طِرْفٌ
Root: طرف
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طِرْفٌ
A generous horse: or, accord. to Er-Rághib, one that is looked at (يُطْرَفُ) because of his beauty; so that it is originally مَطْرُوفٌ, i. e. مَنْظُورٌ; like نِقْضٌ in the sense of مَنْقُوضٌ: pl. طُرُوفٌ and أَطْرَافٌ: accord. to AZ, an epithet applied peculiarly to the males: or generous in respect of the sires and the dams: or recently acquired; not of his owner's breeding; fem. with ة, occurring in a verse of El-'Ajjáj: Lth says that they sometimes apply the epithets طِرْفٌ and طِرْفَةٌ as syn. with نَجِيبٌ and نَجِيبَةٌ, in a manner unusual in the language: accord. to Ks, طِرْفَةٌ is applied as an epithet to a mare: and طِرْفٌ signifies also a horse long in the legs or the neck, having the ears pointed, tapering, or slender at the extremities.
2 And
3 See also طَرَفٌ, latter half.
4 And رَجُلٌ طِرْفٌ فِى نَسَبِهِ, with kesr, [in the CK, erroneously, طَرْفٌ,]
5 And اِمْرَأَةٌ طِرْفُ الحَدِيثِ, with kesr, [in the CK طَرْف,] A woman whose discourse is good; every one who has heard it esteeming it new (يَسْتَطْرِفُهُ).
def.2 And One desirous of possessing everything that he sees.
2 See also طَرِفٌ, in two places.
3 And see طَرِيفٌ.
def.3 Also Anything of the produce of the earth still in the calyxes thereof.
2 And
3 See also طَرَفٌ, latter half.
4 And رَجُلٌ طِرْفٌ فِى نَسَبِهِ, with kesr, [in the CK, erroneously, طَرْفٌ,]
5 And اِمْرَأَةٌ طِرْفُ الحَدِيثِ, with kesr, [in the CK طَرْف,] A woman whose discourse is good; every one who has heard it esteeming it new (يَسْتَطْرِفُهُ).
def.2 And One desirous of possessing everything that he sees.
2 See also طَرِفٌ, in two places.
3 And see طَرِيفٌ.
def.3 Also Anything of the produce of the earth still in the calyxes thereof.
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