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نَافِسٌ

Root: نفس

Full Definition

نَافِسٌ : see نَفِيسٌ, in three places.

def.2 See also نُفَسَآءُ.

def.3 Smiting with an evil, or envious, eye.

def.4 The fifth of the arrows used in the game called المَيْسِر; which has five notches; and for which one wins five portions if it be successful, and loses five portions if it be unsuccessful: or, as some say, the fourth.
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