نَافِجَةٌ
Root: نفج
Full Definition
نَافِجَةٌ
The commencement of anything, or of any wind, that begins with vehemence, or violence: or a wind that begins with vehemence: or, that comes with vehemence: As thinks it to be attended by cold: AHn says, that sometimes the north wind rises upon people when they have been sleeping, and almost destroys them with cold at the close of the night, when the former part of the night has been warm: or a wind that rises upon one suddenly and vehemently, when he is not aware: pl. نَوَافِجُ.
2 نَافِجَةٌ
def.2 نَافِجَةٌ The hinder part of a rib: or, of the ribs: as also نَافِجٌ : pl. نَوَافِجُ.
def.3 نَافِجَةٌ
2 نَافِجَةٌ
def.4 نَافِجَةٌ A bag, follicle, or vesicle, of musk: pl. نَوَافِجُ: an arabicized word, from [the Persian] نَافَهْ; and therefore some say that it is properly written نَافَجَةٌ: or, accord. to the Msb, it is Arabic, and a bag of musk is so called because of its high value, from نَفَجَهُ “ he magnified him, or it: ” but this requires consideration. See فَأْرَةُ المِسْكِ, voce فَأْرٌ.
2 نَافِجَةٌ
def.2 نَافِجَةٌ The hinder part of a rib: or, of the ribs: as also نَافِجٌ : pl. نَوَافِجُ.
def.3 نَافِجَةٌ
2 نَافِجَةٌ
def.4 نَافِجَةٌ A bag, follicle, or vesicle, of musk: pl. نَوَافِجُ: an arabicized word, from [the Persian] نَافَهْ; and therefore some say that it is properly written نَافَجَةٌ: or, accord. to the Msb, it is Arabic, and a bag of musk is so called because of its high value, from نَفَجَهُ “ he magnified him, or it: ” but this requires consideration. See فَأْرَةُ المِسْكِ, voce فَأْرٌ.
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