نَفْس

1. نَفُسَ

1 nafusa * , aor. nafusa , inf. n. nafaAsapN (S, M, A, Msb, K) and nifaAsN and nafsN (K) and nufuwsN ; (TA;) and ↓ A^anofasa , (M, A, Msb,) inf. n. A_inofaAsN ; (A, Msb;) It was, or became, high in estimation, of high account, or excellent; (M, Msb, TA;) [ highly prized; precious, or valuable; ] and

2. نَفْسٌ

nafosN * The soul; the spirit; the vital principle; syn. ruwHN : (S, M, A, Msb, K:) but between these two words is a difference [which must be fully explained hereafter, though ISd says, that it is not of the purpose of his book, the M, to explain it]: (M:) in this sense it is fem.: (Msb:) pl. [of p

3. نَفَسٌ

nafasN * [ Breath; ] what is drawn in by the airpassages in the nose, [or by the mouth, ] to the inside, and emitted, (Msb;) what comes forth from a living being in the act of tanaf~us . (Mgh:) or the exit of wind from the nose and the mouth: (M:) pl. A^anofaAsN . (S, M, A. Mgh, Msb, K.) ― -b2- A ge