Lane's Lexicon (Edward Lane, 1863)

اـِتْبَاعٌ أتباع اتباع تبع ٱتباع in language is when one says the like of حَسَنٌ بَسَنٌ (S, K) and قَبِيحٌ شَقِيحٌ: (S:) The putting, after a word, an imitative sequent, i. e. another word similar to the former in measure or in its رَوِىّ, by way of pleonasm, or for fulness of expression, and for corroboration; (Mz 28th نوع, and Kull p. 11;) the latter word being one not used alone, and having no meaning by itself, as in بسَنٌَ حَسَنٌ; or being one which has a meaning of its own, as in هَنِيْئًا مَرِيْئًا. (Kull ubi suprà.) ― -b2- [Also The latter of such two words; i. e. an imitative sequent. ― -b3- And used in the former sense, as an inf. n., it denotes various other kinds of assimilation, i. e., of one word to another preceding or following it, and of one vowel to another preceding or following it in the same word.]

مُتْبِعٌ متبع She who has with her children, or young ones: (Lh:) or a ewe, or she-goat, and a cow, and a girl, having her offspring following her: (K:) or a cow having a تَبِيع, q. v.: and IB mentions also مُتْبِعَةٌ as signifying the same: and a female servant followed by her offspring whither she comes and goes. (TA.)

مَتْبُوعٌ متبوع [pass. part. n. of 1. ― -b2- In grammar, The antecedent of a تَابِع, i. e., of an appositive. ] مُتَابَعٌ (assumed tropical:) Anything made, or executed, soundly, thoroughly, well, or so as to be free from defect. (K, * TA.)

مُتَتَابِعٌ متتابع Consecutive, successive, or uninterrupted, in its progressions, or gradations, or the like. (TA.) You say لُؤْلُؤٌ مُتَتَابِعٌ Pearls following one another, or doing so in uninterrupted order. (TA.) And صِيَامُ شَهْرَيْنِ مُتَتَابِعَيْنِ The fasting of two consecutive months. (TA.) ― -b2- غُصْنٌ مُتَتَابِعٌ (tropical:) An even, or a uniform, branch, in which are no knots. (K, * TA.) And فَرَسٌ مُتَتَابِعُ الخَلْقِ (tropical:) A horse symmetrical in make, (A, K,) justly proportioned in his limbs or parts. (A, TA.) And رَجُلٌ مُتَتَابِعُ العِلْمِ (tropical:) A man whose knowledge is uniform, consistent, without incongruity. (K, * TA.)

1 تَبَلَهُ أبال أبل أبلى بال بل بلا بله بلي تبل تبله تبلة وبل , (Lth, T, M,) aor. تَبِلَ , (M,) inf. n. تَبْلٌ, (Lth, T, M,) He pursued him with enmity, or hostility: (Lth, T:) or he bore enmity, or was hostile, to him. (M.) ― -b2- تَبَلَهُمُ الدَّهْرُ, (S, M, K,) inf. n. تَبْلٌ, (M,) (tropical:) Time, or fortune, smote them with its vicissitudes, (M, K,) and (K) destroyed them; (S, K;) as also ↓ أَتْبَلَهُمْ. (S, TA.) ― -b3- تَبَلَهُ الحُبُّ, (S, M,) or الهَوَى, (T,) aor. تَبِلَ , (M,) inf. n. تَبْلٌ; (T, K;) and ↓ اتبلهُ, (S, M,) inf. n. اـِتْبَالٌ; (K, TA;) Love made him sick, or ill; (T, S, M, K; [in the CK, والاَسْقَامُ كالاَتْبَالِ is erroneously put for والاـِسْقَامُ كالاـِتْبَالِ;]) and caused him to be in a bad, or unsound, state: (S:) or, as some say, تَبَلَهُ signifies, (M,) or signifies also, (K,) it took away his reason, (M, K,) and bewildered him. (TA.) ― -b4- You say also, of a woman, تَبَلَتْ فُؤَادَ الرَّجُلِ, (M, K,) inf. n. as above, as though meaning, (M,) She smote the man's heart with ↓ تَبْل [app. meaning love-sickness ]. (M, K.) -A2- See also Q. Q. 1.

2 تَبَّلَ and 3: see Q. Q. 1.

4 اتبلهُ أتبله اتبله اتبلة تبل , inf. n. اـِتْبَالٌ, He made him a victim of blood-revenge, or retaliation of murder or homicide. (S: the meaning is indicated there, but not expressed.) ― -b2- See also 1, in two places.

Q. Q. 1 تَوْبَلَ القِدْرَ توبل القدر , (A 'Obeyd, T, S, M, Msb, K,) and تَأْبَلَهَا, with hemz, (IJ, M,) or ↓ تَابَلَهَا, [without ء,] (K,) mentioned by Ibn-Abbád in the Moheet, (TA,) and ↓ تَبَّلَهَا, (T, M, K,) said by Lth to be allowable, (T,) and ↓ تَبَلَهَا, (K,) He seasoned [ the contents of ] the cooking-pot with تَابَل; (Msb;) he put تَابَل into the cooking-pot; (K;) i. q. قَزَّحَهَا and فَحَّاهَا: (A 'Obeyd, T:) from تَابَلٌ. (S, M. *) ― -b2- [Hence,] تَوْبَلَ كَلَامَهُ (tropical:) He seasoned [meaning he embellished ] his speech, or language; syn. قَزَّحَهُ (TA) and بَزَّرَهُ. (A in art. بزر.)

تَبْلٌ أبال أبل أبلى بال بل بلا بلي تبل وبل [originally inf. n. of 1, q. v. ― -b2- ] Enmity, or hostility, (Lth, T, M, K, TA,) in the heart, (TA,) with which one is pursued: (Lth, T:) pl. تُبُولٌ (Lth, T, M, K) and ↓ تَبَابِيلُ, which latter is extr. (K.) You say, لِى عِنْدَهُ تَبْلٌ [ He has enmity, or hostility, towards me, with which he pursues me ]. (T.) ― -b3- I. q. تِرَةٌ (S) and ذَحْلٌ (S, M, K) [by the former of which may be intended the meaning explained above, or, as appears to be meant by the latter, blood-revenge; or retaliation of murder or homicide; or prosecution for blood; or a desire of, or seeking for, retaliation of a crime or of enmity ]: pl. تُبُولٌ. (S.) التَّبْلُ as meaning الذَّحْلُ is likened by Yezeed Ibn-El- Hakam Eth-Thakafee to a debt which one should be paid. (Ham p. 530.) And one says, أُصِيبَ بِتَبْلٍ [ He was made a victim of blood-revenge, or retaliation of murder or homicide: or, perhaps, of enmity, or hostility ]. (S.) And بَيْنَهُمْ تُبُولٌ [ Between them are blood-revenges, &c.]. (TA.) ― -b4- Love-sickness. (Kull p. 167. [See حُبُّ.]) See 1.

دَهْرٌ تَبِلَ دهر تبل , (M,) or ↓ تَابِلٌ, (TA,) (tropical:) Time, or fortune, that smites people with its vicissitudes, (M, TA,) and destroys them. (TA.) And ↓ دَهْرٌ مُتْبِلٌ خَبِلٌ, occurring in a poem of El-Aashà, (assumed tropical:) Time, or fortune, that destroys, or carries off, family and children. (S.)

تَبِيلٌ أبال تبيل : see مَتْبُولٌ.

تَبَابِيلُ تبابيل : see تَبْلٌ.

تَبَّالٌ بالى تبال A possessor [or seller ] of تَوَابِل pl. of تَابَلٌ. (K.)

تَابَلٌ تابل , (A 'Obeyd, T, S, M, Msb, K,) also pronounced تَأْبَلٌ, with ء, (IJ, M,) and ↓ تَابِلٌ, (S, Msb, K,) and ↓ تَوْبَلُ, (IAar, T, K,) Seeds (أَبْزَارٌ Msb and K) that are used in cooking, for seasoning food; (T, S, * M, Msb, K;) i. q. فَحًا; (T, M;) such as cumin-seeds and coriander-seeds: (TA voce قِزْحٌ:) said to be arabicized: Ibn-El-Jawá- leekee says that the vulgar distinguish between تابل and ابزار, [in the manner explained voce بِزْرٌ,] but the [classical] Arabs do not: (Msb:) pl. تَوَابِلُ. (T, S, Msb, K.)

تَابِلٌ تابل : see تَبِلٌ: -A2- and see تَابَلٌ.

تَوْبَلُ ذ : see تَابَلٌ.

تُوبَالٌ ذ [from the Persian تُوبَالْ or تُوPَالْ?] What falls in consecutive portions, or particles, on the occasion of the hammering of copper and of iron: a مِثْقَال thereof, with hydromel, drunk, powerfully alleviates the [ ejection of ] phlegm. (K.)

مُتْبِلٌ متبل : see تَبِلٌ.

مَتْبُولٌ متبول A man rendered love-sick; (T;) as also ↓ تَبِيلٌ: (M:) and the former, a lover who is not granted that which he wants. (TA.)

1 تَبَنَ أبان بان بنى تاب تبن تبنن تبني , aor. تَبِنَ , (S, M, K,) inf. n. تَبْنٌ, (S,) He fed a beast with تِبْن [q. v.]. (S, M, K.) ― -b2- Also He sold [تِبْن, i. e.] straw. (KL.) -A2- تَبِنَ, (T, S, M, K,) aor. تَبَنَ , (S, K,) inf. n. تَبَنٌ, (T, S,) or تَبْنٌ, (M, K,) and تَبَانَةٌ (T, S, * M, K) and تَبَانِيَةٌ, (M,) He was, or became, intelligent, sagacious, skilful, or knowing; syn. فَطِنَ, (K,) or صَارَ فَطِنًا; (S;) and nice, or minute, in inspection (S, K) into affairs: (S:) or تَبَانَةٌ signifies the being very intelligent or sagacious or skilful or knowing, and nice, or minute, in inspection; as also طَبَانَهٌ; accord. to AO and AA: (T:) these two words signify the same (T, S, M *) accord. to [most of] the leading authorities: (T:) and Yaakoob asserts that the ت is a substitute for ط: (M:) [or the reverse seems to be the case in the opinion of Az, who here remarks that there are many instances of the change of ت into ط:] or the former is in evil; and the latter, in good: (M:) or, accord. to Lth, طَبِنَ means in evil; and تَبِنَ, in good; so that he makes طبانة to be in deceiving, or beguiling, and suddenly, or unexpectedly, attacking or destroying: but En-Nadr says the contr.; and accord. to him, طَبَنٌ signifies the having knowledge of affairs, and intelligence, or sagacity, and science: (T:) and ↓ تبّن, inf. n. تَتْبِينٌ signifies the same as تَبِنَ: (K:) or he inspected nicely, or minutely: as in a trad. in which it is said, respecting a woman whose husband has died leaving her pregnant, يُنْفَقُ عَلَيْهَا مِنْ جَمِيعِ المَالِ حَتَّى تَبَّنْتُمْ مَا تَبَّنْتُمْ, meaning [ She shall be expended upon from the whole of the property ] until ye make a nice, or minute, inspection [into the circumstances of the case], and say otherwise, (T, S,) i. e., that she shall be expended upon from her own share: (T:) and so in another trad., in which it is said, اـِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَتَكَلَّمُ بِالكَلِمَةِ يُتَبِّنُ فِيهَا يَهْوِى بِهَا فِى النَّارِ, (A 'Obeyd, T, M,) i. e. [ Verily a man will say a saying ] in which he will be nice, or minute [in expression, whereby he will fall into the fire of Hell]: (TA:) here A 'Obeyd thinks the meaning to be the making language obscure, or abstruse, and disputing in a matter of religion. (T.) You say also, تَبِنَ لَهُ (T, M, TA) He understood it; or knew it; or had knowledge, or was cognizant, of it; (TA;) i. q. طَبِنَ. (M.)

2 تبّن أبان بان بنى تاب تبن تبنن تبني , inf. n. تَتْبِينٌ: see 1. -A2- تَبْنّهُ, inf. n. as before, He clad him with a تُبَّان. (TA.)

8 اِتَّبَنَ أتبن اتبن تبنى He clad himself with a تُبَّان. (K.)

تَبْنٌ أبان بان بنى تاب تبن تبنن تبني : see what next follows.

تِبْنٌ أبان بان بنى تاب تبن تبنن تبني (S, M, Msb, K, &c.) and ↓ تَبْنٌ (M, K) Straw; i. e. the stalks, or stems, (عَصِيف, M, K,) or the stalk, or stem, (سَاق, Msb,) of seed-produce, (M, Msb, K,) such as wheat and the like, (M, K,) [generally] after it has been trodden or thrashed [ and cut ]; (Msb;) wheat when it has been trodden or thrashed [ and cut ] by the feet of beasts or by repeatedly drawing over it the [ machine called ] مِدْوَس [q. v.]: (Mgh in art. دوس:) [a coll. gen. n.:] n. un. with ة [signifying a straw, or piece of straw ]. (S, M.) You say أَقَلُّ مِنْ تِبْنَةٍ [ Less than a straw, or piece of straw ]. (TA.) -A2- Also, the former, A great bowl: (S:) or a bowl that satisfies the thirst of twenty: (K:) or the greatest of bowls, that almost satisfies the thirst of twenty: (Ks, S, M:) next is the صَحْن, which is nearly equal thereto: then, the عُسّ, that satisfies the thirst of three and of four: then, the قَدَح, that satisfies the thirst of two men: then, the قَعْب, that satisfies the thirst of one man: then, the غُمَر: (Ks, S:) or a bowl of rude, or rough, make; not made neatly, or skilfully. (M.) ― -b2- [Hence, probably,] (assumed tropical:) A liberal, or bountiful, and noble, chief. (K.) ― -b3- And A wolf. (K.)

تَبِنٌ أبان بان بنى تاب تبن تبنن تبني Intelligent, sagacious, skilful, or knowing; and nice, or minute, in inspection (S, M, K) into affairs; (S;) as also طَبِنٌ: (M:) [or very intelligent, &c.: and accord. to some, in evil: or in good: see تَبِنَ.] ― -b2- And One who plays with his hand with everything. (K.)

تَبَّانٌ أبان تبان A seller of تِبْن: (S, M, K:) thus, perfectly decl., if of the measure فَعَّال, from التِّبْنُ: but if of the measure فَعْلَان, from التَّبُّ [the act of cutting (for تِبْن is generally cut by the thrashingmachine)], it is [تَبَّانُ,] imperfectly decl. (S.)

تُبَّانٌ أبان تبان Small سَرَاوِيل [or breeches ], (S, Mgh, K,) without legs, [i. e. having only two holes through which to put the legs, ] (TA in art. ثفر,) [ made of linen, and of leather, ] of the measure of a span, (S, Mgh,) such as to conceal the anterior and posterior pudenda (S, Mgh, K, TA) only; (TA;) worn by sailors (S, Mgh) [ and by wrestlers ]: or a thing like سراويل: (M, Msb:) or a thing like small سراويل: (T:) [it is an arabicized word, from the Persian تُنْبَانٌ:] the Arabs make it masc. (T, M, Msb) and fem.: (Msb:) pl. تَبَابِينُ. (T, Msb.)

تَبَّانَةٌ تبان تبانه تبانة (TA) and ↓ مَتْبَنَةٌ (Mgh, Msb, TA) and ↓ مَتْبَنٌ (Mgh, Msb) The place, (TA,) or house, or the like, (Mgh, Msb,) of [or for ] تِبْن. (Mgh, Msb, TA.)

مَتْبَنٌ متبن : see تَبَّانَةٌ.

مَتْبَنَةٌ متبن متبنه متبنة : see تَبَّانَةٌ.

مَتْبُونٌ متبون , applied to a horse such as is termed بِرْذَون, Of the colour of تِبْن [or straw ]. (TA.)

تَابُوهٌ أبى تأبوه تاب تابوه تابوة a dial. var. of تَابُوتٌ, of the dial. of the Ansár. (S and K in art. توب, q. v.)

تَابُوتٌ تابوت : see art. توب. Accord. to some, it belongs to the present art., and was originally تَابُوَةٌ.

التَّتَرُ التتر تتر [and التَّتَارُ and التَاتَارُ] A certain people, or nation, (K,) [called by us the Tartars, ] in the furthest countries of the East, in the mountains of طغماج, on the confines of China, (TA,) bordering upon the Turks, (K,) more than six months' journey from Má-waráä-n-nahr: so in the Murooj edh-Dhahab. (TA.)

تَتْرَى تتر تترى تتري وتر and تَتْرًى: see art. وتر.

1 تَجَرَ أجار أجر أجرى جار جر جرى تجر , (S, A, Msb, K,) aor. تَجُرَ , (S, Msb,) inf. n. تَجْرٌ (S, Msb, K) and تِجَارَةٌ, (S, A, K,) or the latter is a simple subst., (Msb,) or quasi-inf. n., (Mgh,) and مَتْجَرٌ; (A;) and ↓ اِتَّجَرَ, (S, A, Msb, K,) of the measure اِفْتَعَلَ; (S;) He practised traffic, merchandise, or commerce; trafficked; traded; dealt; sold and bought; (K;) employed property for the purpose of gain. (A.) You say, تَجَرَ تِجَارَةً رَابِحَةً [ He practised a profitable, or lucrative, traffic ]. (A.) And فِى ↓ فُلَانٌ يَتَّجِرُ البَرِّ وَ البَحْرِ [ Such a one traffics on land and sea ]. (A.) There can hardly, if at all, be found any other instance of ت immediately followed by ج except نتج and رتج: the ت in تُجَاهَ is originally و. (Msb.)

3 تاجرهُ أجر تأجره تاجر تاجره تاجرة , (A,) inf. n. مُتَاجَرَةٌ, (A, KL,) He practised with him [and (as is implied in the A) he vied with him in practising ] traffic, or selling and buying. (KL.)

8 اِتَّجَرَ أتجر اتجر تجر ٱتجر : see 1, in two places. -A2- See also 8 in art. وجر.

تَجْرٌ أجار أجر أجرى جار جر جرى تجر : see تَاجِرٌ.

التَّجِرُ التجر : see تَاجِرٌ.

تِجَارَةٌ جارى تاجر تجاره تجارة a subst. from 1; (Msb;) or quasi-inf. n.; (Mgh;) [The practice of traffic, merchandise, or commerce; traffic; trade; selling and buying; ] the trade of the تَاجِر, i. e., of him who sells and buys for gain; (Ksh in ii. 15;) the seeking of gain by selling and buying. (Bd ibid.) [See also 1.] ― -b2- Also Merchandise, meaning what is sold and bought, of goods, or commodities, or householdfurniture, and the like; a quasi-inf. n. used in the sense of a pass. part. n. (Mgh.) [Hence the saying,] عَلَيْكُمْ بِتِجَارَةِ الاآخِرَةِ (tropical:) [ Keep ye to the merchandise of the life to come ]. (A.)

تَاجِرٌ أجر تأجر تاجر A merchant; one who practises traffic, merchandise, or commerce; a trafficker; a trader, or tradesman; a dealer; one who sells and buys; (K;) one who sells and buys for gain: (Ksh in ii. 15:) and a vintner, or seller of wine, (S, K,) was also called thus by the Arabs: (S:) accord. to IAth, this latter is said to be the primary signification: and hence the saying in a trad., اـِنَّ التَّاجِرَ فَاجِرٌ [ Verily the vintner is a transgressor ]: (TA:) pl. تُجَّارٌ and تِجَارٌ and ↓ تَجْرٌ, (S, Msb, K,) [or rather this last is a quasi-pl. n.,] like as صَحْبٌ is of صَاحِبٌ, (S, Msb,) and تُجُرٌ, (K,) or this may be a pl. of تِجَارٌ. (ISd, TA.) ↓ التَّجِرُ. occurring in a verse of El-Akhtal, [for التَّاجِرُ,] is thought by ISd to be like طَهِرٌ [for طَاهِرٌ]. (TA.) ― -b2- [Hence,] (tropical:) A man skilful in an affair. (K, TA.) The Arabs say, اـِنَّهُ لَتَاجِرٌ بِذٰلِكَ الأَمْرِ (tropical:) Verily he is skilful in that affair. (IAar, TA.) ― -b3- And (tropical:) A she-camel that is saleable, or easy of sale, or in much demand, in traffic, and in the market; (A 'Obeyd, S, K;) as also تَاجِرَةٌ: (K:) or the latter, a she-camel that is goodly, and saleable, or in much demand: (A:) or that is easy of sale when offered, by reason of her excellence: (T:) or simply, that is easy of sale, or in much demand: (S:) as though, by reason of her beauty, or goodliness, and fatness, she sold herself: (Ksh in ii. 15:) contr. of كَاسِدَةٌ: (S, * TA:) the pl. of تاجرة is تَوَاجِرُ. (T, A.) You say also, عَلَيْكَ بِالسِّلَعِ التَّوَاجِرِ (tropical:) [ Keep thou to the commodities ] that are saleable, or in much demand. (A.) And هُوَ عَلَى أَكْرَمِ تَاجِرَةٍ (assumed tropical:) He is upon a most noble horse. (K.)

أَرْضٌ مُتْجَرَةٌ ذ [in the TA, مَتْجِرَةٌ, but this is wrong,] A land in which traffic, merchandise, or commerce, is practised; (S, L, K;) and to which people go for the purpose of practising the same: (K:) pl. مَتَاجِرُ. (TA.)

1 تَجَهَ جهي تجه تجة , aor. 1َ2َ3َ , (AZ, K, art. وجه,) inf. n. تَجْهٌ; (AZ, TA, in that art.;) or, as As says, تَجُهَ, with damm; (TA in that art.;) i. q. تَوَجَّهَ and وَجَّهَ (K in that art.) and اِتَّجَهَ. (K in art. تجه.) See art. وجه.

تُجَاهَ تجاه تجاة (S, Msb, K, in art. وجه) and تِجَاهَ (S, K, in that art.) and تَجَاهَ (K in that art.) i. q. وُجَاهَ, (S, Msb, K, in that art.,) which is seldom used; the و being generally changed into ت. (Msb, ibid.)

تَحْت حت تحت is the contr. of فَوْق: (Msb, K:) and التَّحْتُ [signifying The location that is beneath, below, or under, ] is opposed to الفَوْقُ, and is used in relation to that which is separate from another thing; الأَسْفَلُ being used in relation to that which is united with [or a part of] another thing. (Kull.) Sometimes, (K,) تَحْت is an adv. n., (Msb, K,) having a vague signification, its meaning not being clear unless it is prefixed to another word, as in the phrase هٰذَا تَحْتَ هٰذَا [ This is beneath, below, or under, this ]. (Msb.) And sometimes, it is a simple noun; (K;) in which case, [not having the article ال,] it is indecl., with dammeh for its termination, (K, and I'Ak p. 204,) provided that the noun to which it should be prefixed is suppressed, and the meaning of this is intended to be understood, but not the word itself; (I'Ak ubi suprà;) as in مِنْ تَحْتُ [ Beneath, below, or under ]; (K;) and in the saying, أَقَبٌ مِنْ تَحْتُ عَرِيضٌ مِنْ عَلُ [ Lean beneath; broad above ]: otherwise, it is decl.; (I'Ak ibid.;) as in تَجْرِي مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الأَنْهَارُ [ Rivers running beneath them ]; (Kur ii. 23, &c.;) i.e., beneath their trees, (Bd, Jel,) and their pavilions. (Jel.) [You say also, فُلَانٌ تَحْتَ أَمْرِ فُلَانٍ (assumed tropical:) Such a one is under the command, rule, or authority, of such a one. And فُلَانٌ تَحْتَهُ فُلَانَةُ (assumed tropical:) Such a one has as his wife such a woman: see an ex. in a verse cited voce اـِذَا. The dim. is ↓ تُحَيْت: you say, هٰدَا تُحَيْتَ هٰذَا, and مِنْ تُحَيْتِ هٰذَا, This is a little beneath, below, or under, this. ] ― -b2- التَّحْتُ is also the sing. of التُّحُوتُ, (IAth, TA,) which latter [in the CK erroneously written التُّحُتُ] signifies The low, base, vile, or ignoble, persons. (A, IAth, K.) It is said in a trad., لَا تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ حَتَّى تَظْهَرَ التُّحُوتُ وَ تَهْلِكَ الوُعُولُ, i. e. [ The hour of resurrection will not come until ] the low, or ignoble, persons [ shall prevail ], and the noble persons [ shall perish ]: (A, IAth, TA:) or, as some say, until the treasures that are beneath the earth appear. (TA.) And in another trad. it is said that among the signs of the resurrection shall be this: أَنْ يَعْلُو التُّحُوتُ الوُعُولَ That the weak of mankind shall have ascendency over the strong. (TA.)

تَحْتَانِىٌّ حت تحتانى تحتاني [ Of, or relating to, the location that is beneath, below, or under; inferior; lower; ] rel. n. of تَحْت, like as فَوْقَانِىٌّ is of فَوْق: ا and ن being very often added in the rel. n. (TA.) [تُحَيْت dim. of تَحْت, q. v.]

4 اتحفهُ بِهِ اتحفه به اتحفه بة [ He presented him with it; or gave it to him as a تُحْفَة, q. v.]: (S, Msb:) and اتحفهُ تُحْفَةً [ He made a present to him; or gave him a تُحْفَة; and so اتحفهُ alone, as in an ex. cited voce أَتْفَحَ]: (K, TA:) i. q. أَطْرَفَهُ بِتُحْفَةٍ [which properly means He presented him with a novel, or rare, and pleasing present; or a gift not given to any one before; or a gift of which he (the recipient) did not possess the like, and which pleased him ]: and ↓ اِتَّحَفَهُ signifies the same as أَتْحَفَهُ. (TA.)

8 اِتَّحَفَهُ أتحف أتحفه اتحفه اتحفة تحفى : see above. [Perhaps originally اِوْتَحَفَهُ: see what follows.]

تُحْفَةٌ حف حفي تحفه تحفة and تُحَفَةٌ (S, Msb, K, &c.) i. q. بِرٌّ [as meaning A gratuitous gift, or favour; or a bounty, or benefit ]; and لَطَفٌ [meaning a present; i. e. a thing sent to another in token of courtesy or honour ]; (K;) in some copies of the K, لُطْف; (TA;) [i. e.] التحفة signifies مَا أَتْحَفْتَ بِهِ الرَّجُلَ مِنَ البِرِّ وَاللَّطَفِ; (S;) or [simply] مَا أَتْحَفْتَ بِهِ غَيْرَكَ: (Msb:) and a طُرْفَة [which properly signifies a gift not given to any one before; or of which the recipient did not possess the like, and which pleases him; ] (K, TA;) of fruit, and of sweet-smelling flowers: (TA:) [it generally means simply a present; or a rare, or pleasing, or rare and pleasing, present: ] pl. تُحَفٌ. (S, K.) Accord. to some, it is originally وُحْفَةٌ: (K, TA:) Az says that its ت is originally و: (Msb:) and تَوَحَّفَ is quasi-pass. of أَتْحَفَهُ: (Lth, TA:) so that it should be mentioned in art. وحف: (K, TA:) being like تُهَمَةٌ and تُخَمَةٌ &c. (TA.) It is said in a trad., تُحْفَةُ الصَّائِمِ الدُّهْنُ وَ المِجْمَرُ [ The pleasing present for the faster is oil, and aloes-wood or the like ]; i. e., these dispel from him the grievousness and distress occasioned by the fasting. (TA.) And in another, respecting dates, تُحْفَةُ الكَبِيرِ وَصُمْتَةُ الصَّغِيرِ [i. e. The date is the pleasing gift for the big, or full-grown, or old, and the quieter of the little one, or child ]. (TA.) And in another, تُحْفَةُ المُؤْمِنِ المَوْتُ [ The boon for the believer is death ]. (TA.)