طفس

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns concepts of filth, impurity, and death. It describes a person who is dirty or unclean, as well as the state of being soiled or corrupted. It also denotes the act of dying.

Derived headwords

الطَّفْسnoun

1.
filth, impurityboth
The state of a person who is dirty and does not maintain personal hygiene. It can also refer to dirt and grime.

طَفِسadjective

1.
dirty, filthyboth
Describing a person who is dirty or unclean.

طَفْسَةnoun

1.
dirty womanboth
A female person who is dirty or unclean.

الطَّفْسnoun

1.
dirt, grimeboth
The physical dirt and filth that accumulates on something.

طَفِسَverb

1.
to be dirtyboth
To become dirty or soiled, referring to an object like a garment.

طَفْسًاnoun

1.
dirtiness, filthinessclassical
The state or quality of being dirty or filthy.

طَفَاسَةnoun

1.
dirtiness, filthinessclassical
The state or quality of being dirty or filthy.

طَفِسَverb

1.
to dieclassical
To pass away or cease to live.

طَفُوسًاnoun

1.
deathclassical
The state or act of dying.

طَافِسadjective

1.
deadclassical
Describing someone who has died.

Parallel reading

الطَّفْس: قذر الإنسان إذا لم يتعهد نفسه بالتنظيف.

Al-tafs: a person's filthiness if he does not take care of himself with cleanliness.

رجل نجس طَفِس: قذر، والأنثى طَفْسَة.

A dirty, filthy man: unclean, and the female is tafsah.

والطَّفْس، بالتحريك: الوسخ والدرن

And al-tafs, with harakah: the dirt and grime.

وقد طَفِسَ الثوب، بالكسر، طَفْسًا وطَفَاسَةً

And the garment became dirty, with kasr, tafsan and tafasatan.

وطَفِسَ الرجل: مات وهو طَافِس؛

And the man died: he died while he was a tafis (dead).

ويروى بيت الكميت: وذا رمق منها يقضي وطافساً يصف الكلاب.

And the verse of Al-Kumait is narrated: And one with a last breath from it is dying, and a dead one, describing dogs.

طَفِسَ البرذون يطْفِسُ طُفُوسًا أي مات.

The mule died, yatafisu, tufusan, meaning it died.