طرّفهُ
Root: طرف
Form: 2
Full Definition
طرّفهُII
[from the subst. الطَّرْفُ meaning “ the eye ”]: see 1, latter half.
def.2 طرّف [from الطَّرَفُ], Verbal.Noun تَطْرِيفٌ, He fought around the army; because he charges upon, or assaults, those who form the side, or flank, or extreme portion, of it, and drives them back upon the main body: or, as in the M, he fought the most remote thereof, and those that formed the side, or flank, thereof.
2 And طرّف عَلَىَّ الإِبِلَ He drove, or sent, back to me those that formed the sides, or extreme portions, of the camels. And طرّف الخَيْلَ He drove back the foremost of the horsemen to, or upon, the hindmost of them. Accord. to El-Mufaddal, تَطْرِيفٌ, signifies a man's repelling another man from the hindmost of his companions: one says, طَرِّفْ عَنَّا هٰذَا الفَارِسَ [Repel thou from our rear this horseman].
3 For another signification [from الطَّرَفُ] see 4.
4 [Hence also,] طرّفت بَنَانَهَا She tinged, or dyed, the ends (أَطْرَاف, O, Msb, TA) of her fingers with حِنَّآء.
5 And تَطْرِيفْ الأُذُنِ The making the ear of a horse to be pointed, tapering, or slender at the extremity. [Hence,] Khálid Ibn-Safwán said, خَيْرُ الكَلَامِ مَا طُرِّفَتْ مَعَانِيهِ وَشُرِّفَتْ مَبَانِيهِ
6 And طرّف الشَّىْءَ [from طَرَفٌ signifying “ anything chosen or choice ”] means He chose, or made choice of, the thing; as also تطرّفهُ .
7 طرّف said of a camel means He lost his tooth [or teeth] by reason of extreme age.
def.2 طرّف [from الطَّرَفُ], Verbal.Noun تَطْرِيفٌ, He fought around the army; because he charges upon, or assaults, those who form the side, or flank, or extreme portion, of it, and drives them back upon the main body: or, as in the M, he fought the most remote thereof, and those that formed the side, or flank, thereof.
2 And طرّف عَلَىَّ الإِبِلَ He drove, or sent, back to me those that formed the sides, or extreme portions, of the camels. And طرّف الخَيْلَ He drove back the foremost of the horsemen to, or upon, the hindmost of them. Accord. to El-Mufaddal, تَطْرِيفٌ, signifies a man's repelling another man from the hindmost of his companions: one says, طَرِّفْ عَنَّا هٰذَا الفَارِسَ [Repel thou from our rear this horseman].
3 For another signification [from الطَّرَفُ] see 4.
4 [Hence also,] طرّفت بَنَانَهَا She tinged, or dyed, the ends (أَطْرَاف, O, Msb, TA) of her fingers with حِنَّآء.
5 And تَطْرِيفْ الأُذُنِ The making the ear of a horse to be pointed, tapering, or slender at the extremity. [Hence,] Khálid Ibn-Safwán said, خَيْرُ الكَلَامِ مَا طُرِّفَتْ مَعَانِيهِ وَشُرِّفَتْ مَبَانِيهِ
6 And طرّف الشَّىْءَ [from طَرَفٌ signifying “ anything chosen or choice ”] means He chose, or made choice of, the thing; as also تطرّفهُ .
7 طرّف said of a camel means He lost his tooth [or teeth] by reason of extreme age.
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