تفح

تُفَّاحٌ تفاح , of the measure فُعَّالٌ; an Arabic word; [not arabicized;] (Msb;) [The apple, or apples; ] a certain fruit, (L, Msb,) well known, (S, L, Msb, K,) plentiful in [ the cooler parts of ] the land of the Arabs: (AHn, TA:) the word is said by Abu-l-Khattáb to be derived from تَفْحَةٌ “ a sweet odour: ” (L:) the n. un. is with ة: (S, L, Msb:) the pl. is تَفَافِيحُ: (T:) and the dim. of the n. un. is ↓ تُفَيْفيحَةٌ. (L.) You say, فُلَانٌ تُحْفَتُهُ تُفَّاحَةٌ [ Such a one, his present is an apple ]. (A.) ― -b2- تُفَّاحُ الحُبِّ and تُفَّاحٌ ذَهَبِىٌّ: see بَاذَنْجَانٌ. ― -b3- تُفَّاحُ البَرِّ: see يَبْرُوحٌ, in art. برح. ― -b4- التُّفَّاحَةُ also signifies (tropical:) The head of the thigh-bone, which is in the haunch-bone. (Kr, A, K.) ― -b5- لَطَمْنَ بِالعُنَّابِ التُّفَّاحَ [lit. They (women) slapped, with the jujubes, the apples ] means, (tropical:) with the fingers, or the ends of the fingers, the cheeks. (A.)