نَفَس
breath
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ن-ف-س
The Arabic root ن-ف-س (n-f-s)
Form I verb نَفُسَ: to be priceless
21 words in the dictionary are built from ن-ف-س, including verbs in Forms I, II, III, V, VI. Each verb is listed with the nouns that come from it: its verbal noun (masdar), its participles, and words derived from it.
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Verb · Form III
نَافَسَ
to compete with
Noun
تَنَافُس
competition
Noun
نَفَس
breath
Verb · Form II
نَفَّسَ
to comfort
Verb · Form VI
تَنَافَسَ
to compete
Verbs and the nouns that come from them
نَفُسَ
· present يَنْفُسُ
Form I · The plain action
to be priceless, to be precious, to be valuable
نِفَاس
نَفَاسَة
refinement
نَفِيس
precious
نَافِس
نَفَّسَ
· present يُنَفِّسُ
Form II · Causative or intensive
to comfort, to cheer up, to reassure, to appease; to relieve, to dispel, to banish; to air, to vent
تَنْفِيس
venting
مُنَفِّس
مُنَفَّس
مَنْفَس
breather
نَافَسَ
· present يُنَافِسُ
Form III · Done to or with someone
to compete with, to vie with (someone); to fight, to struggle (عَلَى (ʕalā) for); to seek, to desire (عَلَى (ʕalā) something)
مُنَافَسَة
مُنَافِس
rival
مُنَافَس
to breathe, to respire, to take a breath, to take a breather; to take a rest
تَنَافَسَ
· present يَتَنَافَسُ
Form VI · Mutual action
to compete, to contend, to vie
تَنَافُس
competition
مُتَنَافِس
مُتَنَافَس
Other nouns and adjectives
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