نَفْخَآءُ
Root: نفخ
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نَفْخَآءُ
i. q.
نَبْخَآءُ: or elevated and good or fertile ground, in which is no sand nor stones, producing a few trees; and so نَهْدَآءُ, except that this latter is more flat and extensive: or soft land, in which is elevation: or tumid earth, that breaks in pieces when trodden upon: (TA, voce رَخَّآءُ:) pl. نَفَاخِىُّ: it has a form of pl. proper to substs, because it is an epithet in which the quality of a subst. predominates.
2 نَفْخَآءُ The upper part of the bone of the ساق [or shank, or tibia].
2 نَفْخَآءُ The upper part of the bone of the ساق [or shank, or tibia].
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