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نَشَّ

Root: نش

Form: 1

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نَشَّI , Present.T نَشِشَ Verbal.Noun نَشِيشٌ and نَشٌّ, It made a sound in boiling, estuating, or fermenting: and it made a sound like that of boiling, estuating, or fermenting; or of beginning to do so: and it made a sound in pouring forth. You say also, نَشَّتِ القِدْرُ, Verbal.Noun نَشِيشٌ; and , Verbal.Noun نَشْنَشَةٌ; The cooking-pot made a sound in boiling: or began to boil, and so made a sound. And نَشَّ المَاءُ فِى كُوزٍ جَدِيدٍ [The water made a sound in a new earthen mug]: or نَشَّ الكُوزُ الجَدِيدُ فِى المَآءِ The new [earthen] mug made a sound in the water. And نَشْنَشَ الدِّرْعُ The coat of mail made a sound, or clinking.
2 Also, It (wine, A, Mgh, or the beverage called نَبِيذ, TA,) estuated, or fermented: or نَشِيشٌ signifies the beginning to estuate, or ferment, of the first of expressed juice [of grapes or dates &c.].
3 نَشَّتِ اللَّحْمَةُ, Verbal.Noun نَشٌّ, The piece of flesh-meat dripped.

def.2 Also نَشَّ, Present.T نَشِشَ Verbal.Noun نَشِيشٌ and نَشٌّ, said of a pool of water left by a torrent, Its water began to sink into the earth: or its water dried up, and sank into the earth. It dried up. It lost its moisture.

def.3 نَشَّ الدُّهْنَ بالرَّيْحَانِ [Present.T, app., نَشُشَ ] He infused the oil, or other ointment, with perfume, by boiling it with sweet-smelling plants until it made a sound in boiling. [See also سَلِيخَةٌ.]

def.4 نَشَّ الذُّبَابَ [Present.T, accord. to analogy, نَشُشَ but vulgarly, in the present day, نَشِشَ ] He drove [or whisked] a way the flies.


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