طَفِقَ
Root: طفق
Form: 1
Full Definition
طَفِقَI
, Present.T
ـَ; and طَفَقَ, Present.T
ـِ mentioned by Akh, and by Zj, as said by some, but pronounced by Lth to be bad; Verbal.Noun طَقَقٌ, (S, K, TA, [in some copies of the K, erroneously, طَفْقٌ,]) of the former verb; and طُفُوقٌ, of the latter verb; He set about, began, commenced, took to, or betook himself to, doing such a thing: expl. in the K as meaning he continued uninterruptedly the doing of such a thing (وَاصَلَ الفِعْلَ [or in some copies وَصَلَ الفِعْلَ]), and by El-Háfidh Ibn-Hajar, in the “ Fet-h el-Bári, ” as meaning he entered upon, began, or commenced, and went on continually, doing such a thing; but it denotes the entering upon the doing of a thing irrespectively of the going on continually or not, and therefore it is not allowable to prefix أَنْ to its predicate: it is followed by a future [or an Present.T, as in the ex. above]: the saying فَطَفِقَ مَسْحًا بِٱلسُّوقِ
وَٱلْأَعْنَاقِ, in the Kur [xxxviii. 32], i. e. He took to severing with the sword [the thighs and the necks], or, as some say, to wiping [or stroking] with his hand [the thighs and the necks], is for طَفِقَ يَمْسَحُ مَسْحًا: the verb is used only in an affirmative phrase: they do not say مَا طَفِقَ.
2 طَفِقَ فُلَانٌ بِمَا أَرَادَ, a phrase of the Arabs of the desert, means Such a one attained that which he desired.
3 And one says طَفِقَ المَوْضِعَ, Present.T ـَ He kept, or clave, to the place.
2 طَفِقَ فُلَانٌ بِمَا أَرَادَ, a phrase of the Arabs of the desert, means Such a one attained that which he desired.
3 And one says طَفِقَ المَوْضِعَ, Present.T ـَ He kept, or clave, to the place.
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