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نَافَحُوهُمْ

Root: نفح

Form: 3

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نَافَحُوهُمْIII (Verbal.Noun مُنَافَحَةٌ, TA) They contended with them with swords face to face; or encountered them in war face to face, having before their faces neither shields nor anything else; syn. كَافَحُوهُمْ: originally signifying they approached them in fight so near that the breath of each party reached the other
2 نافحهُ He contended with him.
3 نافح عَنْهُ; and نَفَحَ عَنْهُ, Verbal.Noun نَفْحٌ. He contended for him, or in defence of him; repelled from him, and defended him: as also ناضح.
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