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nashafa

absorb

نَشَفَ

Word

Verb · Form I

Root

ن ش ف

Forms

Present
يَنْشُفُ

In the library

ولكن ما علمت أن موضع النار من المسرجة، في طرف الفتيلة، لا ينفكّ من إحراق النار، وتجفيفه، ونشف ما فيه؛ ومتى ابتلّ بالدّهن وتسقاه، عادت النار عليه فأكلته؟

The Book of Misers, page 35 →
Conjugation
Person PastPresentCommand
he هُوَ نَشَفَيَنْشُفُ—
she هِيَ نَشَفَتتَنْشُفُ—
they two (m.) هُما نَشَفايَنْشُفانِ—
they two (f.) هُما نَشَفَتاتَنْشُفانِ—
they (m.) هُمْ نَشَفُوايَنْشُفُونَ—
they (f.) هُنَّ نَشَفْنَيَنْشُفْنَ—
you (m.) أَنْتَ نَشَفْتَتَنْشُفُاُنْشُفْ
you (f.) أَنْتِ نَشَفْتِتَنْشُفِينَاُنْشُفِي
you two أَنْتُما نَشَفْتُماتَنْشُفانِاُنْشُفَا
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ نَشَفْتُمتَنْشُفُونَاُنْشُفُوا
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ نَشَفْتُنَّتَنْشُفْنَاُنْشُفْنَ
I أَنا نَشَفْتُأَنْشُفُ—
we نَحْنُ نَشَفْنانَنْشُفُ—

From the same root

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 4 entries
  • نَشَفَ المَآءَ Form I He took
    , aor. , (Mgh, Msb,) inf. n. نَشْفٌ, (Msb,) He took [or absorbed] the water from the ground, (Mgh, Msb,) or from a pool, (Mgh,) with a piece of rag or some other thing (Mgh, Msb) of a similar kind. (Msb.)
  • نَشَّفَتْ Form II yielded frothy milk
    She (a camel) [yielded frothy milk;] had نُشَافَة. (S in art. رغو. [See 2 in that art.])
  • أَنْشَفَ الأَرْضَ المَآءَ Form IV It caused the earth to imbibe the water
    [It caused the earth to imbibe the water], said of the سَمُوم. (K voce أَضْرَبَ.)
  • مِنْشَفَةٌ A drying-towel; napkin
    (pl. مَنَاشِف) A drying-towel; napkin.

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