تَفِلٌ
Root: تفل
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تَفِلٌ
, applied to a man; and تَفِلَةٌ, applied to a woman, as also
مِتْفَالٌ , which is a possessive epithet, or an intensive epithet, Altered for the worse in odour, ill-smelling, or frouzy: who has neglected, or left off the use of, perfume: unperfumed: who has neglected, or left off the use of, perfume, and so become altered for the worse in odour, illsmelling, or frouzy: stinking, by reason of having neglected, or left off the use of, perfume and ointments: the pl. of تَفِلَةٌ is تَفِلَاتٌ; applied to such women as are not to be prevented from going to the mosque, and in this case meaning unperfumed.
2 قَوْمٌ سَفِلَةٌ تَفِلَةٌ [A company of men of the lowest and vilest sort].
2 قَوْمٌ سَفِلَةٌ تَفِلَةٌ [A company of men of the lowest and vilest sort].
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