اطرف
Root: طرف
Form: 4
Full Definition
اطرفIV
He closed his eyelids.
def.2 اطرف الثَّوْبَ, Verbal.Noun إِطْرَافٌ, He made two ornamental or coloured or figured borders (عَلَمَيْنِ) in the ends, or sides, of the garment (فِى طَرَفَيْهِ); as also طرّفهُ , Verbal.Noun تَطْرِيفٌ. (Msb: and in like manner the pass. of the former verb is expl. in the S and O, as said of a رِدَآء of خَزّ.)
def.3 اطرف فُلَانًا He gave to such a one what he had not given to any one before him: or he gave him a thing of which he did not possess the like, and which pleased him: [and he gave him property newly, or recently, acquired.] You say, أَطْرَفَهُ كَذَا and بِكَذَا, meaning أَتْحَفَهُ [He gave him such a thing as a تُحْفَة, i. e. طُرْفَة, q. v.].
2 [Hence,] اطرف فُلَانٌ signifies جَآءَ بِطُرْفَةٍ, as meaning Such a one brought something newly found, or gained, or acquired: and as meaning he brought a thing that was strange, or extraordinary, and approved, or deemed good: and as meaning he brought new information or tidings. And one says, اطرفهُ خَبَرًا [and بِخَبَرٍ ] meaning He told him new information or tidings.
3 أَطْرَفَ بِهِ مَنْ حَوَالَيْهِ [a phrase used by El-Hareeree] means They who were around him became possessors, thereby, of a new and strange piece of information, (صَارُوا بِسَبَبِهِ ذَوِى طُرْفَةٍ,) and said, مَا أَطْرَفَهُ [How novel and strange is it!], by reason of their wonder at it; so that the verb is intrans., and من is its agent: or it may mean he made to wonder by reason of it those who were around him.
def.4 الإِطْرَافُ signifies also كَثْرَةُ الآبَآءِ [i. e., app., The being numerous, as said of ancestors, meaning ancestors of note].
def.5 اطرف البَلَدُ, and اطرفت الأَرْضُ, The country, and the land, abounded with [the kinds of pasture called] طَرِيفَة [q. v.].
def.2 اطرف الثَّوْبَ, Verbal.Noun إِطْرَافٌ, He made two ornamental or coloured or figured borders (عَلَمَيْنِ) in the ends, or sides, of the garment (فِى طَرَفَيْهِ); as also طرّفهُ , Verbal.Noun تَطْرِيفٌ. (Msb: and in like manner the pass. of the former verb is expl. in the S and O, as said of a رِدَآء of خَزّ.)
def.3 اطرف فُلَانًا He gave to such a one what he had not given to any one before him: or he gave him a thing of which he did not possess the like, and which pleased him: [and he gave him property newly, or recently, acquired.] You say, أَطْرَفَهُ كَذَا and بِكَذَا, meaning أَتْحَفَهُ [He gave him such a thing as a تُحْفَة, i. e. طُرْفَة, q. v.].
2 [Hence,] اطرف فُلَانٌ signifies جَآءَ بِطُرْفَةٍ, as meaning Such a one brought something newly found, or gained, or acquired: and as meaning he brought a thing that was strange, or extraordinary, and approved, or deemed good: and as meaning he brought new information or tidings. And one says, اطرفهُ خَبَرًا [and بِخَبَرٍ ] meaning He told him new information or tidings.
3 أَطْرَفَ بِهِ مَنْ حَوَالَيْهِ [a phrase used by El-Hareeree] means They who were around him became possessors, thereby, of a new and strange piece of information, (صَارُوا بِسَبَبِهِ ذَوِى طُرْفَةٍ,) and said, مَا أَطْرَفَهُ [How novel and strange is it!], by reason of their wonder at it; so that the verb is intrans., and من is its agent: or it may mean he made to wonder by reason of it those who were around him.
def.4 الإِطْرَافُ signifies also كَثْرَةُ الآبَآءِ [i. e., app., The being numerous, as said of ancestors, meaning ancestors of note].
def.5 اطرف البَلَدُ, and اطرفت الأَرْضُ, The country, and the land, abounded with [the kinds of pasture called] طَرِيفَة [q. v.].
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