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Form 1أَنَفَهُ6 senses · 3 main

muḍāriʿـِيَفْعِلُ·ـُيَفْعُلُ·ـَيَفْعَلُmaṣdarأَنْفٌ إِينَافٌ أَنَفٌ

Core sense — he struck his nose; he disdained it, scorned it, disliked itgenerated

1.1

He struck, or hit, or hurt, his nose; said of a man.

Muḍāriʿ اَنِفَ and اَنُفَ.

1.1.1

Said of water: it reached his nose, when he went down into a river.

Also آنفهُ, though in some copies it is written again as أَنَفَهُ.

1.2the camels trod herbage that had not been pastured upon—أَنَفَتِ الإِبِلُ

Maṣdar as above. Such herbage, or pasture, is termed أُنُف.

[But in the TT, as from the M, I find آانَفَ (which should rather be written أَانَفَ, or, in the more usual way, آنَفَ) He trod such herbage, or pasture.]

1.3he (a camel) had a complaint of, or pain in, his nose—أَنِفَ

The pain comes from the بُرَة [or nose-ring]; from ISk.

1.3.1the flies alighted on the noses of the camels, and they sought places they had not sought before—أَنِفَتِ الإِبِلُ

So according to certain of the Kilábees.

1.3.2[he turned up his nose at it;] he disdained it, he scorned it—أَنِفَ مِنْهُ

maṣdar أَنَفٌ and أَنَفَةٌ, or the latter is a simple noun.

[I have not seen any one more violently disdainful, or scornful, than such a one]—مَارَأَيْتُ أَحْمَى أَنَفًا مِنْ فُلَانٍ

he conceived, because of that, disdain, or scorn, arising from indignation and anger—حَمَلَ مِنْ ذٰلِكَ أَنَفًا

Also: he abstained from it, or refused to do it, out of disdain and pride; he disliked it, and his soul was above it, said of a thing; he shunned it, or kept far from it; and, said of a saying, he disliked it.

[he disdains, or scorns, or refuses to bear, being injured]—يَأْنَفُ أَنْ يُضامَ

[The verb is also transitive without من.]

he loathed it, disliked it, or regarded it with disgust—أَنِفَ

When immediately transitive.

the camel loathed, or disliked, the herbage, or pasture—أَنِفَ البَعِيرُ الكَلَأَ

he disliked the food, and the like—أَنفَ الطَّعَامَ وَغَيْرَهُ

[this my mare disliked this region]—أَنِفَتْ فَرَسِى هٰذِهِ هٰذَا البَلَدَ

Heard from an Arab of the desert.

she dislikes her male, or stallion—تَأْنَفُ فَحْلَهَا

Said of a woman, a mare, or a camel, when pregnant.

she, being pregnant, had no appetite for anything—أَنِفَتْ

Said of a woman. Ibn-ʿAbbād.

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, (T, S, M, K,) aor. اَنِفَ (M, K) and اَنُفَ , (K,) inf. n. أَنْفٌ , (M,) He struck, (T, S, K,) or hit, or hurt, (M,) his nose; (T, S, M, K;) namely, a man's. (S.) It (the water) reached his nose, (T, S, K,) on the occasion of his descending into a river; (S;) as also آنفهُ , (K, [but in some copies written again أَنَفَهُ ,]) inf. n. إِينَافٌ . (TK.) أَنَفَتِ الإِبِلُ , (inf. n. as above, TA,) The camels trod herbage, or pasture, such as is termed أُنُف , (ISk, S, K,) i. e., which had not been pastured upon. (S.) [But in the TT, as from the M, I find آانَفَ , (which should rather be written أَانَفَ , or, accord. to the more usual mode, آنَفَ ,) He trod such herbage, or pasture.] أَنِفَ , aor. اَنَفَ , (S, M, K,) inf. n. أَنَفٌ , (M,) He (a camel) had a complaint of, or suffered pain in, his nose, from the بُرَة [or nose-ring]: (S, M, K:) from ISk. (S.) أَنِفَتِ الإِبِلُ , accord. to certain of the Kilábees, means The flies alighted upon the noses of the camels, and they sought places which they did not seek before. (T.) أَنِفَ مِنْهُ , aor. اَنَفَ , inf. n. أَنَفٌ (S, M, Msb, K) and أَنَفَةٌ , (S, M, K,) or the latter is a simple subst., (Msb,) [He turned up his nose at it;] he disdained it; scorned it; abstained from it, or refused to do it, by reason of disdain and pride; (S, M, Msb, K;) he disliked it, or hated it, and his soul was above it; (L;) namely, a thing: (S, M, L, Msb:) and he shunned it, avoided it, or kept himself far from it: (Msb:) and he disliked it, or hated it; namely, a saying. (AZ, T, Msb.) You say, مَارَأَيْتُ أَحْمَى أَنَفًا مِنْ فُلَانٍ [I have not seen any one more vehemently disdainful, or scornful, than such a one]. (S.) And حَمَلَ مِنْ ذٰلِكَ أَنَفًا He conceived, in consequence of that, disdain, or scorn, arising from indignation and anger. (TA, from a trad.) [The verb is also trans. without من : you say,] يَأْنَفُ أَنْ يُضامَ [He disdains, or scorns, or refuses to bear, or to submit to, being injured]. (K.) [When immediately trans.,] أَنِفَ also signifies He loathed, disliked, or regarded with disgust. (IAar, T.) You say, أَنِفَ البَعِيرُ الكَلَأَ The camel loathed, disliked, or regarded with disgust, the herbage, or pasture. (T.) And أَنفَ الطَّعَامَ وَغَيْرَهُ He disliked the food &c. (M.) And أَنِفَتْ فَرَسِى هٰذِهِ هٰذَا البَلَدَ This my mare disliked this region. (T, as heard from an Arab of the desert.) And تَأْنَفُ فَحْلَهَا She (a woman, and a mare, and a camel, being pregnant,) dislikes her male, or stallion. (T.) And أَنِفَتْ , said of a woman, signifies She, being pregnant, had no appetite for anything. (Ibn-Abbád, K.)

Form 2اَنَّفَ6 senses · 3 main

maṣdarتَأْنِيفٌ

Core sense — he sharpened the point of it; he pastured beasts on the first herbagegenerated

2.1

See form 4.

2.2figurative · مجاز — inferredit was sharpened, or pointed, at its extremity—أُنِّفّ

تَأْنِيفٌ also means the sharpening, or pointing, of the extremity of a thing.

Said of a spear-head, an arrow-head, or a blade.

2.2.1figurative · مجاز — inferred

[Used as a noun:] sharpness of the extremity of the hock, which in a horse is approved.

2.2.2figurative · مجاز — inferredhe was made even, as a cut thong or strap is made even—أُنِّفَ تَأْنِيفَ السَّيْرِ

Said by an Arab of the desert in describing a horse.

2.3figurative · مجاز — inferred

The seeking of herbage, or pasture, such as is termed أُنُف.

2.3.1figurative · مجاز — inferredhe pastured his beasts on the first of the herbage—أنّف مَالَهُ

Or الإِبِلَ; maṣdar as above.

he pastured his beasts on the first of the herbage—آنَفَهَا

Maṣdar إِينَافٌ.

on this sense Or: he pursued with the camels, repeatedly, or gradually, or step by step, after the first of the herbage, or after herbage that had not been pastured upon; or he went with them to it.

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see 4. تَأْنِيفٌ also signifies The sharpening, or making pointed, the extremity of a thing. (S.) You say of a spear-head, or an arrow-head, or a blade, أُنِّفّ , inf. n. تَأْنِيفٌ , (K,) It was sharpened or pointed [at its extremity]. (TA.) [Used as a subst.,] Sharpness of the extremity of the hock; which, in a horse, is approved. (TA.) أُنِّفَ تَأْنِيفَ السَّيْرِ , said by an Arab of the desert in describing a horse, means He was made even, like as is made even the cut thong or strap. (M.) The seeking after herbage, or pasture, (K, TA,) such as is termed أُنُف . (TA.) أنّف مَالَهُ , (T,) or الإِبِلَ , (K,) inf. n. as above; and آنَفَهَا , (T, S, K,) inf. n. إِينَافٌ ; (T;) He pastured his beasts upon the first of the herbage: (T:) or he pursued, with the camels, repeatedly, or gradually, or step by step, (S, K, TA,) after the first of the herbage, (S,) or after the herbage which had not been pastured upon: (K, * TA:) or he went with them thereto. (L.)

Form 4آنفهُ6 senses · 4 main

maṣdarإِينَافٌ

Core sense — he made him suffer pain in his nose; he made him feel disdaingenerated

4.1

He, or it, made him have a complaint of, or suffer pain in, his nose.

4.1.1

Derived nouns 24

Nounأَنْفٌ6 senses · 1 main

Core sense — the nose; the extremity of anything; the first part of anything; a lord, chiefgenerated

1figurative · مجاز — inferred[he scents the dust with his two nostrils]—يَسُوفُ بِأَنْفِيْهِ النِّقَاعَ

A word of well-known meaning: the nose, مَعْطِسٌ; the whole made up of the two nostrils, the septum, and the bone called قَصَبَة, which is the hard part of the انف.

Also explained as مَنْخِرٌ, plainly an explanation by a synecdoche, since that word properly means nostril.

It belongs to man and to other creatures.

أُنْفٌ is a variant of the same, and so is إِنْفٌ, a form used only by the common people.

The plurals are آنُفٌ and آنَافٌ (of paucity) and أُنُوفٌ (of multitude).

he scents, or sniffs, the odour, and follows it—هُوَ يَتَتَبَّعُ أَنْفَهُ

The dual is applied to the two nostrils, as in the saying of Muzáhim El-ʿOkeylee.

In the T, however, I find يَتْبَعُ in the place of يتتبّع.

[she makes a show of affection with her nose, by smelling her young one, without true love]—تَرْأَمُ بِأَنْفِهِا

Said of a she-camel. See the article مُذَائِرٌ, and see also مُعَارِضٌ.

he died [a natural death,] on his bed—مَاتَ حَتْفَ أَنْفِهِ

See the article حتف.

he died [a natural death,] on his bed—حتف أَنْفِيْهِ

Without being slain or beaten or drowned or burned. [See the article حتف.]

he became violently angry, or enraged—حَمِىَ أَنْفُهُ

Also وَرِمَ أَنْفُهُ. IAth. [See also the article حمي.]

a disdainful, or scornful, man, who scorns being injured—رَجُلٌ حَمِىُّ الأَنْفِ

[See again the article حمي.]

[literally high-nosed:] the same—سَمِىُّ الأَنْفِ

The same as أَنْفَانُ.

[a nose in the sky and a rump in the water]—أَنْفٌ فِي السَّمَآءِ وَٱسْتٌ فِى المَآءِ

[he put his nose in the back of his neck]—حَعَلَ أَنْفَهُ فِى قَفَاهُ

[he neglected, or left unprotected,] the womb from which he had come forth—أَضَاعَ مَطْلَبَ أَنْفِهِ

[he neglected, or left unprotected,] the womb from which he had come forth—مُوْضِعَ أَنْفِهِ

A proverb, applied to one who magnifies himself in words and is little in actions.

Meaning: he turned away from the truth, or what was right, and took to what was false, or vain; it expresses the utmost degree of turning away, or turning the head, from a thing.

Or the فَرْج of his mother. Ibn-ʿAbbād.

he is the speaker, or orator, who is not to be rebutted—هُوَ الفَحْلُ لَا يُقْرَعُ أَنْفُهُ

he is the speaker, or orator, who is not to be rebutted—لَا يُقْدَعُ

[the nose of the lion]—الأَسدِ أَنْفُ

The asterism called النَّثْرَةُ; so Kazwīnī, in his description of the Mansions of the Moon.

1.1figurative · مجاز — inferreda prominence, or projecting part, of a mountain—أَنْفُ جَبَلٍ

the extremity, or edge, of the canine tooth, or tush, when it comes forth—أَنْفُ النَّابِ

[A prominent part of anything, as being likened to a nose;] the extremity of anything.

Written in some copies of the K erroneously as البَابِ.

the extremity of the toe of the camel—أَنْفُ خُفِّ البَعِيرِ

The مَنْسِم is the toe, or each of the two nails of the foot.

the fore part, or side, of the beard—أَنْفُ اللِّحْيَةِ

the toe, or foremost extremity, of the sandal—أَنْفُ النَّعْلِ

[Also called its أَسَلَة and its ذُنَابَة.]

the two extremities on the inner sides of the two curved ends of the bow—أَنْفَا القَوْسِ

1.2figurative · مجاز — inferredthe first of the herbage, or pasture—أَنْفُ المَرْعَى

The first, or first part, of anything, times included; also مُسْتَأْنَفٌ.

the first vegetation produced by the rain—أَنْفُ المَطَرِ

[he came among the first of the horses, or horsemen]—جَآءَ فِى أَنْفِ الخَيْلِ

[he journeyed in the first part of the day]—سَارَ فِى أَنْفِ النَّهَارِ

this is the first of the things which such a one has begun to do—هٰذَا أَنْفُ عَمَلِ فُلَانٍ

the first of the running; the most violent of it—أَنْفُ الشَّدِّ

the first of the running; the most violent of it—العَدْوِ

the first of the cold; the most violent of it—أَنْفُ البَرْدِ

So says Yaákoob.

1.3figurative · مجازhe is the lord, or chief, of his people—هُوَ أَنْفُ قَوْمِهِ

A lord, or chief.

1.4figurative · مجاز

A piece broken off of a cake of bread.

1.5figurative · مجاز — inferred

A part of ground, or land, that is hard, and lying open, exposed to the sun.

Qur’ānic occurrences أَنف

5:45

وَكَتَبْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ فِيهَآ أَنَّ ٱلنَّفْسَ بِٱلنَّفْسِ وَٱلْعَيْنَ بِٱلْعَيْنِ وَٱلْأَنفَ بِٱلْأَنفِ وَٱلْأُذُنَ بِٱلْأُذُنِ وَٱلسِّنَّ بِٱلسِّنِّ وَٱلْجُرُوحَ قِصَاصٌ ۚ فَمَن تَصَدَّقَ بِهِۦ فَهُوَ كَفَّارَةٌ لَّهُۥ ۚ وَمَن لَّمْ يَحْكُم بِمَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ

We ordained therein for them: "Life for life, eye for eye, nose or nose, ear for ear, tooth for tooth, and wounds equal for equal." But if any one remits the retaliation by way of charity, it is an act of atonement for himself. And if any fail to judge by (the light of) what Allah hath revealed, they are (No better than) wrong-doers.

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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a word of well-known meaning; (Lth, T, K;) The nose; syn. مَعْطِسٌ ; (Msb;) the aggregate composed of the two nostrils and the septum and the [bone called] قَصَبَة , which is the hard part of the انف ; (MF;) i. q. مَنْخِرٌ [which is evidently an explanation by a synecdoche, as this word properly signifies nostril]: (M:) it pertains to man and to others: (S:) أُنْفٌ is a dial. var. of the same; (MF, TA;) and so is إِنْفٌ , which is a form used by the vulgar peculiarly: (TA:) the pl. [of pauc.] is آنُفٌ and آنَافٌ (S, M, Msb, K) and [of mult.] أُنُوفٌ . (T, S, M, Msb, K.) The dual is applied to The two nostrils; as in the saying of Muzáhim El-'Okeylee, يَسُوفُ بِأَنْفِيْهِ النِّقَاعَ [He scents with his two nostrils the dust]. (TA.) You say also, هُوَ يَتَتَبَّعُ أَنْفَهُ He scents, or sniffs, the odour, and follows it. (T, [in which, however, I find يَتْبَعُ in the place of يتتبّع ] O, L, K, TA.) And, of a she-camel, تَرْأَمُ بِأَنْفِهِا [She makes a show of affection with her nose, by smelling her young one; not having true love]. (S, M, K, voce مُذَائِرٌ ; &c.: see also مُعَارِضٌ .) And مَاتَ حَتْفَ أَنْفِهِ (S, K, &c., in art. حتف ,) and حتف أَنْفِيْهِ , (K ibid.,) He died [a natural death,] on his bed, (K,) without being slain or beaten (S, K) or drowned or burned. (K. [See art. حتف ]) And حَمِىَ أَنْفُهُ He became vehemently angry, or enraged; as also وَرِمَ أَنْفُهُ . (IAth. [See also art. حمي ]) And رَجُلٌ حَمِىُّ الأَنْفِ A disdainful, or scornful, man; who disdains, or scorns, being injured. (T, K, TA. [See, again, art. حمي .]) And سَمِىُّ الأَنْفِ [lit. Highnosed, signifies the same;] i. q. أَنْفَانُ . (T, K.) And أَنْفٌ فِي السَّمَآءِ وَٱسْتٌ فِى المَآءِ [A nose in the sky and a rump in the water]; a prov., applied to him who magnifies himself in words and is little in actions. (Har p. 641.) And حَعَلَ أَنْفَهُ فِى قَفَاهُ [lit. He put his nose in the back of his neck]; meaning he turned away from the truth, or what was right, and betook himself to what was false, or vain: (K, TA:) expressing the utmost degree of turning away, or turning the head, from a thing. (TA.) And أَضَاعَ مَطْلَبَ أَنْفِهِ , (M, K,) and مُوْضِعَ أَنْفِهِ , (M,) [He neglected, or left unprotected,] the womb from which he had come forth: (Th, M:) or the فَرْج of his mother. (Ibn-'Abbád, K.) And هُوَ الفَحْلُ لَا يُقْرَعُ أَنْفُهُ , and لَا يُقْدَعُ , He is the speaker, or orator, who is not to be rebutted. (TA.) الأَسدِ أَنْفُ [The nose of the lion] is the asterism called النَّثْرَةُ , q. v. (Kzw in his Description of the Mansions of the Moon.) [A prominent part of anything, as being likened to a nose;] the extremity of anything. (M.) [Thus,] أَنْفُ جَبَلٍ A prominence, or projecting part, of a mountain. (T, S, M, Msb, TA.) أَنْفُ النَّابِ , (S, M. K, TA,) in [some of] the copies of the K erroneously, البَابِ , (TA,) The extremity, (S, M, K, TA,) or edge, (M, TA,) of the canine tooth, or tush, when it comes forth. (S, M, K, TA.) أَنْفُ خُفِّ البَعِيرِ The extremity of the مَنْسِم [i. e. toe, or each of the two nails of the foot,] of the camel. (T, K.) أَنْفُ اللِّحْيَةِ The fore part, (M, TA,) or side, (K,) of the beard. (M, K, TA.) أَنْفُ النَّعْلِ The toe, or foremost extremity, of the sandal [also called its أَسَلَة and its ذُنَابَة ]. (M.) أَنْفَا القَوْسِ The two extremities which are in the inner sides of the two curved ends of the bow. (M.) The first, or first part, of anything; (S, M, K;) relating also to times; (M;) as also مُسْتَأْنَفٌ (M, TA.) Thus, أَنْفُ المَرْعَى The first of the herbage, or pasture. (S, * M.) أَنْفُ المَطَرِ The first vegetation produced by the rain. (T, K.) جَآءَ فِى أَنْفِ الخَيْلِ [He came among the first of the horses, or horsemen]. (TA.) سَارَ فِى أَنْفِ النَّهَارِ [He journeyed in the first part of the day]. (TA.) هٰذَا أَنْفُ عَمَلِ فُلَانٍ This is the first of the things which such a one has begun to do. (T, TA.) أَنْفُ الشَّدِّ , (T, S, M,) and العَدْوِ , (M,) The first of the run, or running: (T:) the most vehement thereof. (T, S, M, K. *) أَنْفُ البَرْدِ The first of the cold: (T:) the most vehement thereof; (T, S, M;) so says Yaákoob. (S.) A lord, or chief. (IAar, T, K.) You say, هُوَ أَنْفُ قَوْمِهِ He is the lord, or chief, of his people. (TA.) A piece broken off of a cake of bread. (K, TA.) A part of ground, or land, that is hard, and lying open, exposed to the sun. (IF, K.)

Nounأُنْفٌ2 senses

Core sense — the nose; also new, not pastured upongenerated

See أَنْفٌ, first sentence.

And see أُنُفٌ.

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: see أَنْفٌ , first sentence: and see أُنُفٌ .

Nounإِنْفٌ1 sense

Core sense — the nosegenerated

See أَنْفٌ, first sentence.

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: see أَنْفٌ , first sentence.

Nounأَنِفٌ3 senses · 2 main

Core sense — a camel suffering pain in his nose from the nose-ring; submissive; disdainfulgenerated

A camel having a complaint of, or suffering pain in, his nose, from the بُرَة [or nose-ring]; or wounded by the nose-rein, whether it be with a خِشَاش, or بُرَة, or خِزَامَة [all of which are different kinds of nose-rings]. A ʿObeyd.

And so: submissive, and tractable; or submissive and obedient, that dislikes chiding and beating, and goes as well as he can, willingly and easily. Aboo-Saʿeed.

آنِفٌ means the same, but the former is the more correct and the more chaste; by rule it should be مَأْنُوفٌ, like مَصْدُورٌ and مَبْطُونٌ.

The believer is likened to such a camel in a tradition, because he never ceases to complain, or to suffer pain; or because he needs neither chiding nor punishment, but endures and performs what is required of him. Aboo-Saʿeed.

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Disdaining, or disdainful; scorning, or scornful; the same as حَمِىُّ الأَنْفِ.

أَنْفَانُ means the same, being equivalent to سَمِىُّ الأَنْفِ.

See also آنِفٌ.

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A camel having a complaint of, or suffering pain in, his nose, from the بُرَة [or nose-ring]: (ISk, S, M, K:) or wounded by the nose-rein, whether it be with a خِشَاش or بُرَة (A 'Obeyd, T, M) or خِزَامَة [all of which are different kinds of nose-rings]. (A' Obeyd, T.) And consequently, Submissive, and tractable: (S, TA:) or submissive and obedient, that dislikes chiding and beating, and goes as he is able to do spontaneously and easily: (Aboo-Sa'eed, TA:) and آنِفٌ signifies the same; (A 'Obeyd, M, K;) but the former is the more correct and the more chaste: (Sgh, K:) by rule, it should be مَأْنُوفٌ , like مَصْدُورٌ , (T, S, M,) and مَبْطُونٌ . (T, S.) To such a camel, the believer is likened in a trad.; (T, S, M;) because he ceases not to complain, or suffer pain; (M;) or because he does not require to be chidden nor to be punished, but endures and performs what is incumbent on him. (Aboo-Sa'eed, TA.) Disdaining, or disdainful; scorning, or scornful; i. q. حَمِىُّ الأَنْفِ : and أَنْفَانُ [signifies the same;] i. q. سَمِىُّ الأَنْفِ . (T, K.) See also آنِفٌ .

Nounرَوْضَةٌ أُنُفٌ4 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a meadow of new herbage, not pastured upon by anyonegenerated

1figurative · مجاز — inferredherbage not pastured upon by anyone—كَلَأٌ أُنُفٌ

A meadow of new herbage, not pastured upon by anyone; also مُؤْنِفٌ, according to Ibn-ʿAbbād; or untrodden.

Contracted, by poetic licence, into أُنْفٌ in a verse of Abu-n-Nejm.

1.1figurative · مجازa cup of wine not drunk, or from which no one has drunk before—كَأْسٌ أْنُفٌ

As though the drinking of it were only just begun; like رَوْضَةٌ أُنُفٌ; or full.

[a full watering-place]—مَنْهَلٌ أُنُفٌ

Or one not drunk from before.

wine of which none has before been taken from its jar—خَمْرٌ أُنُفٌ

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أَرْضٌ أُنُفٌ is the same as أَنِيغَةٌ.

1.3figurative · مجاز — inferreda long [as though new and undiminished] coat of mail—نَقِيذَةٌ أُنْفٌ

So in the L.

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A meadow of new herbage, (Msb,) not pastured upon (S, Msb, K) by any one; (S;) as also مُؤْنِفٌ : (Ibn-'Abbád, K:) or untrodden: contracted, by poetic licence, into أُنْفٌ , in a verse of Abu-n-Nejm. (M.) And كَلَأٌ أُنُفٌ Herbage not pastured upon (S, M) by any one. (M.) كَأْسٌ أْنُفٌ A cup of wine not drunk: (K:) or from which one has not drunk before; as though the drinking thereof were [but just] begun; like رَوْضَةٌ أُنُفٌ : (S) or full: and in like manner, مَنْهَلٌ أُنُفٌ [a full watering-place]; (M;) or not before drunk from. (TA.) And خَمْرٌ أُنُفٌ Wine of which none has before been taken from its jar. (M, TA. *) أَرْضٌ أُنُفٌ i. q. أَنِيغَةٌ , q. v. (M, TA.) نَقِيذَةٌ أُنْفٌ A long [as though new and undiminished] coat of mail. (L in art.

Nounنقذ4 senses · 1 main

Core sense — brought about at the first; just begun, immediatelygenerated

From El-Mufaddal.

1.1figurative · مجاز — inferredan event brought to pass at the first, not decreed beforehand—أَمْرٌ أُنُفٌ

According to those who assert that there is no decreeing [by God].

1.2figurative · مجاز — inferreda goodly [as though novel] gait, or manner of walking—مِشْيَةٌ أُنُفٌ

Ibn-ʿAbbād.

1.3[I will come to you in what is now to be begun of time; meaning, immediately]—آتِيكَ مِنْ ذِى أُنُفٍ

It is like the phrase مِنْ ذِى قَبَلٍ, that is, فِيمَا يُسْتَقْبَلٌ.

Nearly the same as آنِفًا, but relating to the nearest future time, whereas that relates to the nearest past time.

[I will do that in what is now to be begun, and the like]—أَفْعَلُ ذَاكَ مِنْ ذِى أُنُفٍ

That is, فِيمَا يُسْتَأْنَفُ; like مِنْ ذِى عَوْضٍ. So in the K, in the article عوض.

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, from El-Mufaddal.) أَمْرٌ أُنُفٌ An event brought to pass at the first, not being before decreed: (K, TA:) accord. to those who assert that there is no decreeing [by God]. (TA.) مِشْيَةٌ أُنُفٌ A goodly [as though novel] gait, or manner of walking. (Ibn-'Abbád, K.) آتِيكَ مِنْ ذِى أُنُفٍ is like the phrase مِنْ ذِى قَبَلٍ ; i. e., فِيمَا يُسْتَقْبَلٌ [I will come to thee in what is (now) to be begun (of time); meaning, immediately; nearly the same as آنِفًا , but relating to the nearest future time, whereas this latter relates to the nearest past time]. (S, K.) And أَفْعَلُ ذَاكَ مِنْ ذِى أُنُفٍ : i. e., فِيمَا يُسْتَأْنَفُ [I will do that in what is (now) to begun &c.]; like مِنْ ذِى عَوْضٍ . (K in art. عوض .)

Nounأَنْفَةُ الصَّلَاةِ1 sense

Core sense — the beginning of prayergenerated

1figurative · مجاز — inferred

The beginning, or commencement, of prayer; that is, the first saying of اَللّٰهُ أَكْبَرُ.

According to one relation of the tradition in which it occurs, it is with damm, [أُنْفَة], but correctly it is with fet-ḥ. Hr.

The ة seems to be added here to أَنْف, as it is in ذَنَبَةٌ for ذَنَبٌ.

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The beginning, or commencement, of prayer; (K;) i. e. the first saying of اَللّٰهُ أَكْبَرُ : (TA:) accord. to a relation of a trad., in which it occurs, with damm, [ أُنْفَة ,] (IAth, K,) but correctly with fet-h. (Hr, IAth, K.) The ة seems to be here added to أَنْف as it is in ذَنَبَةٌ for ذَنَبٌ . (Sgh.)

Nounأَنَفَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — disdain, scorn, indignation, angergenerated

Disdain; scorn; disdainful and proud refusal to comply; indignation; and anger.

A noun [or, according to the S and M and K, a maṣdar] from أَنِفَ مِنْهُ.

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Disdain; scorn; disdainful and proud incompliance or refusal; (Msb;) indignation; and anger: (TA:) a subst. [or, accord. to the S and M and K, an inf. n.] from أَنِفَ مِنْهُ . (Msb.)

Nounأَنْفَانُ1 sense

Core sense — the nosegenerated

See أَنِفٌ.

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: see أَنِفٌ .

Nounأَنْفِيَّةٌ1 sense

Core sense — snuff, for the nosegenerated

Snuff, for the nose; but this is post-classical.

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Snuff, for the nose: but this is postclassical. (TA.)

Nounأَنُوفٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a very disdainful, scornful man; a woman whose nose smells pleasantgenerated

A man very disdainful, scornful, or indignant; very proudly unwilling to comply; who scorns exceedingly to do ignoble deeds.

Plural أُنُفٌ.

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A woman whose nose has a pleasant odour; or whom one likes to smell; or who disdains, scorns, abstains from, shuns, or dislikes what has no good in it. Ibn-ʿAbbād.

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A man very disdainful, scornful, or indignant; very disdainfully and proudly incompliant or refusing; (M;) who disdains, or scorns, exceedingly, to do ignoble deeds: (Har p. 312:) pl. أُنُفٌ . (M.) A woman whose nose has a pleasant odour: (S, M, K:) or whom one likes to smell: (IAar, M:) or who disdains, scorns, abstains from, shuns, or dislikes, that in which is no good. (Ibn-'Abbád, Sgh, K.)

Nounأَنِيفٌ2 senses

Core sense — producing vegetation early, said of a mountain or of landgenerated

1figurative · مجاز — inferredland that produces its vegetation early—أَرْضٌ أَنِيفَةٌ

A mountain which produces vegetation before other regions. Ibn-ʿAbbād.

Or أَنِيفَةُ النَّبْتِ.

Or land that produces vegetation quickly, according to Et-Táee; or simply that produces vegetation; also أُنُفٌ.

Applied to iron: the same as أَنِيثُ, that is, soft. Aboo-Turáb.

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A mountain which produces vegetation before other regions. (Ibn-'Abbád, K.) And أَرْضٌ أَنِيفَةٌ , (T, M,) or أَنِيفَةُ النَّبْتِ , (S, K,) Land that produces its vegetation early: (T:) or that produces vegetation quickly: (Et-Táee, ISk, S, K:) or that produces vegetation; as also أُنُفٌ . (M.) Applied to iron, i. q. أَنِيثُ ; i. e. Soft. (Aboo-Turáb, T, K.)

Nounأُنَافِىٌّ1 sense

Core sense — having a large nose, said of a mangenerated

With damm: having a large nose; applied to a man. Yaakoob.

Similar to عُضَادِّىٌ and أُذَانِىٌّ.

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(with damm, K) Having a large nose; (Yaakoob, S, M, K;) applied to a man: (M, K:) similar to عُضَادِّىٌ and أُذَانِىٌّ . (TA.)

Nounآنَفُ2 senses

Core sense — more, or most, disdainful; quickest in producing vegetationgenerated

1I have not seen any one more disdainful, or scornful, or indignant, than such a one—مَا رَأَيْتُ آنَفَ مِنْ فُلَان

[More, and most, disdainful, and the like.]

2this is the speediest of God's countries in producing vegetation—هٰذِهِ آنَفُ بِلَادِ ٱللّٰهِ

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[More, and most, disdainful, &c.]. You say, مَا رَأَيْتُ آنَفَ مِنْ فُلَان I have not seen any one more disdainful, or scornful, or indignant, than such a one. (S, TA.) هٰذِهِ آنَفُ بِلَادِ ٱللّٰهِ This is the speediest, in producing vegetation, of the countries of God. (T, S, * M, * K. *)

Nounآنِفٌ2 senses

Core sense — just now, a little while ago; in the first part of the present timegenerated

See أَنِفٌ.

2figurative · مجازin the beginning, or first part, of this present time in which we are—آنِفًا

From أَنْفٌ, as meaning the first, or first part, of a thing; and from this comes what immediately follows.

what was this that he said just now, or a little while ago?—مَا ذَا قَالَ آنِفًا

In the Kur-án [47:18]; that is, in the first time near to us; from اِسْتَأْنَفْتُ الشَّىْءَ, “I began the thing.”

what was this that he said just now, or a little while ago?—أَنِفًا

[I came to such a one a little while ago]—أَتَيْتُ فُلَانًا آنِفًا

Just as one says مِنْ ذِى قِبَلٍ.

he came a little while ago—جَآءَ آنِفًا

Synonymous with قُبَيْلَ.

[he did it a little while ago; or just now]—فَعَلَهُ بِآنِفَةٍ

Mentioned by IAar, but not explained by him; in ISd's opinion it is like فَعَلَهُ آنِفًا.

a chapter of the Kur-án has been sent down to me now—أُنْزِلَتْ عَلَيَّ سُورَةٌ آنِفًا

So it is said in a tradition.

Qur’ānic occurrences ءَانِف

47:16

وَمِنْهُم مَّن يَسْتَمِعُ إِلَيْكَ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا خَرَجُوا۟ مِنْ عِندِكَ قَالُوا۟ لِلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْعِلْمَ مَاذَا قَالَ ءَانِفًا ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ طَبَعَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ وَٱتَّبَعُوٓا۟ أَهْوَآءَهُمْ

And among them are men who listen to thee, but in the end, when they go out from thee, they say to those who have received Knowledge, "What is it he said just then?" Such are men whose hearts Allah has sealed, and who follow their own lusts.

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: see أَنِفٌ . آنِفًا means In the beginning, or first part, of this present time in which we are; from أَنْفٌ as meaning the “ first, ” or “ first part, ” of a thing: and hence what here immediately follows. (Ham p. 348.) مَا ذَا قَالَ آنِفًا , (T, S, * M, K, * &c.,) and أَنِفًا , (IAar, Bd, K, Jel,) in the Kur [xlvii. 18], (M, &c.,) means What was this that he said just now? (Zj, T, M, Bd, Jel:) or, a little while ago? (IAar, T, K:) i. e., in the first time near to us? (Zj, T, M:) from اِسْتَأْنَفْتُ الشَّىْءَ “ I began the thing. ” (Zj, T, M.) You say also, أَتَيْتُ فُلَانًا آنِفًا [I came to such a one a little while ago]; like as you say, مِنْ ذِى قِبَلٍ . (Lth, T.) And جَآءَ آنِفًا He came a little while ago; syn. قُبَيْلَ . (M.) And فَعَلَهُ بِآنِفَةٍ , mentioned by IAar, but not explained by him; in my opinion, [says ISd,] like فَعَلَهُ آنِفًا [He did it a little while ago: or just now]. (M.) And it is said in a trad., أُنْزِلَتْ عَلَيَّ سُورَةٌ آنِفًا A chapter of the Kur-án has been sent down to me now. (TA.)

Nounآنِفَةٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — the first part of a boy's lifegenerated

1figurative · مجاز

The first part of the life of a boy.

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