Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

نَفْرَةٌ

Root: نفر

Full Definition

نَفْرَةٌ : see نَفِيرٌ.
2 A man's near kinsmen; syn. أُسْرَةٌ and فَصِيلَةٌ; who are angry on account of his anger; as also نُفْرَةٌ , mentioned by Sgh and others, and and نَافِرَةٌ and نَفَرٌ : and نُفُورَةٌ signifies a man's near kinsmen (أُسْرَة) who go forth with him to war when an event befalls him or oppresses him severely or suddenly. You say, جَآءَنَا فِى نَفْرَتِهِ and , &c., He came to us among his near kinsmen, &c. And, غَلَبَتْ نُفُورَتُنَا نُفُورَتَهُمْ Our near kinsmen overcame their near kinsmen. See also نَفَرٌ, in two places: and see نَفِيرٌ.


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