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طنف

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

2 طنّفهُ ذ , inf. n. تَطْنِيفٌ, He suspected him. (O, K.) One says فُلَانٌ يَطَنَّفُ بِهٰذِهِ السَّرِقَةِ Such a one is suspected of this theft. (TA.) ― -b2- طنّف نَفْسَهُ اـِلَى كَذَا He made his mind to approach a coveting of such a thing. (IDrd, O, K.) ― -b3- And طنّف لِلْأَمْرِ, inf. n. as above, He was, or became, near to the affair. (TA.) [See an ex. voce رَايَفَ.] -A2- طنّف جِدَارَهُ He put above his wall thorns or branches of trees, (O,) or thorns and sticks and branches, (K,) in order to make the climbing, or scaling, of it difficult: (O:) so says Az. (TA.) [And it probably signifies He made a طَنَف, or طُنُف, of any kind to his wall. ]

Derived headwords

طنّفهُverb
  1. 1.
فُلَانٌ يَطَنَّفُ بِهٰذِهِ السَّرِقَةِ
نَفْسَهُ اـِلَى كَذَا
طنّف لِلْأَمْرِ
طنّف جِدَارَهُ