نَافِرٌ
Root: نفر
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نَافِرٌ
[and
نَفُورٌ ] and
مُسْتَنْفِرٌ signify the same; [i. e., Taking fright, and fleeing, or running away at random: or being, or becoming, impatient, of or at a thing, and retiring to a distance: or fleeing, and going away or aside or apart or to a distance: or the second, being of an intensive form, signifies, as also
يَنْفُورٌ , that does so much or often; or wont or apt to do so:] and نَفْرٌ is a pl. of نَافِرٌ, or [rather] a quasi-pl., like as صَحْبٌ is of صَاحِبٌ, and زَوْرٌ of زَائِرٌ. You say, دَابَّةٌ نَافِرٌ, and
نَفُورٌ , [A beast that takes fright and runs away at random: &c.:] accord. to IAar, one should not say نَافِرَةٌ [unless using it as an epithet applied to a broken pl. of a subst., as will be seen below]. It is said in a proverb, كُلُّ أَزَبَّ نَفُورٌ [Every one, of camels, that is hairy on the face is wont to take fright and run away at random: see art. زب]. You say also
ظَبْىٌ يَنْفُورٌ , in some copies of the K, نيفور, A gazelle that takes fright and flees much or often; or that is wont to do so. And it is said in the Kur, [lxxiv. 51,] كَأَنَّهُمْ حُمُرٌ فَرَّتْ مِنْ قَسْوَرَةٍ, i. e., نَافِرَةٌ, [As though they were asses taking fright and running away at random, that have fled from a lion:] and
, meaning, made to take fright and run away at random; or frightened, or scared.
2 أَنَا نَافِرٌ مِنْ هٰذَا الامر
2 أَنَا نَافِرٌ مِنْ هٰذَا الامر
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