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الطنفش

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe weakness, particularly in a man, and also relates to the eyes, specifically their smallness or a dimming of vision.

Derived headwords

الطَّنْفَشnoun
  1. 1.
    Weak manboth

    A man who is weak or feeble.

الطَّنْفَشِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    Weak manboth

    Describing a man who is weak or feeble.

الطَّنْفَشَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Dimming of visionclassical

    A dimming or haziness of the sight.

طَنْفَشَ عَيْنَهُverb
  1. 1.
    To make eyes smallclassical

    To make one's eyes appear small.

Parallel reading

الطنفش والطنفشي: الرجل الضعيف.
Al-tanfash and al-tanfashi: the weak man.
والطنفشة: تحميج النظر.
And al-tanfasha: the dimming of vision.
وطنفش عينه: صغرها.
And he made his eye small: he narrowed it.