نَفَضٌ
Root: نفض
Full Definition
نَفَضٌ
What has fallen, of the produce of a tree; what has fallen, of leaves, and of fruit: or a thing that one shakes [or has shaken] off: (T in art. ذرى:) of the measure فَعَلٌ in the sense of the measure مَفْعُولٌ, like قَبَضٌ in the sense of مَقْبُوضٌ, and هَدَمٌ in the sense of مَهْدُومٌ: and what has fallen, of grapes, [in the CK we find حَبُّ العِنَبِ for حَبِّ العِنَبِ, the reading in other copies of the K,] when they are found (يُوجَدُ [in the CK يُؤْخَدُ, thus, with خ, and with the unpointed د,]) one with another, or cleaving one to another: or what has fallen, of dates, at the feet of the palm-trees: or what has fallen, of fruit, at the feet of trees; as also
: or ↓ this last signifies leaves that are shaken off upon the
نِفَاض, q. v.; as also
نِفَاضٌ [which is app. pl. of نَفَضٌ, like as جِبَالٌ is pl. of جَبَلٌ]: the sing. of انافيض is
أُنْفُوضَةٌ . [See also نُفَاضَةٌ.]
def.2 قوْمٌ نَفَضٌ [app. quasi-pl. of نَافِضٌ , like as خَدَمٌ is of خَادِمٌ,]
def.2 قوْمٌ نَفَضٌ [app. quasi-pl. of نَافِضٌ , like as خَدَمٌ is of خَادِمٌ,]
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