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لطف

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns gentleness, kindness, and subtlety. It extends to concepts of smallness, divine favor, and delicate actions, including specific, albeit unusual, sexual connotations.

Derived headwords

لَطُفَverb
  1. 1.
    meaning, it became smallboth

    meaning, it became small

لَطَافَةnoun
  1. 1.
    smallnessclassical

    The state or quality of being small in size.

  2. 2.
    gentlenessboth

    The quality of being gentle, kind, or tender.

لَطِيفadjective
  1. 1.
    so it is subtle/gentleboth

    so it is subtle/gentle

لُطْفnoun
  1. 1.
    meaning, it became smallboth

    meaning, it became small

أَلْطَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to be kind toboth

    To show kindness or favor towards someone.

  2. 2.
    to provide withboth

    To bestow something upon someone, often as a gift or favor.

  3. 3.
    to penetrate (animal)classical

    Specifically, for a male animal to insert its penis into the female's vulva when unsure of the correct mating position.

لُطْفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    from so-and-so, meaning a giftboth

    from so-and-so, meaning a gift

مُلَاطَفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    rivalryclassical

    A competition or striving to outdo one another, particularly in kindness or gentleness.

تَلَطُّفverb
  1. 1.
    to be gentle towardsboth

    To act with gentleness and kindness towards something or someone.

اِسْتَلْطَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to insert (animal)classical

    Specifically, for a male animal to insert its penis into the female's vulva by itself, similar to 'istakhlaṭa'.

Parallel reading

لَطُفَ الشئ بالضم يلطف لطافة، أي صغر
The thing (with damma) 'laṭufa' means 'to be small'.
واللطف في العمل: الرفق فيه
And gentleness in an action means being kind in it.
واللطف من الله تعالى: التوفيق والعصمة
And 'al-luṭf' from God Almighty means success and protection.
وألطفه بكذا، أي بره به
And 'alṭafahu bi-kadhā' means to be kind to him with it.
والاسم اللطف بالتحريك
And the noun is 'al-luṭf' (with haraka).
يقال جاءتنا لطفة من فلان، أي هدية
It is said, 'A luṭfah came to us from so-and-so,' meaning a gift.
والملاطفة: المبارة
And 'al-mulāṭafah' means rivalry (in kindness).
والتلطف للأمر: الترفق له
And 'al-talṭṭuf' for a matter means being gentle towards it.
وألطف الرجال البعير: أدخل قضيبه في الحياء، وذلك إذا لم يهتد لموضع الضراب
And a man 'alṭafa' the camel: he inserted his penis into the vulva, and that is when he did not find the correct place for mating.
واستلطف العبير: أي أدخله فيها بنفسه، مثل استخلط، وأخلطه غيره
And he 'istalṭafa' the scent: meaning he inserted it into her himself, like 'istakhlaṭa', and another mixed it.