نسف

Form 1 · Form 8 · 3 entries · Qur'ānic frequency 5

Form 1نَسَفَتْهُ الرِّيحُ1 sense

muḍāriʿـِيَفْعِلُmaṣdarنَسْفٌ

Core sense — the wind carried it awaygenerated

1.1

maṣdar نَسْفٌ and اِنْتَسَفَتْهُ.

The wind carried it away, namely, dust; the same as ذَرَتْهُ.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1 1 shown of 3

77:10

وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ نُسِفَتْ

When the mountains are scattered (to the winds) as dust;

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Show Lane's original text

, (Mgh, Msb, TA,) aor. نَسِفَ , (TA,) inf. n. نَسْفٌ ; (Msb, TA;) and اِنْتَسَفَتْهُ , (TA,) The wind carried it away; (TA;) i. q. ذَرَتْهُ [q. v.]; (Mgh;) namely, dust. (Mgh, Msb.)

Form 8إِنْتَسَفَ1 sense

Core sense — the wind carried it awaygenerated

8.1

See form 1.

Show Lane's original text

see 1.

Derived nouns 1

Nounمِنْسَفٌ1 sense

Core sense — a vessel in which dates are shaken to clean them of dustgenerated

1a vessel in which dates and grain are shaken to remove the dust and the like—وِعَآء

So stated in the article on نفض.

Show Lane's original text

A vessel ( وِعَآء ) in which dates [and grain are shaken to remove the dust, &c. (TA in art. نفض .)