nadīf
carded, teased
نَدِيف
From the same root
- نَدَفَcomb, card
- نَدْفcombing, carding
- نُدْفَةflake, flock
- نَدّافcotton carder, cotton teaser
- مِنْدَفteasing bow for carding cotton
- مَنْدُوفcarded, teased
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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