نَفَشَ
Root: نفش
Form: 1
Full Definition
نَفَشَI
, Present.T
ـُ Verbal.Noun نَفْشٌ, He separated, or plucked asunder, or loosened, a thing, with his fingers, so that it became spread, or sparse, or dispersed; as also
نفّش , Verbal.Noun تَنْفِيشٌ: or the latter has an intensive signification: and accord. to some, the former signifies he separated a thing not difficult to separate, such as cotton and wool: or he pulled
def.2 It is also intrans syn. with انتفش, q. v.
2 [And hence,] نَفَشَتِ الغَنَمُ, and الإِبِلُ, accord. to IDrd the former only, but accord. to others the latter also, and in like manner one says of all beasts, though mostly of غَنَم, Present.T and ـِ Verbal.Noun نَفْشٌ, or نُفُوشٌ, or both: and نَفشت, Present.T ـَ; The sheep or goats, and the camels, pastured by night without a pastor: or without the knowledge of a pastor or dispersed themselves by night: or dispersed themselves and pastured by night without knowledge [of the pastor]: or the sheep or goats entered among seed-produce: occurring in the Kur, xxi. 78: the subst. is نَفَشٌ, signifying their dispersion of themselves and pasturing by night without a pastor.
def.2 It is also intrans syn. with انتفش, q. v.
2 [And hence,] نَفَشَتِ الغَنَمُ, and الإِبِلُ, accord. to IDrd the former only, but accord. to others the latter also, and in like manner one says of all beasts, though mostly of غَنَم, Present.T and ـِ Verbal.Noun نَفْشٌ, or نُفُوشٌ, or both: and نَفشت, Present.T ـَ; The sheep or goats, and the camels, pastured by night without a pastor: or without the knowledge of a pastor or dispersed themselves by night: or dispersed themselves and pastured by night without knowledge [of the pastor]: or the sheep or goats entered among seed-produce: occurring in the Kur, xxi. 78: the subst. is نَفَشٌ, signifying their dispersion of themselves and pasturing by night without a pastor.
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