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نفس

نفس

See also: نقس

Arabic

Verb

نَفُسَ (nafusa) I, non-past يَنْفُسُ‎ (yanfusu)

  1. to be priceless, to be precious, to be valuable
Conjugation
References
  • Wehr, Hans (1976), نفس”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-001-8

Verb

نَفِسَ (nafisa) I, non-past يَنْفَسُ‎ (yanfasu)

  1. to be niggardly, to be stingy, to be sparing
Conjugation
References
  • Wehr, Hans (1976), نفس”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-001-8

Verb

نَفِسَ (nafisa) I, non-past يَنْفَسُ‎ (yanfasu)

  1. to envy, to begrudge
Conjugation
References
  • Wehr, Hans (1976), نفس”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-001-8

Verb

نَفِسَ (nafisa) I, non-past يَنْفَسُ‎ (yanfasu)
نُفِسَ (nufisa) I, non-past يُنْفَسُ‎ (yunfasu)

  1. to be in childbed
Conjugation
References
  • Wehr, Hans (1976), نفس”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-001-8

Verb

نَفَّسَ (naffasa) II, non-past يُنَفِّسُ‎ (yunaffisu)

  1. to comfort, to cheer up, to reassure, to appease
  2. to relieve, to dispel, to banish
  3. to air, to vent
  4. to uncover, to reveal, to voice
  5. to cease, to desist
  6. to let out air
  7. to be in childbed
Conjugation

Etymology 2

From Proto-Semitic. Cognate with Hebrew נֶפֶשׁ (néfesh), Akkadian 𒍣 (napištu, ZI, throat, life), Aramaic נַפְשָׁא/ܢܲܦܫܵܐ (nap̄šā), Ugaritic 𐎐𐎔𐎌 (npš).

Noun

نَفْس (nafs) f (plural نُفُوس (nufūs) or أَنْفُس (ʾanfus))

  1. soul, self
    1. in idafa with an enclitic pronoun attached to it
      نَفْسُهُnafsuhu ― himself
      1. as reflexive
        قَتَلَ نَفْسَهُqatala nafsahu ― He killed himself. [reflexive]
        شَاهَدْتُ نَفْسِي فِي ٱلْمِرْآةِ
        šāhadtu nafsī fī l-mirʾāti
        I saw myself in the mirror.
      2. as emphatic
        جَاءَنِي هُوَ نَفْسُهُ.
        jāʾanī huwa nafsuhu.
        He came to me himself or in person.
  2. same used in the construct state, with a modifying noun in the genitive, or after the noun with an enclitic pronoun attached to it
    نَفْسُ ٱلشَّيْءِnafsu š-šayʾi ― the same thing
    فِي نَفْسِ ٱلْيَوْمِ، فِي ٱلْيَوْمِ نَفْسِهِ
    fī nafsi l-yawmi, fī l-yawmi nafsihi
    on the same day
  3. psyche
  4. spirit, mind
  5. life
  6. essence, nature
  7. inclination, appetite, proclivity
  8. personal identity
Declension
Inflection
Derived terms
  • بِنَفْسِهِ (binafsihi, himself, in person, personally)
  • مِنْ نَفْسِهِ (min nafsihi, of his own accord)
  • نَفْسِيّ (nafsiyy)
    • نَفْسِيَّة (nafsiyya)
  • عِلْمُ ٱلنَّفْسِ (ʿilmu n-nafsi, psychology)
  • صَغِيرُ ٱلنَّفْسِ (ṣaḡīru n-nafsi, base-minded, low-minded, literally small of mind)
  • كَبِيرُ ٱلنَّفْسِ (kabīru n-nafsi, high-minded, proud, literally big of mind)

Noun

نَفْس (nafs) m (plural نُفُوس (nufūs) or أَنْفُس (ʾanfus))

  1. living creature, living being, human being, person
Declension

Noun

نَفَس (nafas) m (plural أَنْفَاس (ʾanfās))

  1. verbal noun of نَفِسَ (nafisa) (form I)
  2. verbal noun of نَفُسَ (nafusa) (form I)
  3. breath
  4. puff, draw (of smoke)
  5. gulp, draught
  6. freedom, liberty, convenience, discretion
Declension

Persian

Etymology 1

From Arabic نَفَس (nafas).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [næˈfæs]

Noun

نفس (nafas) (plural نفس‌ها (nafas-hâ) or انفاس (anfâs))

  1. breath
Derived terms
Related terms

Etymology 2

From Arabic نَفْس (nafs).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [næfs], [næːfs]

Noun

نفس (nafs) (plural نفس‌ها (nafs-hâ) or نفوس (nofus))

  1. soul, self
  2. psyche
  3. spirit, mind
  4. personal identity