تلف

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns destruction, ruin, and perishing. It describes the state of being destroyed, the act of causing destruction, and places associated with ruin. It also touches upon the idea of loss and waste.

Derived headwords

تَلِفَverb

1.
to perishboth
To be destroyed, ruined, or to die.

تَلَفٌnoun

1.
destructionboth
The state or act of being destroyed or ruined.
2.
perishingboth
The process of dying or coming to an end.

أَتْلَفَverb

1.
to destroyboth
To cause something to be ruined, annihilated, or rendered useless.
2.
to annihilateboth
To bring something to complete destruction or extinction.

مَتْلَفٌnoun

1.
place of destructionclassical
A place where destruction occurs or where one is likely to perish.

مَفَازَةٌnoun

1.
wastelandclassical
An uninhabitable or desolate area, often implying danger or ruin.

تَلَفًاnoun

1.
in vainboth
Without purpose or effect; fruitlessly.
2.
uselesslyboth
In a manner that is of no use or benefit.

طَلَفًاnoun

1.
in vainclassical
Similar to 'talafan', indicating something done without purpose or result.

مُتْلِفٌadjective

1.
destructiveboth
Causing ruin or destruction.

مِخْلافٌadjective

1.
destructiveclassical
One who causes destruction or ruin.

مِتْلافٌadjective

1.
very destructiveboth
Extremely prone to causing destruction or ruin; wasteful.

Parallel reading

تَلِفَ، كَفَرِحَ: هَلَكَ.

Talifa, like faraha: perished.

وَأَتْلَفَهُ: أَفْنَاهُ.

And atlafahu: He annihilated it.

وَكَمَقْعَدٍ: الْمَهْلَكُ وَالْمَفَازَةُ.

And like maq'ad: the place of destruction and the wasteland.

وَذَهَبَتْ نَفْسُهُ تَلَفًا وَطَلَفًا: هَدَرًا.

And his soul went to destruction and in vain: meaning, in vain/worthlessly.

وَرَجُلٌ مُخْلِفٌ مُتْلِفٌ، وَمِخْلافٌ مُتْلافٌ.

And a man is one who causes ruin, destructive, and a very destructive one.

وَأَتْلَفْنَا الْمَنَايَا فِي قَوْلِ الْفَرَزْدَقِ: وَأَضْيَافَ لَيْلٍ قَدْ بَلَغْنَا قِرَاهُمْ ... إِلَيْهِمْ وَأَتْلَفْنَا الْمَنَايَا وَأَتْلَفُوا

And we encountered death in the saying of Al-Farazdaq: 'And guests of the night, we have reached their hospitality... towards them, and we encountered death, and they encountered it.'

أَيْ: صَادَفْنَاهَا ذَاتَ إِتْلَافٍ، أَوْ صَيَّرْنَا الْمَنَايَا تَلَفًا لَهُمْ، وَصَيَّرُوهَا تَلَفًا لَنَا، أَوْ وَجَدْنَاهَا تُتْلِفُنَا، وَوَجَدُوهَا تُتْلِفُهُمْ.

Meaning: we encountered them as destructive, or we made death a destruction for them, and they made it a destruction for us, or we found them destroying us, and they found them destroying them.