نِفَاضٌ
Root: نفض
Full Definition
نِفَاضٌ
: see نُفَاضَةٌ: and نَفَضٌ.
def.2 A piece of cloth upon which the leaves of the سَمُرُ and the like fall, it being spread, and the tree being beaten with a staff, or stick: pl. نُفُضٌ: and [in like manner] مِنْفَضٌ and مِنْفَاضٌ signify a garment of the kind called كِسَآء, upon which the نَفَض [or leaves or fruit of a tree] fall: or مِنْفَضٌ signifies i. q. مِنْسَفٌ, i. e. a vessel (وِعَآء) in which dates [and grain] are shaken to remove the dust &c.
2 A garment of the kind called إِزَار worn by boys: pl. as above. You say also, مَا عَلَيْهِ نِفَاضٌ, meaning He has not upon him any clothing.
def.2 A piece of cloth upon which the leaves of the سَمُرُ and the like fall, it being spread, and the tree being beaten with a staff, or stick: pl. نُفُضٌ: and [in like manner] مِنْفَضٌ and مِنْفَاضٌ signify a garment of the kind called كِسَآء, upon which the نَفَض [or leaves or fruit of a tree] fall: or مِنْفَضٌ signifies i. q. مِنْسَفٌ, i. e. a vessel (وِعَآء) in which dates [and grain] are shaken to remove the dust &c.
2 A garment of the kind called إِزَار worn by boys: pl. as above. You say also, مَا عَلَيْهِ نِفَاضٌ, meaning He has not upon him any clothing.
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