minshafa

towel, napkin, drier

مِنْشَفَة

Word

Noun · pattern مِفْعَلَة

Root

ن ش ف

Forms

Plural: مَناشِف

In the library

حكي أن شخصا بلّ واحدة من هذه المناشف بالزيت وجعلت في النار، وأوقدت ساعة ولم تحترق.

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From the same root

All words from ن ش ف →

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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