Rizwan Zubair

Root ن ف ث n-f-th

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ن ف ثn-f-th

(ن، ض) نَفَثَ يَنْفُثُ وَيَنْفِثُ نَفْثًاnafatha yanfuthu wa-yanfithu nafthan: to blow with a light spray of saliva, to blow (an incantation). (This verb is not used in the Quran.)

نَفَّاثَةٌnaffāthah pl. نَفّٰثٰتٌnaffāthāt (intensive form, ṣīghat al-mubālaghah, on the pattern of فَعَّالَةٌfaʿʿālah): one (feminine) who blows much, women who blow on knots. Only once in the Quran: ﴿وَمِنْ شَرِّ النَّفّٰثٰتِ فِي الْعُقَدِ﴾ (Al-Falaq 113:4)

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