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;

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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, (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.

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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.

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