Lane's Lexicon (Edward Lane, 1863)

تُسُعٌ سعى تسع وسع : see تُسْعٌ.

تِسْعَةٌ سعى تسع تسعه تسعة , applied to denote a number, [namely Nine, ] is masc. ; and ↓ تِسْعٌ, so applied, is fem.: (S:) the latter is also written ↓ تَسْعٌ, with fet-h to the ت; and is thus pronounced in the Kur xxxviii. 22, (Bd, MF,) accord. to one reading. (Bd.) You say تِسْعَةُ رِجَالٍ [ Nine men ], and تِسْعٌ نِسْوَةٍ [ Nine women ]. (K.) When it means the things numbered, not the amount of the number, تسعة is imperf. decl., being regarded as a proper name: thus you say, تِسْعَةُ أَكْثَرُ مِنْ ثَمَانِيَةَ [ Nine things are more than eight things ]. (TA.) It is said in the Kur [xvii. 103], وَ لَقَدْ اآتَيْنَا مُوسَى تِسْعَ اآيَاتٍ بَيِّنَاتٍ [ And we formerly gave unto Moses nine evident signs; generally understood to mean the principal miracles which he was empowered to perform, and which are differently enumerated in the K and other works; but by some supposed to mean statutes]. (K, * TA.) ― -b2- In تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ, which is masc., and تِسْعَ عَشْرَةَ, which is fem., [each signifying Nineteen, ] each of the two words ends with fet-h in every case, because they are two nouns which are regarded as one noun. (TA.) The former is pronounced by some of the Arabs تِسْعَةَ عْشَرَ: and the latter, thus in the dial. of El-Hijáz [and of most of the Arabs], is pronounced تِسْعَ عَشِرَةَ in the dial. of Nejd. (S in art. عشر.) In the Kur lxxiv. 30, some read, تِسْعَةَ عْشَرَ, making the ع in عشر quiescent, instead of تِسْعَهَ عَشَرَ, from a dislike of this consecution of vowels in what is like one word. (Bd, TA. *)

[ تِسْعُونَ سعى تسعون وسع , Ninety: and ninetieth. ]

[ تُسَاعَ تساع , as meaning Nine and nine, or nine and nine together, or nine at a time and nine at a time, seems not to have been in use.] A'Obeyd says that more than أُحَادَ and ثُنَاآءَ and ثُلَاثَ and رُبَاعَ has not been heard, except عُشَارَ occurring in a verse of El-Kumeyt. (TA in art. عشر.)

تَسِيعٌ تسيع : see تُسْعٌ.

تَاسِعٌ تاسع [ Making to be nine with himself, or itself: and hence, ninth ]. You say, هُوَ تَاسِعُ تِسْعَةٍ [ He is the ninth of nine ]: and تَاسِعُ ثَمَانِيَةٍ [He is making eight to be nine with himself ]: but it is not allowable to say, تَاسِعٌ تِسْعَةً. (TA.) ― -b2- [تَاسِعَ عَشَرَ and تَاسِعَةَ عَشْرَةَ, the former masc. and the latter fem., meaning Nineteenth, are subject to the same rules as ثَالِثَ عَشَرَ and its fem., explained in art. ثلث, q. v.]

تَاسُوعَاآءُ تاسوعاآء , (Msb, TA, &c.,) or التَّاسُوعَاآءُ, (S, K,) The tenth day of [ the month ] El-Moharram; (Msb, TA;) [ the day ] before the day of العَاشُورَاآءُ, (S,) or before the day of عَاشُورَاآءُ: (K:) or, accord. to some, the same as the day of العاشوراء: (TA:) [see عاشوراء, where this is explained:] it is a post-classical word: (Sgh, K:) J says, in the S, I think it post-classical: (Msb, TA:) but [SM says,] this requires consideration; for it was used by the Prophet: (TA:) one ought to say, that, with عاشوراء, it has this form for the sake of resemblance; but as used alone, it must be conceded that it has not been heard [from the Arabs of the classical times]. (Msb.)

[ مُتَسَّعٌ متسع pass. part. n. of 2, q. v. See also مُثَلَّثٌ.]

مَتْسُوعٌ متسوع A rope consisting of nine strands. (TA.)

تِشْرِينُ ذ [in Chaldee 165 ] A Greek name of each of two months, (K,) of the months of Autumn, called تِشْرِينُ الأَوَّلُ and تِشْرِينُ الثَّانِى, [ and both together تِشْرِينَانِ, the two Syrian months corresponding, respectively, to October and November O. S., ] before the two months whereof each is called كَانُونُ. (TA.)

R. Q. 1 تَعْتَعَ فِى الكَلَامِ تعتع في الكلام , (Mgh, K,) inf. n. تَعْتَعَةٌ, (S, Mgh,) He reiterated in speech, by reason of an impediment, or inability to say what he would; (S, Mgh, K;) as also ↓ تَتَعْتَعَ: (K:) and he was unable to say what he would, or to find words to express what he would say: (ElGhooree, Mgh:) تَعْتَعَةٌ is the speech of him who is termed أَلْثَغ. (TA.) And تعتع فِى القُرْاآنِ He reiterated in reciting the Kur-án, and his tongue stuck fast in his doing so. (TA.) ― -b2- تَعْتَعَتِ الدَّابَّةُ, (K,) inf. n. as above, (S,) The beast stuck fast in the sand, (S, K,) or soft soil, (S,) or mire: (TA:) sometimes the verb is thus used. (S.) And تعتع said of a camel &c. signifies His feet sank into the soft soil, or soft sands. (TA.) -A2- تَعْتَعَهُ He dragged him (namely another man) roughly, or vehemently, and agitated him: (S:) or he shook him, or shook him vehemently, (AA, K,) backwards and forwards, and treated him roughly: (AA:) he shook him roughly: (IDrd, K:) or he compelled him against his will, in an affair, so that he became disquieted, or agitated. (IF, K.) ― -b2- تُعْتِعَ فُلَانٌ Such a one had his saying rebutted, rejected, or repudiated, as wrong, or erroneous. (TA.)

R. Q. 2 تَتَعْتَعَ تعتع تتعتع : see R. Q. 1, first signification.

تَعْتَعٌ تعتع i. q. فَأْفَاآءٌ or فَأْفَأٌ [accord. to different MSS., as meaning One who reiterates his words much in speaking ]. (AA, K.)

وَقَعُوا فِى تَعَاتِعَ وقعوا في تعاتع , [app. pl. of the inf. n. تَعْتَعَةٌ,] They fell into convulsing perplexities, arising from evil and discordant and false rumours or the like, (فى أَرَاجِيفَ, q. v.,) and confusion. (AA, S, K.)

مُتَعْتَعٌ متعتع Afflicted by an injury which disquiets or agitates. (TA, from a trad.)

1 تَعِبَ عاب عب عبا عبى تعب وعب , (S, A, Msb, K,) aor. تَعَبَ , (A, K,) inf. n. تَعَبٌ, (S, Msb,) He [a man and a beast] was, or became, fatigued, tired, wearied [ by labour or journeying &c.], or jaded; (S, A, Msb;) contr. of اِسْتَرَاحَ. (K.) [تَعَبٌ, which, used as a simple subst., may be rendered Fatigue, tiredness, weariness, or the state of being jaded, is here said in the TA to be contr. of رَاحَةٌ; and to signify شِدَّةُ العَنَاآءِ, which may be rendered much fatigue &c.; but accord. to an explanation of the verb of عَنَاآءٌ in the S and TA in art. عنى, this word and تَعَبٌ signify the same. See also مَتْعَبٌ.]

4 اتعب أتعب اتعب تعب He fatigued, tired, wearied, or jaded, another; (S, Msb, K;) and himself, in a work that he imposed upon himself, or in which he laboured; and his travelling-camels, by urging them quickly, or by hard journeying. (TA.) ― -b2- (tropical:) He broke a bone again after it had been set, or consolidated: or he caused a bone to have a defect in it, after it had been set, so that there remained in it a constant swelling, or resulted a lameness: اتعب العَظْمَ signifying أَعْنَتَهُ بَعْدَ الجَبْرِ: (so in the CK:) or أَعْتَبَهُ بعد الجبر. (So in MS. copies of the K and in the TA. [In the latter, in art. عتب, this reading is confirmed; but a remark below, voce مُتْعَبٌ, rather favours the former reading, that of the CK.]) ― -b3- (tropical:) He filled a vessel; (A, K;) as, for instance, a drinking-cup, or bowl. (A.) -A2- اتعب القَوْمُ The people's cattle became fatigued, tired, wearied, or jaded. (K.)

تَعِبٌ عاب عب عبا عبى تعب وعب Fatigued, tired, wearied, or jaded; as also ↓ مُتْعَبٌ; (S, Msb, K;) but not مَتْعُوبٌ. (S, K.) [↓ تَعْبَان, for تَعْبَانٌ, fem. with ة, is used in this sense in the present day.]

تَعْبَان عب تعبان وعب : see what next precedes.

مَتْعَبٌ متعب A place of تَعَب [or fatigue, &c.]: ― -b2- and tropically, syn. with تَعَبٌ: pl. مَتَاعِبُ. (Har p. 431.)

مُتْعَبٌ متعب : see تَعِبٌ. ― -b2- Also (tropical:) A camel that has had a bone of one of his fore legs or hind legs broken and set, and has been fatigued beyond his power of endurance before the bone has consolidated, so that the fracture has become complete: whence the phrase عَظْمٌ مُتْعَبٌ [app. meaning (tropical:) a bone broken again after its having been set, or consolidated: see 4]. (TA.) ― -b3- A vessel, as, for instance, a drinking-cup, or bowl, (tropical:) filled. (TA.) ― -b4- Water (tropical:) squeezed forth, or expressed, from the earth, to be drunk. (A, TA.)

مَتْعَبَةٌ متعب متعبه متعبة [ A cause of fatigue or weariness: a word of the same class as مَجْبَنَةٌ and مَبْخَلَةٌ: loosely explained in Har p. 475 as meaning a place of fatigue ]. One says, اِسْتِخْرَاجُ المُعَمَّى مَتْعَبَةٌ لِلْخَوَاطِرِ [ The eliciting of the meaning of that which is made enigmatical is a cause of fatigue to minds ]. (A.)

1 تَعَسَ عس عسا تعس وعس , aor. تَعَسَ , inf. n. تَعْسٌ; (S, A, Msb, K, &c.;) and تَعسَ, aor. تَعَسَ ; (Sh, AHeyth, A, IAth, K;) but the latter is not chaste; (A, TA;) or the former is used in addressing a person, saying تَعَسْتَ; and the latter, in narration; (K;) accord. to Sh; but ISd says that this is strange; (TA;) He fell, having stumbled; contr. of اِنْتَعَشَ: this is the primary signification: (S:) or he stumbled and fell (AHeyth, A, IAth, K) upon his hands and mouth, (AHeyth, TA,) or upon his face: (IAth, TA:) or he fell upon his face: (Er-Rustamee, Msb, TA:) [and this may also be meant by one of the explanations of the inf. n. in the TA, which is نُكْسٌ فِى سَفَالٍ:] or he fell in any manner. (TA.) You say, by way of imprecation, تَعَسَ وَا@نْتَكَسَ, meaning May he fall upon his face, and not rise after his fall until he fall a second time. (Msb.) And تَعَسَ فَمَا ا@نْتَعَشَ وَشِيكَ فَلَا ا@نْتَقَشَ [ May he fall, having stumbled, or stumble and fall, &c., and not rise again; and may he be pricked with a thorn, and not extract the thorn ]. (TA.) And accord. to certain of the Kilábees, تَعَسَ signifies He missed his proof in litigation, and the object of his search in seeking. (TA.) ― -b2- He perished. (Aboo-'Amr Ibn-El-'Alà, S, K.) You say, تَعَسْتَ, as though meaning Mayest thou perish. (ISh, TA.) ― -b3- He became far removed. (A, K.) ― -b4- He became lowered, or degraded. (A, K.) You say also, تَعَسَ جَدُّهُ [ His fortune, or good fortune, fell: or may his fortune, or good fortune, fall ]. (K in art. عثر.) -A2- تَعَسَهُ ا@للّٰهُ, [aor. تَعَسَ , inf. n. تَعْسٌ;] (A'Obeyd, A, Msb, K;) and ↓ اتعسهُ; (AHeyth, S, A, Msb, K;) the former unknown to Sb; (Az, TA;) God made him to fall, having stumbled: (S:) or to stumble and fall (AHeyth, A, K) upon his hands and mouth, (AHeyth, TA,) or upon his face: (TA:) or to fall upon his face: (Msb:) or to fall in any manner. (TA.) ― -b2- God destroyed him; or made him to perish. (A'Obeyd, S, K.) ― -b3- God made him to become far removed. (A, K.) ― -b4- God lowered, or degraded, him. (A, K.) ― -b5- You say, by way of imprecation, تَعْسًا لَهُ May he [ fall, having stumbled: or, stumble and fall: or, stumble and fall upon his hands and mouth: or, upon his face: or] fall upon his face: (Msb:) or may God make destruction to cleave to him: (S, TA:) [or may God destroy him. ] Aboo-Is-hák says, in explanation of the phrase فَتَعْسًا لَهُمْ, in the Kur xlvii. 9, that it may be in the accus. case as meaning ا@للّٰهُ ↓ أَتْعَسَهُمُ. (TA.) A man also says, by way of imprecation, to his swift and excellent camel, when it stumbles, تَعْسًا, meaning May God throw thee down upon thy nostrils: expressing his disapproval of the stumbling of a beast of such age and strength: but if it be not a swift and excellent beast, and stumble, he says to it لَعًا. (TA.) You say also, ا@للّٰهُ ↓ أَتْعَسَ جَدَّهُ [ May God make his fortune, or good fortune, to sink! ] (A.)

4 أَتْعَسَ see تَعَسَهُ, in three places.

تَعْسٌ عس عسا تعس وعس inf. n. of 1 [which see, throughout]. ― -b2- Also Evil; mischief. (K.)

تَعِسٌ عس عسا تعس وعس : see what next follows.

تَاعِسٌ تاعس (A, K) and ↓ تَعِسٌ (Msb, K) act. part. ns. of 1, [i. e., respectively, of تَعَسَ and تَعِسَ, accord. to rule, used intransitively,] (A, Msb, K,) both applied to a man: (K:) and the former, to fortune, or good fortune. (A.)

مَتْعَسَةٌ متعسه متعسة [ A cause of falling after stumbling: or of stumbling and falling &c. (See 1.)] You say, هٰذَا الأَمْرُ مَنْحَسَةٌ مَتْعَسَةٌ [ This affair is a cause of ill luck; a cause of falling &c.]. (A, TA.)

1 تَفِثَ تفث , aor. تَفَثَ , inf. n. تَفَثٌ, He left off, or abstained from, anointing himself, and shaving his pubes, and in consequence became dirty: (Msb:) or تَفَثٌ signifies the state of being dirty; (Mgh;) the state of having matted and dusty hair, or a dusty head, long left unanointed: (T, Mgh, K:) so in relation to the rites and ceremonies of the pilgrimage: (T, K:) thus explained by ISh; but not by any [other] of the lexicologists: he says that it is one of the rites and ceremonies of the pilgrimage; (T;) which is a conventional term of the professors, or lecturers, of the colleges: (Mgh:) accord. to I'Ab, it signifies the shaving, and shortening, or clipping, of the beard and mustache and [ the hair of ] the armpit, and slaughtering [ of the victims ], and casting [ of the pebbles ]: accord. to Fr, the slaughtering of the [ victims termed ] بُدْن, and other victims, namely, kine, and sheep or goats, and shaving the head, and paring the nails, and the like: (T:) AO says that no poem is adduced as presenting an ex. of it: (Msb, TA:) and Zj says that it is not known by the lexicologists except from the expositors of the Kur-án; (T, M;) who say that it is the clipping the mustache, and paring the nails, and plucking out the hair of the armpit, and shaving the pubes, and clipping the hair [ of the head ]: (T:) or the plucking out the hair, and paring of the nails, and deviating from all that is prohibited to the مُحْرِم: (M:) as though it were a passing from the state of اـِحْرَام to the state of اـِحْلَال: (T, M:) or, in the rites and ceremonies of the pilgrimage, the doing such things as paring the nails, and clipping the mustache, and shaving the pubes (S, K) and the head, and casting the pebbles, and slaughtering the بُدْن, (S,) &c.: (S, K: [but in two copies of the S, this art. is omitted:]) or the doing away with the matted and dusty state of the hair, and pollution and dirt, absolutely. (TA.) Accord. to ISh, قَضَاآءُ التَّفَثِ means The doing away with the matted and dusty state of the hair by shaving, and paring the nails, and the like: (T:) or it means the doing away with the state of تَفَث, by clipping the mustache, and paring the nails, and plucking out the hair of the armpit, and shaving the pubes. (Mgh.) Accord. to IAar, ثُمَّ لِيَقْضُوا تَفَثَهُمْ [in the Kur xxii. 30] means Then let them accomplish their needful acts of shaving and cleansing: (T:) or it means then let them do away with their dirtiness, by clipping the mustache, and paring the nails, and plucking out the hair of the armpit, and shaving the pubes, on the occasion of اـِحْلَال: (Bd:) it is an allowance, after entering the state of اـِحْلَال, of that which was forbidden them in the state of اـِحْرَام. (Msb.) ― -b2- فَتَفَثَتِ الدِمَاآءُ مَكَانَهُ occurs in a trad., meaning And the blood (lit. bloods ) contaminated the place thereof. (TA.)

تَفِثٌ تفث , (T, Mgh, K,) accord. to ISh, applied to a man, (T, Mgh,) Altered [ in odour or the like ], (مُغَيَّرٌ, T,) or dusty, (مُغْبَرٌّ, Mgh, K, or مُتَغِبِّرٌ, TA,) having matted and dusty hair, not having anointed himself, (T, Mgh, K, *) nor shaven his pubes. (T, Mgh. [In the former it is implied that this explanation is doubtful.])

4 اتفحهُ اتفحه اتفحة [ He gave him an apple ]. You say, أَتْحَفَكَ مَنْ أَتْفَحَكَ [ He makes a present to thee who gives thee an apple ]. (A: there immediately following the saying, فُلَانٌ تُحْفَتُهُ تُفَّاحَةٌ.)

تَفْحَةٌ فح تفحه تفحة A sweet odour. (Abu-l-Khattáb, L.)

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.)

تُفَيْفِيحَةٌ تفيفيحه تفيفيحة : see تُفَّاحٌ.

مَتْفَحَةٌ متفحه متفحة A place where apples grow (L, K) in abundance. (L.)

تُفْرُوقٌ تفروق The قِمَع [or base ] of a date; (Ibn- 'Abbád, K;) a dial. var. of ثُفْرُوقٌ [q. v.]: pl. تَفَارِيقُ. (TA.)

1 تَفَلَ فال فل فلى تفل , [in the CK, erroneously, تَفِلَ,] aor. تَفِلَ (S, M, Msb, K) and تَفُلَ , (S, Msb, K,) inf. n. تَفْلٌ, (T, S, M, Msb,) He spat; syn. بَصَقَ: (M, K:) [or rather, he spat, emitting a small quantity of saliva, generally in scattered portions, as when one spits forth some minute thing: ] التَّفْلُ is similar to البَزْقُ, but less in degree: (S, Msb: *) the first degree is البَزْقُ; then, التَّفْلُ; then, النَّفْثُ; and then, النَّفْخُ: (S:) التَّفْلُ with the mouth is [ an action ] never without somewhat of spittle: a blowing without spittle is [said to be] termed نَفْثٌ. (T.) Hence, تَفْلُ الرَّاقِى [ The spitting of the charmer, in which he emits a small quantity of saliva at a time, in scattered portions: see also نَفَثَ]. (S.) One says also, ذَاقَ مَاآءَ البَحْرِ فَتَفَلَهُ, i. e. [ He tasted the water of the sea, and ] spirted it forth, by reason of dislike thereof. (TA.) -A2- تَفِلَ, (M, K,) aor. تَفَلَ , (K,) inf. n. تَفَلٌ, (S, M, Mgh, K,) He, or it, (a thing, M,) became altered for the worse in odour, ill-smelling, or frouzy: (M, K:) he neglected, or left off the use of, perfume: (M:) he was unperfumed: (S:) he neglected, or left off the use of, perfume, and so became altered for the worse in odour, ill-smelling, or frouzy: (Mgh, TA:) and تَفِلَتْ, aor. and inf. n. as above, she (a woman) stank, by reason of having neglected, or left off the use of, perfume and ointments: and also she perfumed herself: thus bearing two contr. significations. (Msb.)

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.)

تَفْلٌ فال فل فلى تفل : see what next follows.

تُفْلٌ فال فل فلى تفل , (K,) or ↓ تَفْلٌ, (M, accord. to the TT,) and ↓ تُفَالٌ, (M, K,) vulgarly ↓ تِفْلٌ and ↓ تِفَالٌ, (TA,) Spittle, or saliva, ejected from the mouth; syn. بُصَاقٌ; (M, K;) as also ↓ تَفَلٌ: (Ibn-Abi-l- Hadeed, TA:) or it is similar to بُصَاق. (TA.) [See 1.] ― -b2- And Froth, or foam, (M, K,) of the sea; (TA;) and the like thereof. (M.)

تِفْلٌ فال فل فلى تفل : see تُفْلٌ. ― -b2- مَا أَصَابَ فُلَانٌ مِنْ فُلَانٍ اـِلَّا تِفْلًا طَفِيفًا Such a one obtained not from such a one save a little. (T.)

تَفَلٌ فال فل فلى تفل : see تُفْلٌ.

تَفِلٌ فال فل فلى تفل , applied to a man; (S, M, K;) and تَفِلَةٌ, applied to a woman, (T, M, Mgh, Msb, K,) as also ↓ مِتْفَالٌ, (T, S, M, Msb, K,) which is a possessive epithet, (M,) or an intensive epithet, (Msb,) Altered for the worse in odour, ill-smelling, or frouzy: (M, K:) who has neglected, or left off the use of, perfume: (M:) unperfumed: (T, S:) who has neglected, or left off the use of, perfume, and so become altered for the worse in odour, illsmelling, or frouzy: (Mgh, TA:) stinking, (T, Msb,) by reason of having neglected, or left off the use of, perfume and ointments: (Msb:) the pl. of تَفِلَةٌ is تَفِلَاتٌ; (T, Mgh, Msb;) applied to such women as are not to be prevented from going to the mosque, and in this case meaning unperfumed. (T, * Mgh, * TA.) ― -b2- قَوْمٌ سَفِلَةٌ تَفِلَةٌ [ A company of men of the lowest and vilest sort ]. (TA.)

تُفَالٌ تفال and تِفَالٌ: see تُفْلٌ.

الشَّمْسُ مُتْفِلَةٌ ذ [ The sun makes the odour of the person to be bad ]. (TA.)

مِتْفَلَةٌ متفله متفلة A spittoon, or vessel in which to spit; syn. مِبْزَقَةٌ. (TA.)

مِتْفَالٌ متفال : see تَفِلٌ.

1 تَفِهَ فاه تف تفه تفة وفى , aor. تَفَهَ , (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) inf. n. تَفَهٌ, (JK, Msb, K, TA,) or تَفْهٌ, (Mgh, CK,) and تُفُوهٌ (K) and تَفَاهَةٌ, (Msb, TA,) or this last is a mistake; (Mgh;) and تَفَهَ, aor. تَفِهَ , inf. n. تُفُوهٌ; (JK;) It (a thing, JK, Mgh, Msb) was, or became, paltry, sorry, mean, contemptible, or inconsiderable; (JK, S, Mgh, Msb;) and little, or small, in quantity or number. (JK, S, K.) ― -b2- تَفِهَ, aor. تَفَهَ , inf. n. تُفُوهٌ, He (a man) was, or became, stupid, or foolish. (JK, K.) And تَفِهَتْ نَفْسُهُ His mind became weak. (JK.) ― -b3- تَفَهَ, aor. تَفُهَ ; and تَفِهَ, aor. تَفَهَ ; He, or it, was, or became, lean, or meagre; syn. غَثَّ. (K.) It is said in a trad. (S, K) of Ibn-Mes'ood, (K,) القُرْاآنُ لَا يَتْفَهُ وَلَا يَتَشَّانُ, (S, K, [in the CK, erroneously, يُتْفَهُ and يُتَشانُّ, and in some copies of the K, for the latter is put ينتان,]) i. e. لَا يَغِثُّ وَ لَا يَخْلَقُ (assumed tropical:) [ The Kur-án will not become meagre, nor will it become worn out ]: (K: [in the CK, erroneously, لا يُغَثُّ و لا يُخْلَقُ:]) it is implied by the context in the S, that لا يتفه means will not become paltry, or mean: لايتشانّ means will not become worn out by reason of much repetition; from شَنُّ signifying “ a wornout water-skin. ” (TA.)

4 اتفه فِى عَطَائِهِ ذ [ He was paltry, sorry, mean, or niggardly, in his gift; ] he made his gift little, or small. (TA.)

تَفِهٌ فاه تف تفه تفة وفى : see تَافِهٌ. ― -b2- Also Insipid; tasteless; and so ↓ تَافِهٌ. (KL.) You say أَطْعِمَةٌ تَفِهَةٌ Kinds of food having no taste of sweetness, or of sourness, or of bitterness; and some include bread and flesh-meat among these. (K.)