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الطفرة

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to leaping, jumping, and sudden movements. It also extends to concepts of surpassing, exceeding, and in a specific context, a defect in riding.

Derived headwords

طَفَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to leapboth

    To jump or leap, especially with a sudden upward movement.

الطَّفْرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    leapboth

    A jump or leap, characterized by upward motion.

  2. 2.
    sudden increasemodern

    A rapid and significant increase or jump, often used metaphorically.

طُفُورnoun
  1. 1.
    leapingclassical

    The act or state of leaping or jumping.

طَفَّرَverb
  1. 1.
    to cause to leapclassical

    To make something or someone leap or jump.

تَطْفِيرnoun
  1. 1.
    causing to leapclassical

    The act of causing something or someone to leap or jump.

طَثْرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    curdled milkclassical

    Milk that has curdled or become thick.

طَيْفُورname
  1. 1.
    Abu Yazid al-Bistamiclassical

    The name of Abu Yazid al-Bistami, a prominent Sufi sheikh.

أَطْفَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to insert feet into stirrupsclassical

    For a rider to insert their feet into the stirrups of a horse.

إِطْفَارnoun
  1. 1.
    inserting feet into stirrupsclassical

    The act of a rider inserting their feet into the stirrups.

Parallel reading

الطفرة: الوثب في ارتفاع
The leap: jumping with height.
كالطفور
like leaping.
و من اللبن: كالطثرة
And from milk: like curdled milk.
وقد طفر تطفيرا
And he caused it to leap with a causing to leap.
والطيفور: طويئر
And al-Tayfur: a small bird.
واسم أبي يزيد البسطامي شيخ الصوفية
And the name of Abu Yazid al-Bistami, the sheikh of the Sufis.
وأطفر الراكب فرسه إطفارا
And the rider inserted his feet into his horse's stirrups with an insertion.
وهو عيب للراكب
And it is a defect for the rider.