بين

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of being between, separating, or clarifying. It extends to notions of distance, distinction, and the act of making something clear or evident. It also encompasses related physical concepts like the flank or the edges of things.

Derived headwords

طَفَفَverb

1.
to reach, to approachclassical
To come close to something, to reach its vicinity or boundary.
2.
to be uneven, to be shortclassical
To be deficient or uneven, particularly in measurement or height.

طَفْطَفَةnoun

1.
flankclassical
The side of an animal's body, specifically the flank.

طَفْطَافnoun

1.
tips of treesclassical
The extremities or tips of trees or shrubs.

طَفْverb

1.
to rise, to appearclassical
To rise up, to become visible or apparent.

أَطْفَأَverb

1.
to take what is visibleclassical
To take or seize something that has become visible or apparent.

اسْتَطْفَأَverb

1.
to seek out what is visibleclassical
To seek out and take something that is visible or easily accessible.

Parallel reading

كنت فارسا يومئذ فسبقت الناس حتى طفف بي الفرس مسجد بني زريق حتى كاد يساوي المسجد

I was a horseman that day, and I outran the people until my horse brought me close to the mosque of Banu Zurayq, to the point where it almost reached the mosque.

يعني وثب بى

meaning, it leaped with me.

والطفطفة (2) : الخاصرة

And the flank (2): the flank.

والطفطاف: أطراف الشجر

And the Tiftaf: the extremities of trees.

أوين إلى ملاطفة خضود لمأكلهن (3) طفطاف الربول

They seek refuge in a tender, green place for their food, the tips of the shrubs.

يعني فراخ النعام

meaning, ostrich chicks.

وأنهن يأوين إلى أم ملاطفة تكسر لهن أطراف الربول

And they seek refuge with a tender mother who breaks off the tips of the shrubs for them.

وهى شجر

And it is a tree.

خذ ما طف لك

Take what rises up for you.

وأطف

and take (what rises up).

واستطف

and seek out (what rises up).

أي خذ ما ارتفع لك وأمكن

meaning, take what rises up for you and is possible.