nashshāf
blotting paper, drier
نَشّاف
Word
NounRoot
ن ش فIn the library
والحديد أملس، وهو مع ذلك غير نشاف» .
The Book of Misers, page 34 →From the same root
- نَشَفَabsorb
- نَشِفَdry up
- نَشَّفَmake dry, wipe
- نَشْفabsorption
- نَشَفdesiccation, dryness
- تَنَشَّفَdry up, become dry
- ناشِفdry, desiccated, stiff
- مِنْشَفَةtowel, napkin, drier
- تَنْشِيفdrying
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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