تطرّف
Root: طرف
Form: 5
Full Definition
تطرّفV
[as quasi-pass. of 2 signifies It became pointed, tapering, or slender at the extremity: see ذُبَابُ السَّيْفِ in art. ذب].
2 [And] i. q. صَارَ طَرَفًا [It became an extremity, or a side; or at, or in, an extremity or a side].
3 كَانَ لَا يَتَطَرَّفُ مِنَ البَوْلِ, in a trad. respecting the punishment of the grave, means He used. not to go far aside from urine.
4 تطرّفت said of a she-camel: see 1, near the end.
5 Said of the sun, It became near to setting.
6 تطرّف عَلَى القَوْمِ He made a sudden, or an unexpected, attack upon the territory, or dwellings, of the people.
def.2 تطرّف الشَّىْءَ He took from the side of the thing: [and] he took the side of it.
2 See also 2, last signification but one.
2 [And] i. q. صَارَ طَرَفًا [It became an extremity, or a side; or at, or in, an extremity or a side].
3 كَانَ لَا يَتَطَرَّفُ مِنَ البَوْلِ, in a trad. respecting the punishment of the grave, means He used. not to go far aside from urine.
4 تطرّفت said of a she-camel: see 1, near the end.
5 Said of the sun, It became near to setting.
6 تطرّف عَلَى القَوْمِ He made a sudden, or an unexpected, attack upon the territory, or dwellings, of the people.
def.2 تطرّف الشَّىْءَ He took from the side of the thing: [and] he took the side of it.
2 See also 2, last signification but one.
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