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مُطَرَّفٌ

Root: طرف

Full Definition

مُطَرَّفٌ A horse white in the head and the tail, the rest of him being of a different colour: and in like manner black in the head and the tail. And, accord. to AO, أَبْلَقُ مُطَرَّفٌ A horse white in the head: and likewise white in the tail and the head. And شَاةٌ مُطَرَّفَةٌ A sheep or goat black in the end of the tail, in other parts white: or white in the ends of the ears, and for the rest part black: or black in the ends of the ears, and for the rest part white.
2 See also مُطْرِفٌ. And see سَجْعٌ.
3 In a verse of Sá'ideh the Hudhalee, as some relate it, but accord. to others it is مُطَرِّف [q. v.], describing a horse, it signifies مُرَدَّدٌ فِى الكَرَمِ [app. meaning Repeatedly improved in generosity by descent from a number of generous sires and dams].
4 See also مُسْتَطُرَفٌ.
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