طيف

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns apparitions, visions, and hallucinations, particularly those experienced during sleep or attributed to supernatural influences like demons or jinn. It extends to the concept of a fleeting or intrusive presence, and metaphorically to intense emotions or madness.

Derived headwords

طافَverb

1.
to appear in a dreamboth
To come to someone in a dream, often as an apparition or vision.
2.
to hauntclassical
To appear repeatedly or persistently, especially in a dream or as a hallucination.

يطيفverb

1.
he appears in a dreamboth
Present or future tense of 'to appear in a dream'.

طَيْفnoun

1.
apparitionboth
A vision or apparition, especially one seen in a dream.
2.
hallucinationboth
A delusion or hallucination, often attributed to supernatural causes like demons or jinn.
3.
madnessclassical
A state of madness or insanity, or a touch of it.
4.
demon's touchboth
A fleeting influence or touch from a demon or jinn.

طَيْفُ الخَيالِnoun

1.
dream apparitionboth
The apparition or vision that appears in a dream.

مَطافاًnoun

1.
appearing in a dreamclassical
The act or instance of appearing in a dream, used as a masdar.

أَطافَverb

1.
to be touched by a demonclassical
To be afflicted or touched by a demon or jinn, causing delusion or madness.

تَطَيَّفَverb

1.
to be touched by a demonclassical
To be affected or touched by a demon or jinn, similar to 'أطاف'.

طائِفnoun

1.
demon's touchboth
An influence or touch from a demon or jinn, synonymous with 'طيف'.
2.
one who appearsclassical
One who appears or visits, especially in a dream.

طَوّافnoun

1.
night's darknessclassical
The deep darkness of the night.

Parallel reading

ألا يا لقومي لطيف الخيال، ... أرق من نازح ذي دلال

Oh, for my people, the apparition of imagination... is more sleepless than a distant lover with coquetry.

وطاف الخيال يطيف طيفا ومطافا: ألم في النوم

And the apparition came, appearing in a dream, a visitation and a manifestation: it appeared in sleep.

أنى ألم بك الخيال يطيف، ... ومطافه لك ذكرة وشعوف

How can the apparition visit you, appearing, and its visitation for you is a memory and a longing?

والطيف: المس من الشيطان

And the 'tayf' is the touch of Satan.

إذا مسهم طيف من الشيطان

When a 'tayf' from Satan touches them.

وطائف من الشيطان، وهما بمعنى

And 'tawa'if' from Satan, and they are synonymous.

وقد أطاف وتطيف

And he has been touched (by a demon) and has been affected (by a demon).

وطيف من الشيطان كقولهم لمم من الشيطان

And a 'tayf' from Satan is like their saying 'lamam' from Satan.

فإذا بها وأبيك طيف جنون

And by your father, she was a touch of madness.

فقال بعض القوم: قد أصاب هذا الغلام لمم أو طيف من الجن أي عرض له عارض منهم

So some of the people said: This boy has been afflicted by 'lamam' or a 'tayf' from the jinn, meaning an affliction befell him from them.

وأصل الطيف الجنون ثم استعمل في الغضب ومس الشيطان

And the origin of 'tayf' is madness, then it was used for anger and the touch of Satan.

يقال: طاف يطيف ويطوف طيفا وطوفا، فهو طائف، ثم سمي بالمصدر

It is said: 'tafa' and 'yataf' and 'yatuf' with 'tayfan' and 'tufan', so he is a 'ta'if', then he is named by the masdar.

ومن طيف الخيال الذي يراه النائم

And from the 'tayf al-khayal' which the sleeper sees.

فطاف بي رجل وأنا نائم

Then a man appeared to me while I was sleeping.

والطياف: سواد الليل

And 'al-tayyaf' is the darkness of the night.

عقبان دجن بادرت طيافا

Eagles of the rain, I hastened to the darkness of the night.