nuṭfa

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نُطْفَة

Word

Noun · pattern فُعْلَة

Root

ن ط ف

Forms

Plural
نُطَف

In the library

خَلَقَ الْإِنْسَانَ مِنْ نُطْفَةٍ فَإِذَا هُوَ خَصِيمٌ مُبِينٌ

The Qurʾān, page 267 →

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 3 entries
  • نَطَفٌ Earrings
    Earrings: see a verse cited in art. سجد.
  • نُطْفَةٌ Sperma
    Sperma of a man (S, Msb, K) and of a woman. (Msb.)
  • نَاطِفٌ A kind of sweetmeat
    A kind of sweetmeat; (Msb;) i. q. قُبَّيْطَى. (S, Msb.)

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