الطيف

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of something that appears or wanders, often in a fleeting or spectral manner. It encompasses notions of madness, anger, and apparitions, particularly those seen in dreams. It also relates to the act of frequent wandering or circumambulating.

Derived headwords

الطيفnoun

1.
angerclassical
A state of intense displeasure or hostility.
2.
madnessclassical
A state of mental derangement or insanity.
3.
apparitionboth
A phantom or specter, especially one seen in a dream.
4.
dream apparitionboth
The appearance of something in a dream.

طافverb

1.
to wanderboth
To move about aimlessly or without a fixed course.
2.
to circumambulateboth
To travel around something, often repeatedly.
3.
to appear (in a dream)classical
To manifest or present oneself in a dream.

يطيفverb

1.
to wander aroundboth
To move around a place or object, often with a sense of circling or frequenting.
2.
to appear (as a phantom)classical
To manifest as a specter or apparition, especially in a dream.

طيفاnoun

1.
wanderingclassical
The act of moving around or appearing, especially as a phantom.

مطافاnoun

1.
wanderingclassical
The act of moving around or appearing, especially as a phantom.

يطوفverb

1.
to wanderboth
To move about aimlessly or without a fixed course.
2.
to circumambulateboth
To travel around something, often repeatedly.

طوفاnoun

1.
wanderingclassical
The act of moving around or appearing, especially as a phantom.

طائفadjective

1.
wanderingboth
Moving about or appearing, especially in a spectral or dreamlike manner.
2.
circlingboth
Moving around something.

ابن الطيفانname

1.
Ibn al-Tayfanclassical
A name referring to Khalid bin Alqamah, a poet.

طيفانname

1.
Tayfanclassical
The mother of Khalid bin Alqamah.

ابن الطيفانيةname

1.
Ibn al-Tayfaniyyahclassical
A name referring to Amr bin Qabisa, from the Banu Darim tribe.

تطييفاnoun

1.
wanderingclassical
The act of moving around or appearing, especially as a phantom.

طوفnoun

1.
wanderingclassical
The act of moving around or appearing, especially as a phantom.

Parallel reading

الغضب، والجنون، والخيال الطائف في المنام، أو مجيئه في المنام.

Anger, madness, and the wandering phantom in a dream, or its appearance in a dream.

وطاف الخيال يطيف طيفا ومطافا، ويطوف طوفا

And the phantom wandered, appearing spectrally and wandering, and it circled.

وإنما قيل لطائف الخيال: طيف، لأن أصله: طيف، كميت وميت، من مات يموت.

And the apparitions of phantoms were only called 'tayf' because its origin is 'tayf', like 'mayyit' and 'mayyit', from 'māta yamūtu'.

وابن الطيفان، كالحيران: خالد بن علقمة، شاعر، وطيفان: أمه.

And Ibn al-Tayfan, like al-Hayran, is Khalid bin Alqamah, a poet, and Tayfan is his mother.

وابن الطيفانية: عمرو بن قبيصة، أحد بني دارم، وهي أمه.

And Ibn al-Tayfaniyyah is Amr bin Qabisa, one of the Banu Darim, and she is his mother.

وطيف تطييفا، وطوف: أكثر الطواف.

And 'tayf' (verb form) means to wander extensively, and 'tawfa' means to wander more.