طِفْلٌ
Root: طفل
Full Definition
طِفْلٌ
A young one, or youngling, or the young, of anything, [or] of a human being and of a beast: or a new-born child, or young infant: and also a young one, or the young, of any wild animal: or it is applied to a child until he discriminates; after which he is called صَبِىّ; thus some say, [and] thus says El-Munáwee: or, accord. to Az, on the authority of AHeyth, a child from the time of his birth until he attains to puberty: fem. طِفْلَةٌ: and pl. أَطْفَالٌ: but طِفْلٌ is also used as fem., and dual, and pl., occurring as pl. in the Kur xxiv. 31, and [xxii. 5 and] xl. 69: and
طِفْيَلٌ signifies the same as طِفْلٌ; used in this sense by a rájiz; but accord. to some, by poetic license, for the dim.
طُفَيْلٌ .
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