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نفس

Pronunciation: /nafs/

“نفس” is an Arabic word. Its 20 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to be priceless, to be precious, to be valuable
  2. to be stingy, to be sparing
  3. to envy, to begrudge
  4. to be in childbed
  5. to comfort, to cheer up, to reassure, to appease
  6. to relieve, to dispel, to banish
  7. to air, to vent
  8. to uncover, to reveal, to voice
  9. to cease, to desist
  10. to let out air
  11. to get frustrated

noun

  1. self
  2. in idafa with an enclitic pronoun attached to it
  3. as reflexive
  4. as emphatic
  5. same used in the construct state, with a modifying noun in the genitive, or after the noun with an enclitic pronoun attached to it
  6. consciousness
  7. psyche, mind
  8. spirit, soul
  9. life, breath

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Semitic *napš-.

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