طفءت

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the extinguishing or dying out of fire, flames, or heat. It extends to related concepts like cooling down, ceasing to burn, and metaphorically, the abatement of intense situations or dangers.

Derived headwords

طَفِئَتْverb

1.
to be extinguishedboth
The fire went out; its flame ceased.

طُفُوءًاnoun

1.
extinguishingclassical
The state or act of being extinguished; the cessation of flame.

كَانْطَفَأَتْverb

1.
as if extinguishedclassical
Similar to being extinguished, implying a cessation of activity or intensity.

أَطْفَأَتْverb

1.
to extinguishboth
To cause something to go out, especially fire or light.

مُطْفِئُnoun

1.
extinguisherboth
That which extinguishes or causes to go out.
2.
cooling dayclassical
Refers to a specific day, the fifth or fourth of the 'old women' (days of intense cold), when fires are extinguished or die down.

مُطْفِئُ الرَّضْفِnoun

1.
calamityclassical
A great disaster or calamity, metaphorically something that extinguishes or puts an end to things.

مُطْفِئَتُهُnoun

1.
fatclassical
Refers to fat (specifically, the fat of an animal) which, when it falls on hot stones (رضف), melts and extinguishes them.

Parallel reading

طفئت النار، كسمع، طفوءا: ذهب لهبها، كانطفأت، وأطفأتها.

The fire was extinguished, as in 'sami'a', with extinguishing: its flame went away, as if it were extinguished, and he extinguished it.

ومطفئ الجمر: خامس أيام العجوز أو رابعها.

And 'mutfi' al-jamr' (the extinguisher of embers): the fifth day of the 'old women' (a period of cold) or its fourth.

ومطفئ الرضف: الداهية،

And 'mutfi' al-radhf' (the extinguisher of hot stones): the calamity,

ومطفئته: شحمة إذا أصابت الرضف ذابت فأخمدته،

And 'mutfi'atuhu' (its extinguisher): fat, which, if it hits hot stones, melts and extinguishes them,

وحية تمر فيطفئ سمها نار الرضف.

and a snake passes by, and its venom extinguishes the fire of the hot stones.