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ت ف ف

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with small, insignificant, or dirty things, such as earwax, fingernail dirt, or small creatures. It also extends to concepts of worthlessness, trivial matters, and even specific types of speech or people.

Derived headwords

التُفّnoun
  1. 1.
    fingernail dirtboth

    Dirt or debris that collects under the fingernail, or between the nail and the fingertip.

  2. 2.
    earwaxclassical

    A substance found in the ear, similar to earwax.

تفّةnoun
  1. 1.
    insignificant womanclassical

    A woman who is considered lowly or insignificant.

  2. 2.
    small creatureclassical

    A small animal, described as being like a puppy or a mouse, and a predator.

تففةnoun
  1. 1.
    small wormclassical

    A small worm that affects the skin.

التفافةnoun
  1. 1.
    lowly personclassical

    A base or ignoble person.

  2. 2.
    beggarclassical

    One who asks people for a sheep or two, or a small herd.

تفتافnoun
  1. 1.
    gossipclassical

    One who collects and relays the talk of women.

تفافةnoun
  1. 1.
    fragmentary speechclassical

    Pieces of speech that are like broken segments of poetry.

تَفَانnoun
  1. 1.
    timeclassical

    One's time or appointed period.

تَفْفَهَverb
  1. 1.
    to say 'taffan'classical

    To say 'taffan' (an expression of mild disapproval or dismissal) to someone.

تَفْفِيفًاnoun
  1. 1.
    saying 'taffan'classical

    The act of saying 'taffan' to someone.

أَفَّnoun
  1. 1.
    earwaxclassical

    Dirt or debris found in the ear.

أَفَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    earwaxclassical

    Dirt or debris found in the ear.

أَفْفَهَverb
  1. 1.
    to say 'affan'classical

    To say 'affan' (an expression of mild disapproval or dismissal) to someone.

أَفْفِيفًاnoun
  1. 1.
    saying 'affan'classical

    The act of saying 'affan' to someone.

Parallel reading

التف: وسخ الظفر
Al-taff: dirt of the fingernail.
وفي المحكم: وسخ ما بين الظفر والأنملة
And in Al-Muḥkam: dirt between the fingernail and the fingertip.
ج: تففة، كعنبة.
Plural: tafafah, like 'unabah.
التفة: دويبة كجرو الكلب، قال: وقد رأيتها، أو كالفأرة
Al-taffah: a small creature like a puppy, he said: I have seen it, or like a mouse.
وهي تكبر حتى تكون يقدر الخروف، حسنة الصورة
And it grows until it is the size of a sheep, beautiful in form.
ويقال لها: العنجل، وعناق الأرض، فارسيته سياه كوش
And it is called: Al-'anjal, and 'unāq al-arḍ, its Persian name is siyāh kūsh.
في المثل: استغنت التفة عن الرفة
In the proverb: The insignificant one has become independent of the trivial.
يضرب للئيم إذا شبع
It is said about a base person when they are satisfied.
والرفة: دقاق التبن، أو التبن عامة
And al-raffah: fine bran, or bran in general.
التفافة: الوضيع
Al-tifāf: the base or lowly person.
هو الذي يسأل الناس شاة أو شاتين
He is the one who asks people for a sheep or two.
التفتاف: من يلقط أحاديث النساء
Al-taftāf: one who collects the talk of women.
أتيتك بتفانِه، وعلى تفانه، بالكسر فيهما، أي: حينه وأوانه
I came to you at its tafānih, and upon its tafānih, with kasrah in both, meaning: its time and its appointed period.
وتففه تتفيفا: إذا قال له: تفا
And tafafahu tatfīfan: if he said to him: 'Taffan'.
وكذلك أففه تأفيفا: إذا قال له: أفا.
And likewise afafahu ta'fīfan: if he said to him: 'Affan'.