual.
d. Essence, substance; reality.
e. Desire, will; purpose, intent, mind; appetite
passion.
f. Pride; disdain, scorn.
g. (pl.
أَنْفُس), Evil eye.
h. (pl.
أَنْفَاْس), Handful.
i. Vice.
j. Punishment.

نَفْسِيّa. Vital.
b. Psychological.
c. Sensual.

نُفْسَةa. Delay; breathing-time.

نَفَس
(pl.
أَنْفَاْس)
a. Breath; respiration.
b. Draught; gulp.
c. Pause; interval.
d. Free scope, freedom.
e. Long-winded speech.
f. Style.
g. Appetite, passion.

أَنْفَسُa. More esteemed &c.
b. Ampliest; longest.

مَنْفَس
(pl.
مَنَاْفِسُ)
a. Opening; breathinghole, air-hole, vent-hole.

نَاْفِسa. Smiting with the evil eye; evillooking
sinister.
b. The fourth arrow in a game.
c. see 25 (a) & 42
(a).
نِفَاْسa. Childbirth, confinement.

نَفِيْس
(pl.
نِفَاْس)
a. Precious, valuable, costly; highly-prized.
b. Much, abundant.

نَفِيْسَة
(pl.
نَفَاْئِسُ)
a. fem. of
نَفِيْس
نَفُوْسa. Envious.
b. Selfish.

نُفُوْسa. Strife.

نَفْسَاْنُa. see 33yi (a) (b).
c. see 26 (a)
نَفْسَاْنِيّa. Selfish-
b. Sensual, libidinous, voluptuous; voluptuary.
c. see 1yi
نَفْسَاْنِيَّةa. Selfishness.
b. Sensuality, voluptuousness.

نَفْسَآءُ
نُفَسَآءُ
(pl.
نُفْس
نُفَس
نُفُس نُفَّس
نِفَاْس
نُفَاْس
نُفَّاْس
نَوَاْفِسُ
&
a. نُفَسَاوَات ), In childbed
confined.
b. Pregnant.
c. Menstruating.

N. P.
نَفڤسَa. New-born.
b. see 25 (a)c. Smitten.

N. Ac.
نَفَّسَa. Amplification ( particle of ).
N. Ag.
أَنْفَسَa. see 25 (a) (b).
c. Wealth, valuables.

N. P.
أَنْفَسَa. see 25 (b)
N. Ag.
تَنَفَّسَa. Breathing; animate.

N. P.
تَنَفَّسَa. Mouth, air-passage &c.

N. Ac.
تَنَفَّسَa. Respiration, breathing.

مُنْفَِسَة
a. Valuable; treasure.

نَفَسَآء
a. see 42
أَنْفَاسًا
a. At intervals.

مَنْفُوْس بِهِ
a. مُتَنَافِس فِيْهِ In great request
highly prized.
إِشْرَب نَفَس
a. [ coll. ], Smoke a water-pipe.

هُوَ فِى نَفَس مِن
أُمُوْرِهِ
a. He acts as he pleases.

بِنَفْسِهِ
a. or
جَآءَ فِى نَفْسُهُ He came
himself.
نَفْس الأَمْر
a. The essence of the matter.

نَفْس الشَّيْء
a. The thing itself.

شَرَاب ذُو نَفَس
a. Agreeable drink.
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