نطف

Meaning

Verb

1. to flow
2. to drip, to dribble, to trickle
3. to leak, to spill
4. to tear (a wound)
5. to accuse [with accusative ‘someone’ and بِ (bi) ‘of something bad’] (especially wrongly)
6. to promulgate, to make known

Noun

1. (form-of, noun-from-verb) verbal noun of نَطِفَ (naṭifa) (form I)
2. evil, corruption

Noun

active participle of نَطِفَ (naṭifa)

Noun

plural of نُطْفَة (nuṭfa)

Concepts

dribble

dribbling

drop

drops

sperm

trickle

trickling

Etymology

Compare with Hebrew נֵטֶף (“drop”).