تَفَاطِيرُ
Root: فطر
Full Definition
تَفَاطِيرُ
, a word similar to تَعَاشِيبُ and تَعَاجِيبُ and تَبَاشِيرُ [q. v.], none of which four words has a sing., Pimples that come forth in the face of a boy or young man, and of a girl or young woman; as also
: thus correctly, with ت and ن: the author of the K, following Sgh [in the O], says that
is the pl. of
أُفْطُورٌ , and signifies a cracking, or chapping, in the nose of a young man, and in his face.
2 Also, thus correctly, with ت, The first of [the herbage of the rain called] the وَسْمِىّ [q. v.]; and in this sense also it has no sing.: but it is said in the K that is pl. of , with ن; [in the O, that it is pl. of نُفْطُورٌ ;] and [in both] that it signifies scattered herbage; and Lh says, as is stated by AHn, that مِنْ عُشْبٍ means small quantities of herbage in land: it is also added in the K, in explanation of , or it signifies the first herbage of [the rain called] the وَسْمِىّ: [and it is said that] تَفَاطِيرُ نَبَاتٍ signifies what break forth of, or from, plants, or herbage. (TA voce تَبَاشِيرُ.)
2 Also, thus correctly, with ت, The first of [the herbage of the rain called] the وَسْمِىّ [q. v.]; and in this sense also it has no sing.: but it is said in the K that is pl. of , with ن; [in the O, that it is pl. of نُفْطُورٌ ;] and [in both] that it signifies scattered herbage; and Lh says, as is stated by AHn, that مِنْ عُشْبٍ means small quantities of herbage in land: it is also added in the K, in explanation of , or it signifies the first herbage of [the rain called] the وَسْمِىّ: [and it is said that] تَفَاطِيرُ نَبَاتٍ signifies what break forth of, or from, plants, or herbage. (TA voce تَبَاشِيرُ.)
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