ن س ف

Arabic

Root

ن س ف • (n-s-f)

1. related to blow-ups

Derived terms

Verbs

• Form I: نَسَفَ (nasafa, “to winnow up, to blow up, to blast, to blow away”)
  • Active participle: نَاسِف (nāsif)
  • Passive participle: مَنْسُوف (mansūf)
• Form IV: أَنْسَفَ (ʔansafa, “to disperse”)
  • Verbal noun: إِنْسَاف (ʔinsāf)
  • Active participle: مُنْسِف (munsif)
  • Passive participle: مُنْسَف (munsaf)
• Form VI: تَنَاسَفَ (tanāsafa)
  • Verbal noun: تَنَاسُف (tanāsuf)
  • Active participle: مُتَنَاسِف (mutanāsif)
• Form VIII: اِنْتَسَفَ (intasafa, “to overthrow utterly, to raze”)
  • Verbal noun: اِنْتِسَاف (intisāf)
  • Active participle: مُنْتَسِف (muntasif)
  • Passive participle: مُنْتَسَف (muntasaf)

Nouns

• نَسِيفَة f (nasīfa)
• مِنْسَف m (minsaf), مِنْسَفَة f (minsafa)
• نَسَّافَة f (nassāfa)
• نَسَّاف m (nassāf, “swallow”), id. نُسَّاف (nussāf)

References

• Freytag, Georg (1837) “ن س ف”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 274–275
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “ن س ف”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[2] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1269