نفث
1 نَفَثَ,
aor. ـِ and نَفُثَ,
inf. n. نَفْثٌ (
S,
K) and نَفَثَانٌ, (
TA,) [He puffed; or blew, without spitting: or he sputtered, or blew forth a little spittle in minute scattered particles: or] he spat: or he [did as though he] spat without ejecting spittle: and نَفَثَ فى العُقْدَةِ signifies he spat, ejecting a little spittle, upon the knot, in enchantment: (
Msb:) or النَّفْثُ is like النَّفْخُ, or blowing, and less than التَّفْلُ, or spitting, or ejecting spittle from the mouth: (
S,
K:) or like blowing, with [the emission of] spittle: (Keshsháf;) or like blowing, as done in enchantment, without spittle: the action, if accompanied by spittle, being termed التفل: this is the most correct explanation: ('Ináyeh:) or gentle blowing without spittle: (الاذكار:) or more than blowing; or like blowing; but less than spitting: sometimes without spittle, thus differing from التفل; and sometimes with a little spittle, thus differing from النفخ: or the emitting wind from the mouth, together with a little spittle. (
MF.)
b2: لَا بُدَّ لِلْمَصْدُورِ أَنْ يَنْفِثَ [He who has a disease in his chest must spit]. A proverb. (
S.)
b3: نَفَثَهُ مِنْ فِيهِ,
aor. ـِ
inf. n. نَفْثٌ, He ejected it from his mouth. (
Msb.)
b4: [Hence,] نَفَثَ اللّٰهُ الشَّىْءِ فِى
القَلْبِ (
tropical:) God cast, or put, the thing into the heart. (
Msb)
b5: نَفِثَ فِى رُوعِى كَذَا (
tropical:) Such a thing was inspired, or put, into my mind. (
A.)
b6: نَفَثَ فِى رُوعِى (
tropical:) He (the Holy Spirit [Gabriel]) inspired, or cast, or put, into my mind, or heart. (
Nh, from a
trad.)
b7: [You say,] لَوْ نَفَثَ عَلَيْكَ فُلَانٌ قَطَّرَكَ [If such a one blew, or spat, upon thee, he would throw thee down upon thy side.]. Said to one who tries his strength with one superior to him. (
A.)
b8: نَفَثَ عَلَىَّ غَضَبًا as though meaning He blew at me by reason of the violence of his anger. (
L.) [See also نَفَتَ.]
b9: الحَيَّةُ تَنْفِثُ السَّمَّ إِذَا نَكَزَتْ [The serpent ejects venom from its mouth when it inflicts a wound with its nose]. (
S.)
b10: نَفَثَ It (a wound) emitted blood. (
TA.)
b11: [From the blowing or spitting upon the knots:] نَفَثَهُ,
inf. n. نَفْثٌ, He enchanted him. (
Msb.)
b12: نَفَثَتِ القِدْرُ,
aor. ـِ
inf. n. نَفِيثٌ and نَفْثٌ, The cooking-pot boiled: or, boiled, and threw forth what resembled arrows, by reason of the vehemence of its boiling. (
Msb.) [See also نَفَتَت.] It is when it begins to boil. (
TA.) نَفْثُ الشَّيْطَانِ Poetry: (
K, from a
trad.:) called نفث because it is like a thing which a man spits, or blows, (يَنْفِثُ,) from his mouth, like incantation. (A 'Obeyd.)
b2: ذَا مِنْ نَفَثَاتِ فُلَانٍ This is of the poetry of such a one. (
TA.) دَمٌ نَفِيثٌ Blood emitted by a wound (
S,
K) or vein. (
TA.) مِئْنَاثٌ كَأَنَّهَا نُفَاثٌ [A plain land that produces many plants, or herbs, or much herbage,] as though blowing forth, or spitting forth, the pleats, or herbs. (
L, from a
trad.) [The correctness of نُفَاثٌ is questioned by El-Khattábee. May it not be a mistake for نَفَّاثٌ?]
نُفَاثَةٌ What one blows, or spits, (يَنْفِثُ,) from his mouth. (
S.)
b2: What a person having a disease in his chest blows forth or spits out, يَنْفِثُ. (
K.)
b3: What remains in one's mouth, of a سِوَاك, or tooth-stick, and is spit out: (
S:) a
particle broken off (شَظِيَّةٌ: so in the
L &c.: in the
K, شَطِيبَةٌ:) from a سواك, or tooth-stick, remaining in the mouth, and spit out. (
L,
K.) One says, لَوْ سَأَلَنِى نُفَاثَةَ سِوَاكٍ مَا أَعْطَيْتُهُ If he asked me for a
particle of a tooth-stick, remaining in my mouth, I would not give him (it). (
S.) نَفِيثَةٌ A certain kind of food. (See نَفِيتَة and وَطِيْئَة.) نَفَّاثٌ An enchanter; one who is in the habit of enchanting:
fem. with ة. (
Msb.)
b2: النَّفَّاثَاتُ فِى العُقَدِ [
Kur, cxiii. 4,] The women who blow, without spitting, saying something at the same time, upon the knots which they tie in a thread, or string: (
Jel:) meaning the enchantresses. (
S,
K,
Jel.) [See a verse cited
voce عَاضِهٌ.]
نَافِثٌ Enchanting. (
Msb.) مَنْفُوتٌ A man enchanted. (
A.)
