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طرف

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

مُطَرَّفٌ ذ A horse white in the head and the tail, the rest of him being of a different colour: and in like manner black in the head and the tail. (S, O, K.) And, accord. to AO, أَبْلَقُ مُطَرَّفٌ A horse white in the head: and likewise white in the tail and the head. (TA.) And شَاةٌ مُطَرَّفَةٌ A sheep or goat black in the end of the tail, in other parts white: (S, O, K:) or white in the ends of the ears, and for the rest part black: or black in the ends of the ears, and for the rest part white. (TA.) ― -b2- See also مُطْرِفٌ. And see سَجْعٌ. ― -b3- In a verse of Sá'ideh the Hudhalee, as some relate it, but accord. to others it is مُطَرِّف [q. v.], (O, TA,) describing a horse, (O,) it signifies مُرَدَّدٌ فِى الكَرَمِ [app. meaning Repeatedly improved in generosity by descent from a number of generous sires and dams ]. (O, TA.) ― -b4- See also مُسْتَطُرَفٌ.

Derived headwords

مُطَرَّفٌ
  1. 1.
أَبْلَقُ مُطَرَّفٌ
شَاةٌ مُطَرَّفَةٌ
مُرَدَّدٌ فِى الكَرَمِ