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ترف

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with concepts related to luxury, ease, and being spoiled or indulged. It can also refer to a physical protrusion, particularly on the lip.

Derived headwords

التُرْفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    protrusion on upper lipclassical

    A fleshy protuberance located in the middle of the upper lip, present from birth.

أَتْرَفَverb
  1. 1.
    spoil with luxuryboth

    To make someone excessively comfortable and indulged, often to the point of being spoiled or led astray by abundance.

Parallel reading

الترفة بالضم: هنة ناتئة في وسط الشفة العليا خلقة.
Al-turfah (with dammah): a protuberance sticking out in the middle of the upper lip by nature.
وأترفته النعمة، أي أطغته.
And abundance spoiled him, meaning it made him insolent.