طفّف
Root: طف
Form: 2
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طفّفII
He made defective, or deficient. You say, طفّف, or طفّف المِكْيَالَ, and المِيزَانَ, Verbal.Noun تَطْفِيفٌ, He gave short measure, and short weight; he made the contents of the measure to be defective, and in like manner, of the balance; not filling the former to its uppermost parts: i. e. he did thus, cheating his companion in measure or in weight. [Hence,] طفّف عَلَى عِيَالِهِ
2 Also He made full, or complete. [Thus it has two contr. significations.]
def.2 طفّفت الشَّمْسُ
2 طفّف, said of a bird, [or طَفَّ , mentioned by Freytag from Hamaker's Specim. catal. p. 49, 1. 4, of the Arabic text, or both may be correct,] The bird expanded his wings: so says Ibn-'Abbád.
3 And طفّف بِهِ الفَرَسُ
2 Also He made full, or complete. [Thus it has two contr. significations.]
def.2 طفّفت الشَّمْسُ
2 طفّف, said of a bird, [or طَفَّ , mentioned by Freytag from Hamaker's Specim. catal. p. 49, 1. 4, of the Arabic text, or both may be correct,] The bird expanded his wings: so says Ibn-'Abbád.
3 And طفّف بِهِ الفَرَسُ
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