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طرف

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

طَارِفَةٌ ذ [a subst. from طَارِفٌ, rendered such by the affix ة]: pl. طَوَارِفٌ: see طَرْفٌ, in two places. ― -b2- [Also, app., A thing that causes a twinkling, or winking, of the eye. Whence, app.,] one says, جَاآءَ بِطَارِفَةِ عَيْنٍ, meaning (tropical:) He (a man, S, O) brought much property, or many cattle. (S, O, K, TA.) ― -b3- The phrase مَا أَبْرَزَتْهُ طَوَارِفُ القَرَائِحِ, in which طَوَارِفُ is pl. of طَارِفَةٌ, from طَارِفٌ signifying property “ newly acquired, ” means مَا أَحْدَثَتْهُ القَرَائِحُ المُتَأَخِّرَةُ [i. e. What the modern excogitative faculties have originated ]. (Har p. 63.) -A2- طَوَارِفُ الخِبَاآءِ means The portions of the sides of the tent that are raised for the purpose of one's looking out: (S, O, K:) or, as some say, rings attached to the skirts (رُفُوف) of the tent, having ropes by which they are tied to the tentpegs. (TA.) -A3- And سِبَاعٌ طَوَارِفُ means Beasts of prey that seize, or carry off by force, the animals that are the objects of the chase. (O, K.)

Derived headwords

طَارِفَةٌ
  1. 1.
جَاآءَ بِطَارِفَةِ عَيْنٍ
مَا أَبْرَزَتْهُ طَوَارِفُ القَرَائِحِ
أَحْدَثَتْهُ القَرَائِحُ المُتَأَخِّرَةُ
طَوَارِفُ الخِبَاآءِ
سِبَاعٌ طَوَارِفُ