ت نف

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns destruction, perishing, and ruin. It describes the act of causing something to be destroyed or wasted, often through extravagance, and the state of being destroyed or perishing. It can also refer to a dangerous or fatal place.

Derived headwords

تَلِفَverb

1.
to be destroyedboth
To perish, be ruined, or be wasted.
2.
to perishboth
To meet one's end or be lost.

تَلَفًاnoun

1.
destructionboth
The state or act of being destroyed, ruined, or wasted.
2.
ruinboth
A state of utter destruction or decay.

تَلَفًاnoun

1.
destructionclassical
Meaning the same as 'talaf', signifying ruin or perishing.

تَلِفًاnoun

1.
destructionclassical
Meaning the same as 'talaf', signifying ruin or perishing.

أَتْلَفَverb

1.
to destroyboth
To cause something to be destroyed, ruined, or wasted.
2.
to wasteboth
To squander or spend extravagantly, leading to ruin.

إتْلَافnoun

1.
destructionboth
The act of causing destruction or ruin.
2.
extravaganceboth
Wasteful spending or squandering of resources.

مُتْلِفadjective

1.
destructiveboth
Causing destruction or ruin.
2.
wastefulboth
Given to squandering or wasting resources.

مُتْلِفadjective

1.
destructiveclassical
A man who is destructive or causes ruin.

مِتْلَافadjective

1.
very destructiveboth
Extremely destructive or ruinous.
2.
very wastefulboth
Excessively prone to wasting money or resources.

مِخْلَافadjective

1.
very destructiveclassical
A man who is extremely destructive or ruinous.

مُتْلِفَةnoun

1.
precipiceclassical
A dangerous cliff or precipice overlooking a place of ruin or destruction.

تَلْفَةnoun

1.
impregnable hillclassical
A strong, inaccessible hill from which one might face ruin if attempting to ascend.

تَلْفَانadjective

1.
perishingclassical
In a state of perishing or being ruined.

تَالِفadjective

1.
perishingclassical
In a state of perishing or being ruined.

مُتْلُوفadjective

1.
unknownclassical
The opposite of 'known' or 'recognized'; unfamiliar.

Parallel reading

سه تلفا، وطلفا، محركتين، بمعنى واحد، أي هدرا

Talafan and talafan (with two vowel movements), both meaning one thing, i.e., in vain.

ورجل مخلف متلف، ومخلاف متلاف

And a man who is destructive, and a man who is extremely destructive.

وقد أتلف ماله: إذا أفناه إسرافا

And he wasted his wealth: meaning he annihilated it through extravagance.

رجل متلاف: كثير الإتلاف لماله

A wasteful man: one who excessively wastes his wealth.

وأتلفنا المنايا، في قول الفرزدق الشاعر

And we brought about the demise of death, in the saying of the poet Al-Farazdaq.

فأتلفنا المنايا وأتلفوا

So we brought about the demise of death, and they brought about the demise of death.

أي: صادفناها ذات إتلاف هؤلاء غزي غزوهم، يقول: فجعلناهم تلفا للمنايا، وجعلونا كذلك

Meaning: we encountered them in a state of destruction; these attacked their attackers, saying: so we made them a prey for death, and they made us so.

أي صادفناها تتلفنا، وصادفوها تتلفهم

Meaning: we encountered them destroying us, and they encountered them destroying them.

أو وجدناها تتلفنا، أي: ذات تلف، أو ذات إتلاف، ووجدواها تتلفهم كذلك

Or we found them destroying us, meaning: possessing destruction, or possessing the act of destruction, and they found them destroying them likewise.

المتلفة: مهواة مشرفة على تلف

Al-Mutlafa: a precipice overlooking destruction.

والتلفة: الهضبة المنيعة التي يغشى من تعاطاها التلف

And Al-Talfa: the impregnable hill from which one faces ruin if attempting to ascend it.

ورجل تلفان، وتالف: أي هالك، مولدة

And a man who is perishing, and perishing: meaning ruined, a neologism.

والمتلوف: ضد المعروف، مولدة أيضا

And Al-Matloof: the opposite of known, also a neologism.

ومن أمثالهم: السلف تلف

And from their proverbs: The predecessor perishes.

إن من القرف التلف

Indeed, among the causes of ruin is perishing.