nadafa

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نَدَفَ

Word

Verb · Form I

Root

ن د ف

Forms

Present: يَنْدِفُ
Verbal noun: نَدْف

In the library

والله لو ندفت قطن الأرض بقوس السماء على جباه الملائكة ما دفعت لك دانقا.

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Conjugation

Person	Past	Present	Command
he هُوَ	نَدَفَ	يَنْدِفُ	—
she هِيَ	نَدَفَت	تَنْدِفُ	—
they two (m.) هُما	نَدَفا	يَنْدِفانِ	—
they two (f.) هُما	نَدَفَتا	تَنْدِفانِ	—
they (m.) هُمْ	نَدَفُوا	يَنْدِفُونَ	—
they (f.) هُنَّ	نَدَفْنَ	يَنْدِفْنَ	—
you (m.) أَنْتَ	نَدَفْتَ	تَنْدِفُ	اِنْدِفْ
you (f.) أَنْتِ	نَدَفْتِ	تَنْدِفِينَ	اِنْدِفِي
you two أَنْتُما	نَدَفْتُما	تَنْدِفانِ	اِنْدِفَا
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ	نَدَفْتُم	تَنْدِفُونَ	اِنْدِفُوا
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ	نَدَفْتُنَّ	تَنْدِفْنَ	اِنْدِفْنَ
I أَنا	نَدَفْتُ	أَنْدِفُ	—
we نَحْنُ	نَدَفْنا	نَنْدِفُ	—

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 2 entries

نَدَفَ Form I He separated and loosened

[He separated and loosened cotton by means of a bow and a kind of wooden mallet, by striking the string of the bow with the mallet: see حَلَجَ; and حَرَنَ] he beat cotton with the ↓ مِنْدَف, (S, Msb, * K,) also called ↓ مِنْدَفَة, i. e., his wooden implement with which he strikes the bowstring, that it [the cotton] might become fine. (K.)
مِنْدَفٌ Open entry

and مِنْدَفَةٌ: see 1; and see مِحْرَنٌ and مِنْبَضٌ.

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