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تفح

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to pleasant fragrances and the well-known fruit, the apple. It also extends to describe a place where apples grow abundantly and a specific anatomical term for the hip joint.

Derived headwords

التفحةnoun
  1. 1.
    Pleasant fragranceboth

    A good or pleasant smell; an aroma.

التفاحnoun
  1. 1.
    Applemodern

    The well-known fruit, commonly referred to as an apple.

تفاحةnoun
  1. 1.
    Apple (singular)modern

    A single unit of the fruit known as an apple.

  2. 2.
    Head of thigh/hipclassical

    The upper part of the thigh bone, specifically referring to the hip joint or the head of the femur.

تفاحnoun
  1. 1.
    Fragranceclassical

    A pleasant scent or aroma, derived from the root meaning 'pleasant fragrance'.

تففيفةnoun
  1. 1.
    Small applemodern

    A diminutive form of 'apple', referring to a small apple.

المتفحةnoun
  1. 1.
    Place of abundant applesmodern

    A location where apples grow in great quantity.

تففاحnoun
  1. 1.
    Apples (plural)modern

    The plural form of the fruit, apples.

Parallel reading

التفحة: الرائحة الطيبة.
Al-Tuffahah: The pleasant fragrance.
والتفاح: هذا الثمر معروف، واحدته تفاحة
And Al-Tuffah: This fruit is well-known, its singular is tuffahah.
وجمعه تفافيح، وتصغير التفاحة الواحدة تفيفيحة.
And its plural is tuffafih, and the diminutive of a single tuffahah is tuffayfihah.
والمتفحة: المكان الذي ينبت فيه التفاح الكثير؛
And Al-Mutaffahah: The place where abundant apples grow;
قال أبو حنيفة: هو بأرض العرب كثير.
Abu Hanifa said: It is abundant in the land of the Arabs.
والتفاحة: رأس الفخذ والورك؛
And Al-Tuffahah: The head of the thigh and the hip;
عن كراع، وقال: هما تفاحتان.
From Kara', and he said: They are two tuffatahan.