نفض
Root: نفش
2 entries for this word
Hans Wehr Definitions
Entry 1
نفض nafaḍa u (nafḍ) to shake (هـ s.th.), shake off (عن هـ s.th. from), shake out, dust, dust off (هـ s.th.); to knock the ashes from a cigarette (هـ); to make (ه s.o.) shiver (fever); -- u (نفوض nufūḍ) to recover, recuperate (من from) │ نفض عنه الكسل (kasala) or نفض غبار كسله (gubāra kasalihī) to shake off one’s laziness; نفض غباره (gubārahū) lit.: to shake off its dust, i.e., to have reached the end of, be finished with; نفض عنه الهم (hamma) to shake off one’s sorrows, shed one’s anxiety; نفض في لعب الأوراق (la‘ibi l-aurāq) to gamble away at cards; نفض يده من الأمر (yadahū, amr) to chuck s.th., shake off s.th., rid o.s. of, refuse to have anything to do with; نفض يده من يد فلان to break with s.o. dissociate o.s. from, go back on s.o. II to shake violently, shake out, dust off (هـ s.th.) IV to use up completely, exhaust (هـ provisions, stores); to be devoid of all means, be reduced to poverty, be impoverished, be depleted; to shake off (عن ه s.o. from); to remove, dismiss (عن ه s.o. from) VIII to be shaken off, be dusted off; to shake; to shudder, shiver, tremble (من with) │ انتفض واقفا (wāqifan) to jump up, jump to one’s feet
Entry 2
نفض nafaḍ that which is shaken off or falls off
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