نافس
Root: نفس
Form: 3
Full Definition
نافسIII
, Verbal.Noun مُنَافَسَةٌ and نِفَاسٌ, He desired the thing, [or aspired to it.] with generous emulation; as also
تنافس : and نافس صَاحِبَهُ فِيهِ [he vied with his companion in desire for it]: or تنافسوا فيه signifies they desired it [or aspired to it]: or they vied, one with another, in desiring it: or they desired it with emulation; syn. فَراغَبَوا: [and يُنَنَافسُ فيه
it is emulously desired, or in request; or in great request:] or مُنَافَسَهٌ and
signify the desiring to have a thing, and to have it for himself exclusively of any other person; from نَفِيسٌ, signifying a thing “ good, or goodly, or excellent, in its kind: ” and تَنَافَسْنَا ذٰلِكَ الأَمْرَ and تنافسنا فيه
we envied one another for that thing, and strove for priority in attaining it. See also تَفِسَ عَلَيْهِ الشَّىْءَ, with which نَافَسَهُ فِيهِ is syn.
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