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ط ع س ف

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe a type of aimless or clumsy movement, specifically characterized by stumbling or treading heavily. It is noted as an undesirable or obscure linguistic usage.

Derived headwords

الطَّعْسَفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Clumsy treadingclassical

    A manner of walking characterized by heavy, stumbling steps, considered an undesirable form of speech.

يَطْعَسِفُverb
  1. 1.
    To tread clumsilyclassical

    To move about in the land, treading heavily and aimlessly, as if stumbling.

Parallel reading

الطعسفة أهمله الجوهري، وقال ابن دريد: هي لغة مرغوب عنها ومعناه: الخبط بالقدم.
Al-Tuʻsafah was neglected by Al-Jawhari, and Ibn Duraid said: it is an undesirable language and its meaning is: treading heavily with the foot.
وما أدق نظره رحمه الله تعالى.
And how precise his insight was, may God have mercy on him.
وقال ابن دريد: يقال: مر يطعسف في الأرض: إذا مر يخبطها.
And Ibn Duraid said: it is said, he passed by, treading clumsily in the land: meaning he passed by treading heavily upon it.
ونقله الأزهري أيضا هكذا.
And Al-Azhari also transmitted it thus.