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تفل

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

4 اتفلهُ أتفله اتفله اتفلة تفل تفلى He, or it, made him, or it, to be altered for the worse in odour, ill-smelling, or frouzy, (K,) or unperfumed. (S.) The rájiz says, وَ تُتْفِلُ العَنْبَرَ وَ الصِّوَارَ [ And she makes ambergris and musk, or the vesicle of musk, to have a bad odour, or to lose their fragrance ]. (S.) And it is said of the sun, تُتْفِلُ الرِّيحَ [ It makes the odour of the person to be bad ]. (TA, from a trad.)

Derived headwords

اتفلهُverb
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وَ تُتْفِلُ العَنْبَرَ وَ الصِّوَارَ
تُتْفِلُ الرِّيحَ