Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

أَنِيفٌ

Root: انف

Full Definition

أَنِيفٌ A mountain which produces vegetation before other regions. And أَرْضٌ أَنِيفَةٌ, or أَنِيفَةُ النَّبْتِ, Land that produces its vegetation early: or that produces vegetation quickly: or that produces vegetation; as also .

def.2 Applied to iron, i. q. أَنِيثُ; i. e. Soft.


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