طَرْفٌ
Root: طرف
Full Definition
طَرْفٌ
The eye; a word having no pl. in this sense because it is originally an Verbal.Noun, therefore it may denote a sing. and may also denote a pl. number [i. e. may signify also eyes]: or, as Ibn-'Abbád says, it is a coll. n. signifying the بَصَر [which has the sing. and the pl. meanings mentioned above, as well as the meaning of the sense of sight], and is not dualized nor pluralized: or, as some say, it has for pl. أَطْرَافٌ: but this is refuted by the occurrence of طَرْف in a pl. sense in the Kur xxxvii. 47 and xxxviii. 52 and lv. 56: and though الأَطْرَاف is said to occur as its pl. in a trad. of Umm-Selemeh, this is a mistake for الإِطْرَاق: it is said, however, that its being originally an Verbal.Noun is not a reason for its not being allowable to pluralize it when it has become a subst., and especially when it is not meant to convey the signification of an epithet: [but it may be regarded as an epithet; meaning seer, and, being originally an Verbal.Noun, seers also; and this is the more probable because]
[is an epithet used as a subst., and thus] signifies the eyes, as in the saying هُوَ بِمَكَانٍ لَا تَرَاهُ الطَّوَارِفُ [He is in a place in which the eyes will not see him]; pl. of
طَارِفَةٌ .
2 [Hence,] الطَّرْفُ is the name of
3 And طَرْفُ العَيْنِ signifies The eyelid.
def.2 Also طَرْفٌ, A man generous, or noble, (K, TA, [see also طِرْفٌ,]) in respect of ancestry, up to the greatest [i. e. most remote] forefather.
def.3 See also طَرَفٌ, first sentence.
2 [Hence,] الطَّرْفُ is the name of
3 And طَرْفُ العَيْنِ signifies The eyelid.
def.2 Also طَرْفٌ, A man generous, or noble, (K, TA, [see also طِرْفٌ,]) in respect of ancestry, up to the greatest [i. e. most remote] forefather.
def.3 See also طَرَفٌ, first sentence.
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