نُفَّاخَةٌ
Root: نفخ
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نُفَّاخَةٌ
A bubble upon water. (L, K [but in some copies of the K, for الحَجَاةُ is erroneously put الحجارة.])
2 [The air-bladder of a fish;] an inflated thing in the belly of a fish, which is its نِصَاب [app. meaning its most essential part, or element,] by means of which it rises in the water, and moves to and fro.
3 A bladder of a plant (S, O, L, voce قَتَادٌ, &c.) N. un. of نُفَّاخٌ (AHn, in TA, voce عُشَّرٌ.) [And in anatomy, A cell.]
2 [The air-bladder of a fish;] an inflated thing in the belly of a fish, which is its نِصَاب [app. meaning its most essential part, or element,] by means of which it rises in the water, and moves to and fro.
3 A bladder of a plant (S, O, L, voce قَتَادٌ, &c.) N. un. of نُفَّاخٌ (AHn, in TA, voce عُشَّرٌ.) [And in anatomy, A cell.]
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