نطف

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Arabic

Etymology 1.1

Root
ن ط ف (n ṭ f)
3 terms

Compare with Hebrew נֵטֶף (drop).

Verb

نَطَفَ (naṭafa) I (non-past يَنْطِفُ (yanṭifu), verbal noun نَطْف (naṭf) or نُطُوف (nuṭūf) or نَطَفَان (naṭafān) or نِطَاف (niṭāf))

  1. to flow
  2. to drip, to dribble, to trickle
  3. to leak, to spill
  4. to tear (a wound)
  5. to accuse (especially wrongly)
  6. to promulgate, to make known
Conjugation

See also

Etymology 1.2

Root
ن ط ف (n ṭ f)
3 terms

Compare with Hebrew נֵטֶף (drop).

Verb

نَطِفَ (naṭifa) I (non-past يَنْطَفُ (yanṭafu), verbal noun مَطَف (maṭaf))

  1. to be corrupted, to be immoral
  2. to be accused of immorality
  3. to spoil (of food)
  4. to be stuffed with food (of a person)
  5. to have a cyst in its stomach (of an animal)
Conjugation

Etymology 1.3

Verb

نَطَّفَ (naṭṭafa) II (non-past يُنَطِّفُ (yunaṭṭifu), verbal noun تَنْطِيف (tanṭīf))

  1. to accuse (especially wrongly)
  2. to hang an earring in (someone's) ear
Conjugation

Etymology 1.4

Noun

نَطَف (naṭafm

  1. verbal noun of نَطِفَ (naṭifa) (form I)
  2. evil, corruption

Etymology 1.5

Noun

نَطِف (naṭif)

  1. active participle of نَطِفَ (naṭifa)

Etymology 1.6

Noun

نُطَف (nuṭaff

  1. plural of نُطْفَة (nuṭfa)

Etymology 2.1

Verb

نطف (form I)

  1. نَطُفْ (naṭuf) /na.tˤuf/: first-person plural non-past active jussive of طَافَ (ṭāfa)
  2. نُطَفْ (nuṭaf) /nu.tˤaf/: first-person plural non-past passive jussive of طَافَ (ṭāfa)

Etymology 2.2

Verb

نطف (form IV)

  1. نُطِفْ (nuṭif) /nu.tˤif/: first-person plural non-past active jussive of أَطَافَ (ʔaṭāfa)
  2. نُطَفْ (nuṭaf) /nu.tˤaf/: first-person plural non-past passive jussive of أَطَافَ (ʔaṭāfa)

Etymology 3

Verb

نَطْفُ (naṭfu) (form I) /natˤ.fu/

  1. first-person plural non-past active jussive of طَفَا (ṭafā)