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تحف

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns gifts, presents, and things that are pleasing or delightful. It also extends to concepts of rarity, uniqueness, and the act of presenting something.

Derived headwords

تَحْفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    gift, presentboth

    A valuable or pleasing item given to someone as a gift or present, often implying rarity or specialness.

  2. 2.
    delicacy, rarityclassical

    Something rare, exquisite, or unusual, often used to describe food or objects of art.

تُحْفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    gift, presentboth

    A valuable or pleasing item given to someone as a gift or present, often implying rarity or specialness.

  2. 2.
    delicacy, rarityclassical

    Something rare, exquisite, or unusual, often used to describe food or objects of art.

تُحَفnoun
  1. 1.
    the pluralboth

    the plural

  2. 2.
    the bone above the brainboth

    the bone above the brain

  3. 3.
    it is also a wooden vessel in its shape, as if it were half a cupboth

    it is also a wooden vessel in its shape, as if it were half a cup

أَتْحَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to present, to giftboth

    To give someone a gift or present, especially something valuable or rare.

  2. 2.
    to delight, to pleaseclassical

    To cause someone to feel pleased or delighted, often by offering something special.

Parallel reading

التحفة: ما أتحفت به الرجل من البر واللطف.
A tuḥfah: what you present to a man of kindness and gentleness.
وكذلك التحفة بفتح الحاء
And likewise is the tuḥfah with a fatha on the ḥa'.
والجمع تحف.
And the plural is tuḥaf.