ن ط فn-ṭ-f
(ن، ض) نَطَفَ يَنْطُفُ وَيَنْطِفُ نَطْفًاnaṭafa yanṭufu wa-yanṭifu naṭfan: (of water) to flow little by little, to drip. (This verb is not used in the Quran.)
نُطْفَةٌnuṭfah pl. نُطَفٌnuṭaf (noun, ism dhāt): a drop of water; technically a drop of seminal fluid. ﴿خَلَقَ الْاِنْسَانَ مِنْ نُّطْفَةٍ﴾ (An-Naḥl 16:4); ﴿ثُمَّ جَعَلْنٰهُ نُطْفَةً فِيْ قَرَارٍ مَّكِيْنٍ﴾ (Al-Muʾminūn 23:13)