طَفَلٌ
Root: طفل
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طَفَلٌ
: see طُفُولِيَّةٌ.
2 Also The period [next] after sunrise: from طِفْلٌ signifying “ a young one ” or “ youngling: ” or طَفَلُ الغَدَاةِ signifies the period from that when the sun is about to rise, or appear, until its light has ascendancy over the earth: or when the sun is about to rise, or appear, and has not yet ascendancy in, or upon, the earth: or the period from the rising, or appearing, of the sun, until its having ascendancy [for إِلَى ٱسْتِكْمَالِهَا in a copy of the M, and استكمانها and استكنانها in different copies of the K, I read الى ٱسْتِمْكَانِهَا, agreeably with the explanation in the the T and with that of Er-Rághib, in both of which the verb used is يَسْتَمْكِن,] in, or upon, the earth. And The period after [that called] the عَصْر [q. v.] when the sun inclines to the setting: or طَفَلُ العَشِىِّ signifies the last part of the afternoon, at sunset, and at the time of the sun's becoming yellow, when it is about to set. One says, أَتَيْتُهُ طَفَلًا [I came to him at one of the periods termed طَفَل].
3 Also The coming of the night with its darkness.
4 And The darkness itself.
def.2 Also Rain: so in the phrase طَفَلُ الثُّرَيَّا [The rain of the auroral setting of the Pleiades]. [Or A shower of rain: for] one says, وَقَعَتْ أَطْفَالُ الوَسْمِىِّ The showers of the [rain called] وسمىّ [q. v.] fell: and جَادَهُ طَفَلٌ مِنْ مَطَرٍ [A shower of rain descended copiously upon him, or it].
2 And رِيحٌ طَفَلٌ A wind that blows gently, or softly.
2 Also The period [next] after sunrise: from طِفْلٌ signifying “ a young one ” or “ youngling: ” or طَفَلُ الغَدَاةِ signifies the period from that when the sun is about to rise, or appear, until its light has ascendancy over the earth: or when the sun is about to rise, or appear, and has not yet ascendancy in, or upon, the earth: or the period from the rising, or appearing, of the sun, until its having ascendancy [for إِلَى ٱسْتِكْمَالِهَا in a copy of the M, and استكمانها and استكنانها in different copies of the K, I read الى ٱسْتِمْكَانِهَا, agreeably with the explanation in the the T and with that of Er-Rághib, in both of which the verb used is يَسْتَمْكِن,] in, or upon, the earth. And The period after [that called] the عَصْر [q. v.] when the sun inclines to the setting: or طَفَلُ العَشِىِّ signifies the last part of the afternoon, at sunset, and at the time of the sun's becoming yellow, when it is about to set. One says, أَتَيْتُهُ طَفَلًا [I came to him at one of the periods termed طَفَل].
3 Also The coming of the night with its darkness.
4 And The darkness itself.
def.2 Also Rain: so in the phrase طَفَلُ الثُّرَيَّا [The rain of the auroral setting of the Pleiades]. [Or A shower of rain: for] one says, وَقَعَتْ أَطْفَالُ الوَسْمِىِّ The showers of the [rain called] وسمىّ [q. v.] fell: and جَادَهُ طَفَلٌ مِنْ مَطَرٍ [A shower of rain descended copiously upon him, or it].
2 And رِيحٌ طَفَلٌ A wind that blows gently, or softly.
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