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التف

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to dirt, particularly under the fingernails, and extends to concepts of insignificance, small creatures, and specific times or moments. It also encompasses terms for gossip and small, irritating things.

Derived headwords

التَفَّverb
  1. 1.
    to be dirtyboth

    To be covered in dirt or filth, specifically referring to dirt under the fingernails.

تَفَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    dirt under nailclassical

    Dirt or filth found under the fingernails.

  2. 2.
    contemptible womanclassical

    A woman who is despised or held in low regard.

  3. 3.
    small creatureclassical

    A small animal, likened to a puppy or a mouse.

تَفَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    insignificant thingclassical

    A thing of little importance or value, often used in a proverb.

التَّفَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    insignificant thingclassical

    A thing of little importance or value, often used in a proverb.

التَّفْفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    small wormclassical

    A small worm or insect that affects the skin.

التَّفَاتِفnoun
  1. 1.
    shredded hairclassical

    Pieces or shreds of hair, possibly referring to something unkempt.

التَّفْتَافnoun
  1. 1.
    gossipclassical

    One who collects and spreads the conversations of women; a gossip.

المُتَفَتِّفnoun
  1. 1.
    gossipclassical

    One who collects and spreads the conversations of women; a gossip.

تَفَانnoun
  1. 1.
    time, momentclassical

    The specific time or appointed moment for something.

تَفْفَهَverb
  1. 1.
    to say 'tafa'classical

    To say to someone 'tafa', which is a term of contempt or dismissal.

تَتْفِيفًاnoun
  1. 1.
    saying 'tafa'classical

    The act of saying 'tafa' to someone, often in a dismissive or contemptuous manner.

Parallel reading

التف، بالضم: وسخ الظفر
Al-taff, with damma: dirt under the fingernail.
ج: تففة، كعنبة
Plural: tuffah, like 'unabah.
والتفة، كقفة: المرأة المحقورة
And al-taffah, like qaffah: the despised woman.
أو كالفأرة، فارسيته: سياه كوش
Or like a mouse, its Persian name: siyah kush.
ويخففان: يضرب للئيم إذا شبع
And they are softened: it is said about a base person when they are satisfied.
والتفففة، كهمزة: دودة صغيرة تؤثر في الجلد
And al-taffafah, like hamzah: a small worm that affects the skin.
والتفتاف: من يلقط أحاديث النساء، كالمتفتف
And al-taftaf: one who collects the talk of women, like al-mutataffif.
ج: تفتافون وتفاتف
Plural: taftafun and taftaf.
وأتيتك بتفانه، وعلى تفانه، بالكسر: حينه وأوانه
And I came to you at its tafanuhu, and upon its tafanuhu, with kasr: its time and its appointed hour.
وتففه تتفيفا: قال له: تفا
And tafafahu tatfifan: he said to him: 'Tafa'.