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nashifa

dry up

نَشِفَ

Word

Verb · Form I

Root

ن ش ف

Forms

Present
يَنْشَفُ

In the library

وبمقربة من هذا الموضع عين كبيرة فإذا أرادوا نقل القار منها أوقدوا عليها النار فتنشف النار ما هنالك رطوبة مائية ثم يقطعونه قطعاً وينقلونه.

The Travels, page 111 →
Conjugation
Person PastPresentCommand
he هُوَ نَشِفَيَنْشَفُ—
she هِيَ نَشِفَتتَنْشَفُ—
they two (m.) هُما نَشِفايَنْشَفانِ—
they two (f.) هُما نَشِفَتاتَنْشَفانِ—
they (m.) هُمْ نَشِفُوايَنْشَفُونَ—
they (f.) هُنَّ نَشِفْنَيَنْشَفْنَ—
you (m.) أَنْتَ نَشِفْتَتَنْشَفُاِنْشَفْ
you (f.) أَنْتِ نَشِفْتِتَنْشَفِينَاِنْشَفِي
you two أَنْتُما نَشِفْتُماتَنْشَفانِاِنْشَفَا
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ نَشِفْتُمتَنْشَفُونَاِنْشَفُوا
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ نَشِفْتُنَّتَنْشَفْنَاِنْشَفْنَ
I أَنا نَشِفْتُأَنْشَفُ—
we نَحْنُ نَشِفْنانَنْشَفُ—

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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