نَفَحَ

, aorist تَفَحَ , (S, L, K,) verbal noun نَفْحٌ (L, K) and نُفُوحٌ (L) and نُفَاحٌ and نَفَحَانٌ, (K,) It (perfume) diffused its odour. (S, L, K.)

نَفَحَتِ الرِّيحُ, (S, Msb, K,) aorist تَفُحَ , verbal noun نَفْحٌ, (Msb,) (tropical:) The wind blew: (S, Msb, K:) or blew gently; began to be in a state of commotion: (A:) نَفَحَتْ and لَفَحَتْ are synonym, except that the effect of النَّفْح is greater than that of اللَّفْح: (Zj:) or, according to As, (S,) or IAar, (TA,) نَفْحٌ relates to a cold, or cool, wind; and لَفْحٌ, to a hot wind: (S, TA.) [but see نَفْحَةٌ].

نَفَحَتْهُ الجنوب بِبَرْدِهَا (tropical:) The south wind blew upon it with its cold, or coolness. (IB.)

نَفَحَ العِرْقَ, (aorist تَفَحَ , verbal noun نَفْحٌ, S,) (tropical:) The vein ejected, or spirted forth, blood. (S, K.) And in like manner, نَفَحَتِ الطَّعْنَةُ بِالدَّمِ (tropical:) The stab ejected, or spirted forth, blood. (TA.)

نَفَحَ اللَّبَنَ نَفْحَةَ (tropical:) He churned the milk once. (A.)

-A2- نَفَحَهُ بالسَّيْفِ (tropical:) He struck him, or it, lightly, or slightly, with the sword: (A:) he reached, or hit, him, or it, (تَنَاوَلَهُ,) with the sword (S, L, K) from a distance, (S, L,) by a side-blow, شَزْرًا. (L.)

نَفَحَ, verbal noun نَفْحٌ, He struck, smote, or beat. (L.) See 3.

نَفَحَ, verbal noun نَفْحٌ, He threw, or cast. (L.)

نَفَحَ شَيْيءًا (assumed tropical:) He thrust, or pushed, or repelled, a thing from him. (L.)

نَفَحَتِ الدَّابَّةُ, aorist تَفَحَ , verbal noun نَفْحٌ, The horse, or the like, kicked, or struck, with its hind leg: (L:) or, with its hoof: (Msb:) or, with the extremity of its hoof: النَّفْحُ is said to be with one hind leg: and الرَّمْحُ, with both hind legs together. (L.) نَفَحَتِ النَّاقَةُ The she-camel struck, or kicked, with her hind leg. (S.) أَبْطَلَ نَفْحَ الدَّابَّةِ He made the kicking of the horse, or the like, with its hind leg, to be of no account; not to require anything to be paid by its owner. (L.) [See 3 in article عقب.]

-A3- نَفَحَهُ بِشَىْءٍ, (verbal noun نَفْحٌ, Msb,) (tropical:) He gave him a thing. (S, K.)

نَفَحَهُ نَفْحَةً (tropical:) He gave him a gift; or conferred upon him a favour]. (S.) [See an example voce عَرَبَة.]