تفل

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

The root تفل (tafala) primarily relates to spitting, often with saliva, and by extension, to a change in smell or the abandonment of perfume. It also has a specific meaning related to a fox.

Derived headwords

تَفَلَverb

1.
to spitboth
To eject saliva from the mouth, often with a slight sound or expulsion of air.
2.
to change smellclassical
To have one's smell altered or become unpleasant.

متى يحس منه مائح القوم يتفل — When will the water-bearer of the people feel him and spit?

فتفل فيه — He spat into it.

تَفْلاًnoun

1.
spittingboth
The act of spitting.
2.
spittleboth
Saliva ejected from the mouth.

التَّفْلnoun

1.
spittleboth
Spittle, or something similar like foam, ejected from the mouth.
2.
lack of perfumeboth
The state of not using perfume or pleasant scents.
3.
unpleasant smellclassical
A bad or unpleasant odor.

التفل بالفم لا يكون إلا ومعه شيء من الريق، فإذا كان نفخا بلا ريق فهو النفث — Spitting from the mouth only occurs with some saliva; if it is blowing without saliva, it is puffing.

التفل: ترك الطيب — Spitting (in this context): abandoning perfume.

التَّفَّالnoun

1.
spittleboth
Spittle, foam, or similar ejected substances.

تَفِلadjective

1.
not perfumedboth
A man who does not use perfume or pleasant scents.
2.
bad-smellingclassical
Having an unpleasant odor, often due to lack of perfume.

رجل تفل أي غير متطيب — A man who is 'tafil', meaning not using perfume.

الشعث التفل — The unkempt, the one not using perfume.

تَفِلَةadjective

1.
not perfumedboth
A woman who does not use perfume or pleasant scents.
2.
bad-smellingclassical
Having an unpleasant odor, often due to lack of perfume.

امرأة تفلة أي تاركة للطيب — A woman who is 'tafala', meaning one who abandons perfume.

التفلة التي ليست بمتطيبة وهي المنتنة الريح — The 'tafala' is one who is not perfumed and has a foul smell.

مُتَفَّالadjective

1.
not perfumedclassical
A woman who does not use perfume or pleasant scents.
2.
bad-smellingclassical
Having an unpleasant odor.

امرأة تفلة ومتفال؛ الأخيرة على النسب — A woman who is 'tafala' and 'mutafal'; the latter is based on attribution (to the root).

تميل عليه هونة غير متفال — She leans towards him gently, not using perfume.

أتْفَلَهُverb

1.
to make smell badclassical
To cause something or someone to have an unpleasant smell.
2.
to make not use perfumeclassical
To cause someone to abandon the use of perfume.

أتفله غيره — Someone else made him smell bad or abandon perfume.

التَّتَفُّلnoun

1.
foxclassical
A fox.
2.
fox cubclassical
The young of a fox.

والأنثى من كل ذلك بالهاء؛ وبيت امرئ القيس: له أيطلا ظبي وساقا نعامة، ... وإرخاء سرحان وتقريب تتفل — And the female of all of that is with 'ha'; and the verse of Imru' al-Qais: It has the haunches of a gazelle and the legs of an ostrich, ... and the gait of a wolf and the trot of a fox.

تَتَفُّلnoun

1.
foxclassical
A fox.
2.
fox cubclassical
The young of a fox.

وعبارة سرحان وتقريب تفل — And the gait of a wolf and the trot of a fox.

تَفَلnoun

1.
a littleclassical
A small amount; a trifle.

ما أصاب فلان من فلان إلا تفلا طفيفا أي قليلا — So-and-so obtained nothing from so-and-so except a small amount, meaning little.

التَّتَفُّلnoun

1.
green plantclassical
A green plant with a thick stem, which is the last to dry.
2.
treeclassical
A type of tree.

والتتفل: نبات أخضر فيه خطبة وهو آخر ما يجف، وقيل: هو شجر — And 'al-tatafful': a green plant with a thick stem, which is the last to dry; it is said to be a tree.

Parallel reading

متى يحس منه مائح القوم يتفل

When will the water-bearer of the people feel him and spit?

ومنه تفل الراقي.

And from this is the spitting of the one performing the incantation.

والتفل والتفال: البصاق والزبد ونحوهما.

And 'al-tafl' and 'al-taffal': spittle, foam, and the like.

التفل بالفم لا يكون إلا ومعه شيء من الريق، فإذا كان نفخا بلا ريق فهو النفث.

Spitting from the mouth only occurs with some saliva; if it is blowing without saliva, it is puffing.

الجوهري: التفل شبيه بالبزق وهو أقل منه، أوله البزق ثم التفل ثم النفث ثم النفخ.

Al-Jawhari said: 'Al-tafl' is similar to 'al-bazq' but less than it; the first is 'al-bazq', then 'al-tafl', then 'al-naft', then 'al-nafkh'.

وفي الحديث: فتفل فيه ، هو من ذلك.

And in the hadith: He spat into it, it is from this (root).

وتفل الشيء تفلا: تغيرت رائحته.

And 'tafala' the thing, its smell changed.

والتفل: ترك الطيب.

And 'al-tafl': abandoning perfume.

رجل تفل أي غير متطيب

A man 'tafil', meaning not using perfume.

وامرأة تفلة ومتفال؛ الأخيرة على النسب.

And a woman 'tafala' and 'mutafal'; the latter is based on attribution.

أنه، صلى الله عليه وسلم، قال لتخرج النساء إلى المساجد تفلات أي تاركات للطيب؛

That he, peace be upon him, said: Let the women go out to the mosques 'tafilat', meaning abandoning perfume.

قال أبو عبيد: التفلة التي ليست بمتطيبة وهي المنتنة الريح؛

Abu Ubaid said: 'Al-tafala' is one who is not perfumed and has a foul smell.

إذا ما الضجيع ابتزها من ثيابها، ... تميل عليه هونة غير متفال

When her bedmate strips her of her clothes, ... she leans towards him gently, not using perfume.

أتفله غيره؛ قال الراجز: يا ابن التي تصيد الوبارا، ... وتتفل العنبر والصوارا

Someone else made him smell bad; the poet said: O son of her who hunts the 'wabar' (wild animal), ... and makes ambergris and musk smell bad.

وقيل يا رسول الله من الحاج؟ قال: الشعث التفل ؛

It was said: O Messenger of Allah, who are the pilgrims? He said: The unkempt, the one not using perfume.

التفل: الذي ترك استعمال الطيب من التفل وهي الريح الكريهة.

'Al-tafl': one who has abandoned the use of perfume due to an unpleasant smell.

قم عن الشمس فإنها تتفل الريح.

Move away from the sun, for it makes the wind smell bad.

والتتفل والتتفل والتتفل والتتفل والتتفل: الثعلب، وقيل جروه، والتاء زائدة، والأنثى من كل ذلك بالهاء؛

And 'al-tatafful' (repeatedly): the fox, and it is said its cub; the 'ta' is extra, and the female of all of that is with 'ha'.

له أيطلا ظبي وساقا نعامة، ... وإرخاء سرحان وتقريب تتفل

It has the haunches of a gazelle and the legs of an ostrich, ... and the gait of a wolf and the trot of a fox.

وعارة سرحان وتقريب تفل

And the gait of a wolf and the trot of a fox.

ما أصاب فلان من فلان إلا تفلا طفيفا أي قليلا.

So-and-so obtained nothing from so-and-so except a small amount, meaning little.

والتتفل: نبات أخضر فيه خطبة وهو آخر ما يجف، وقيل: هو شجر؛

And 'al-tatafful': a green plant with a thick stem, which is the last to dry; it is said to be a tree.

ليس في الكلام اسم توالت فيه تاءان غيره.

There is no word in the language in which two 'ta's occur consecutively except this one.