Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

نَسَفَتْهُ الرِّيحُ, (Mgh, Mṣb, TA,) aor. ـِ {يَنْسِفُ}, (TA,) inf. n. نَسْفٌ; (Mṣb, TA;) andاِنْتَسَفَتْهُ↓, (TA,) The wind carried it away; (TA;) i. q. ذَرَتْهُ [q. v.]; (Mgh;) namely, dust. (Mgh, Mṣb.)

مِنْسَفٌ A vessel (وِعَآء) in which dates [and grain] are shaken to remove the dust, &c. (TA in art. نفض.)