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Etymological Dictionary of Arabic
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nafs نَفْس 
ID 866 • Sw – • BP 44, 805 • APD … • © SG | 15Feb2021
√NFS 
n. 
… – WehrCowan1979. 
▪ Kogan2011: from protSem *napš‑ ‘soul’ (as receptacle of vital energy).
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▪ Bergsträsser1928: (*‘soul’) Akk napištu, Hbr nép̄eš, Syr nap̄šā, Gz nafs.
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NFŠ نفش 
ID – • Sw – • BP – • APD … • © SG | 19May2023
√NFŠ 
“root” 
▪ NFŠ_1 ‘...’ ↗...
▪ NFŠ_2 ‘...’ ↗...
▪ NFŠ_3 ‘...’ ↗...

♦ Semantic value spectrum in ClassAr (acc. to BAH2008): ‘wool, to tease out, ruffle the feathers, bristle up, swell, scatter over a large area’. – Some scholars attribute an Aram origin to the form manfūš’ 
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NFḌ نفض 
ID … • Sw – • BP – • APD … • © SG | 15Feb2021
√NFḌ 
“root” 
▪ NFḌ_1 ‘…’ ↗…
▪ NFḌ_2 ‘…’ ↗…
 
▪ NFḌ_1: from protSem *√NPṢ́ ‘to shake, shatter’ – Huehnergard2011.
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▪ Engl intifada ↗ ĭntifāḍaẗ, ↗nafaḍa. 
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