نفض

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ن ف ض‎ (n-f-ḍ). Cognate with Aramaic ܢܦܨ‎.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /na.fa.dˤa/

Verb

نَفَضَ • (nafaḍa) I, non-past يَنْفُضُ‎‎ (yanfuḍu)

  1. to shake, to dust off
    ‏نَفَضْتُ ٱلْوَرَقَ مِنَ ٱلشَّجَرَةِ‎
    nafaḍtu l-waraqa mina š-šajarati
    I shook off the leaves from the tree.
    ‏نَفَضَتْ عَنْهُ ٱلْغُبَارَ‎
    nafaḍat ʕanhu l-ḡubāra
    She dusted it off.
Conjugation

Noun

نَفْض • (nafḍ) m

  1. verbal noun of نَفَضَ (nafaḍa)
Declension

Etymology 2

From the root ن ف ض‎ (n-f-ḍ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /naf.fa.dˤa/

Verb

نَفَّضَ • (naffaḍa) II, non-past يُنَفِّضُ‎‎ (yunaffiḍu)

  1. to shake violently, to dust off
Conjugation

References

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