ط ن ف

Root entry · 22 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to protruding or projecting elements, whether natural formations like mountain ledges, architectural features like eaves, or even metaphorical extensions like suspicion or eagerness. It also encompasses concepts of being lean, suspected, or having a specific characteristic.

Derived headwords

الطَّنَفnoun

1.
Mountain ledgeboth
A protruding part or ledge of a mountain, something that juts out from it, or a prominent peak.
2.
Wall eaveboth
The projecting part of a wall, like an eave or cornice.
3.
Canopy over a doorclassical
A small roof or canopy extending over a door.
4.
Red leather on basketsclassical
Red leather used to cover or adorn baskets.

وما ضرب بيضاء يأوي مليكها ... إلى طنف أعيا براق ونازل — And no white [she-camel] whose master seeks refuge... to a ledge that exhausts the swift and the slow.

الطَّنَفnoun

1.
Suspicionclassical
The act of being suspected or the state of suspicion regarding an affair.

الطَّنِفadjective

1.
Suspected personclassical
One who is suspected of an affair, as if by association.

الطَّنُفnoun

1.
Lean personclassical
One who eats very little.

الطَّنُفnoun

1.
Corrupt personclassical
One who is corrupt or has a bad inner nature.

طَنِفَverb

1.
To be corruptclassical
To have a corrupt or bad inner nature.

طَنَافَةnoun

1.
Corruptionclassical
The state of being corrupt or having a bad inner nature.

طُنُوفَةnoun

1.
Corruptionclassical
The state of being corrupt or having a bad inner nature.

طَنَفًاnoun

1.
Corruptionclassical
The state of being corrupt or having a bad inner nature.

أَطْنَفَverb

1.
To make leanclassical
To make someone lean or cause them to eat little.

المُطَنَّفadjective

1.
Having a ledgeclassical
One who possesses a ledge or protruding feature.
2.
One who climbs a ledgeclassical
One who ascends or reaches a ledge.

كأن حفيف النبل فوثق عجيسها ... عوازب نحل أخطأ الغار مطنف — As if the rustling of arrows was the binding of her flanks... straying bees that the cave missed, reaching a high point.

طَنَّفَverb

1.
To suspectclassical
To suspect someone of an affair or wrongdoing.

كان سنتهم إذا ترهب الرجل منهم، ثم طنف بالفجور لم يقبلوا منه إلا القتل — Their custom was that if a man among them became a monk, then was suspected of immorality, they would not accept anything from him but death.

طَنَّفَverb

1.
To fortify a wallclassical
To place thorns, sticks, or branches on a wall to make it difficult to climb.

وطنف جداره: إذا جعل فوقه شوكا وعيدانا وأغصانا ليصعب تسلقه وتسوره — And he fortified his wall: by placing thorns, sticks, and branches on it to make it difficult to climb and scale.

طَنَّفَverb

1.
To build a low wallclassical
To build a short wall on a rooftop, as done by the people of Mecca.

طَنَّفَ نَفْسَهُverb

1.
To bring oneself closer to greedclassical
To bring oneself near to something out of greed or desire.

طنف نفسه إلى كذا: إذا أدناها إلى الطمع — He brought his soul to something: meaning he brought it near to greed.

تَطَنَّفَverb

1.
To look out overclassical
To look out over or gaze upon something, often with a sense of anticipation or desire.

ما تطنفت نفسي إلى هذا: أي ما أشرفت — I did not look out over this: meaning I did not gaze upon it.

تَطَنَّفَهُمْverb

1.
To approach themclassical
To approach or surround them.

وهو يتطنفهم أي: يغشاهم — And he approaches them: meaning he surrounds them.

أَطْنَفَهُverb

1.
To make him leanclassical
To make someone lean or cause them to eat little; to make someone indifferent.

ما أطنفه أي ما أزهده — How indifferent he is! meaning how little he desires.

المُطَنِّفadjective

1.
One who has a ledgeclassical
One who possesses a ledge or protruding feature.
2.
One who climbs a ledgeclassical
One who ascends or reaches a ledge.

طَنَّفَ لِلأَمْرِverb

1.
To engage in an affairclassical
To engage in or become involved in an affair or matter.

طنف للأمر تطنيفا: قارفه — He engaged in the affair: meaning he committed it.

الطَّنَفnoun

1.
Red shrubclassical
A red shrub that resembles the 'anam plant.

المُطَنَّفadjective

1.
Condemned to deathclassical
One whose life is forfeit or who is condemned to death.

Parallel reading

الحيد من الجبل، وهو: ما نتأ منه، ورأس من رؤوسه وقيل: هو شاخص يخرج من الجبل، فيتقدم كأنه جناح

The ledge of the mountain, which is what protrudes from it, and a peak of its peaks, and it was said: it is a prominence emerging from the mountain, advancing as if it were a wing.

ج: أطناف، وطنوف

Plural: atnaf, tanuf.

إفريز الحائط

The eave of the wall.

هو ما أشرف خارجا عن البناء

It is what overlooks outside the building.

وهي الكنة

And it is the inner room/chamber.

السيور

The straps.

أو الطنف: الجلود الحمر التي تكون على الأسفاط

Or the tanf: the red leathers that are on the baskets.

نفس التهمة

The very suspicion.

المتهم بالأمر، كأنه على النسب

The one suspected of the affair, as if by lineage.

من لا يأكل إلا قليلا

One who eats only a little.

الفاسد الدخلة

The corrupt one, the one with a bad inner nature.

ما أطنفه أي ما أزهده

How indifferent he is! meaning how little he desires.

من له الطنف

One who has the ledge.

من يعلو الطنف

One who ascends the ledge.

له طنف، والذي له طنف غير الذي يعلوه

He has a ledge, and the one who has the ledge is different from the one who ascends it.

فهو مطنف، يقال: فلان يطنف بهذه السرقة

So he is suspected, it is said: So-and-so is suspected of this theft.

إذا ترهب الرجل منهم، ثم طنف بالفجور لم يقبلوا منه إلا القتل

If a man among them became a monk, then was suspected of immorality, they would not accept anything from him but death.

إذا جعل فوقه شوكا وعيدانا وأغصانا ليصعب تسلقه وتسوره

When thorns, sticks, and branches are placed on it to make it difficult to climb and scale.

وأهل مكة يبنون على السطح جدارا قصيرا يسمونه الطنف

And the people of Mecca build a short wall on the rooftop which they call the tanf.

إذا أدناها إلى الطمع

When he brings it near to greed.

أي ما أشفت

Meaning I did not look out.

أي: يغشاهم

Meaning: he surrounds them.

والتركيب يدل على دور شيء على شيء

And the root indicates the circling of something upon something.

وقد شذ عنه الطنف: الذي لا يأكل إلا قليلا

And the tanf: one who eats only a little, is an exception from it.

طنف للأمر تطنيفا: قارفه

He engaged in the affair with tanfif: he committed it.

شجر أحمر يشبه العنم

A red shrub that resembles the 'anam plant.