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طلفح

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of emptiness, exhaustion, and thinness or flatness. It describes a state of being hollow, weary, or a thin, spread-out substance, often in a negative or depleted sense.

Derived headwords

الطَّلَنْفَحُnoun
  1. 1.
    hollow-belliedclassical

    Describing someone or something as empty or hollow in the belly.

  2. 2.
    exhausted, wearyclassical

    Describing someone who is extremely tired and worn out.

طَلَنْفَحِيْنَاadjective
  1. 1.
    exhausted, wearyclassical

    In a state of being exhausted or weary, often used to describe the end of a day's activity.

المُطَلَّفَحَةnoun
  1. 1.
    thin bread, waferclassical

    A thin piece of bread or a wafer, often associated with the food of the wealthy.

  2. 2.
    money, dirhamsclassical

    Possibly referring to money, specifically dirhams, as a thin, spreadable commodity.

طَلْفَحَverb
  1. 1.
    to make thin, to flattenclassical

    To make something thin, spread out, or flatten it.

فَلَطَحَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to make thin, to flattenclassical

    To make something thin, spread out, or flatten it.

Parallel reading

ونصبح بالغداة أتر شيء، ... ونمسي بالعشي طلنفحينا
And we wake up in the morning feeling very refreshed, ... and we end the evening exhausted.
إذا ضنوا عليك بالمطلفحة فكل رغيفك
If they are stingy with you regarding the thin bread (or money), then be content with your loaf.
أي إذا بخل الأمراء عليك بالرقاقة التي هي من طعام المترفين والأغنياء، فاقنع برغيفك
Meaning, if the princes are stingy with you regarding the thin wafer which is the food of the luxurious and the rich, then be content with your loaf.
طلفح الخبز وفلطحه إذا رققه وبسطه
Talfaḥa the bread and falaṭaḥahu if one makes it thin and spreads it out.
أراد بالمطلفحة الدراهم
He intended by al-mutalfaḥah the dirhams (money).
والأول أشبه لأنه قابله بالرغيف
And the first interpretation is more likely because he contrasted it with the loaf (of bread).