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طفن

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of death, confinement, and negative qualities. It encompasses terms for dying, being held captive, and also refers to falsehood, bad speech, and undesirable characteristics in people.

Derived headwords

الطفنnoun
  1. 1.
    deathclassical

    The state of being dead.

طُفِنَverb
  1. 1.
    to dieclassical

    To cease to live; to pass away.

طُفِنَ إذا مات — He dies when he dies.
المطفونnoun
  1. 1.
    the confinedclassical

    Those who are held captive or imprisoned.

خل عن ذلك المطفون — Release those who are confined.
الطفانيةnoun
  1. 1.
    insultclassical

    A verbal abuse or insult directed at a man or woman.

  2. 2.
    bad traitclassical

    A negative characteristic or vice attributed to a person.

الطفانينnoun
  1. 1.
    liesclassical

    Falsehoods and untruthful statements.

  2. 2.
    worthless talkclassical

    Speech that is without any good or value.

  3. 3.
    confinementclassical

    The state of being held back or delayed.

  4. 4.
    delayclassical

    The act of being held back or lagging behind.

طفانين قول في مكان مخنق — Lies and worthless talk in a suffocating place.
اطمأنّverb
  1. 1.
    to be reassuredboth

    To feel secure, calm, and at ease.

  2. 2.
    to be settledboth

    To be firmly established or at rest.

اطفأنّ: اطمأنّ — To be reassured: to be at ease.
اطفأنّ خلقهverb
  1. 1.
    his disposition improvedclassical

    His character or nature became good or pleasant.

اطفأنّ خلقه: أي حسن — His disposition improved: meaning, it became good.
الطفانيةnoun
  1. 1.
    old womanclassical

    An elderly female.

Parallel reading

أهمله الجوهري.
Al-Jawhari neglected it.
وقال المفضل: هو (الموت).
And Al-Mufaddal said: It is (death).
يقال: طفن إذا مات؛
It is said: he dies when he dies;
وأنشد: ألقى رحى الزور عليه فطحنقذفا وفرثا تحته حتى طفن
And he recited: He cast the millstone of falsehood upon him, and it ground dung beneath him until he died.
وقال ابن الأعرابي: الطفن: (الحبس).
And Ibn Al-A'rabi said: Al-Tafn: (confinement).
يقال: خل عن ذلك المطفون.
It is said: Release those who are confined.
والطفانية، كعلانية: شتم للرجل والمرأة
And Al-Tafaniyah, like 'Alaniyah': an insult to a man and a woman
وقيل: هو نعت سوء فيهما.
And it was said: It is a bad trait in them.
وقال ابن بري: (الطفانين: الكذب) والباطل (وما لا خير فيه من الكلام) ؛
And Ibn Bri said: (Al-Tafanin: lies) and falsehood (and what contains no good from speech);
قال أبو زبيد: طفانين قول في مكان مخنق
Abu Zubayd said: Lies and worthless talk in a suffocating place.
وقال ابن الأعرابي: الطفانين: (الحبس والتخلف.
And Ibn Al-A'rabi said: Al-Tafanin: (confinement and lagging behind).
واطفأن: اطمأن، وكذلك اطبأن بالباء.
And 'Ishtafanna': 'Isatama'nna', and likewise 'Isatabanna' with Ba'.
واطفأن (خلقه): أي (حسن).
And 'Ishtafanna' (his disposition): meaning, (it improved).
الطفانية، كعلانية: المرأة العجوز.
Al-Tafaniyah, like 'Alaniyah': the old woman.