نِفَاسٌ

(tropical:) Childbirth (S, K) from نَفْسٌ signifying “ blood. ” (Msb, TA.) See نُفِسَتْ.

[And The state of impurity consequent upon childbirth. See 5, in article عل.]

Also, (tropical:) The blood that comes forth immediately after the child: a verbal noun used as a subst. (Mgh.)

A poet says, (namely, Ows Ibn-Hajar, O, in article طرق,)

لَنَا صَرْخَةٌ ثُمَّ إِسْكَاتَةٌ

كَمَا طَرَّقَتْ بِنِفَاسٍ بِكِرْ

[We utter a cry; then keep a short silence; like as when one that has never yet brought forth experiences resistance and difficulty in giving birth to a child, or young one]; meaning, بِوَلَدٍ. (S.)