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طف

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

طَفَّافٌ ذ (O, K) and ↓ طَفٌّ (K) and خَفٌّ and دَفٌّ, as epithets applied to a horse, are alike (O, K) in meaning (K) [app. signifying Light, brisk, or quick: (see طَفَّفَ بِهِ الفَرَسُ:) in the TK, and hence by Freytag, expl. as meaning thus, but as an epithet applied to a man].

Derived headwords

طَفَّافٌ
  1. 1.
طَفَّفَ بِهِ الفَرَسُ