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طفّلت

Root: طفل

Form: 2

Full Definition

طفّلتII i. q. رَشَحَتْ طِفْلَهَا or رَشَّحَتْهُ [i. e. The she-camel rubbed the root of her young one's tail, and pushed him on with her head; and went before him, and waited for him until he overtook her; and sometimes gently urged him on, and followed him]; and so , Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun طُفُولٌ.
2 طفّلت الشَّمْسُ: see 1.
3 طفّل اللَّيْلُ The night began to be dark: or drew near.

def.2 طفّل الإِبِلَ, Verbal.Noun تَطْفِيلٌ, He treated the camels gently, in journeying, in order that their young ones (أَطْفَالُهَا) might come up to them.
2 And طفّل الكَلَامَ, He considered, or forecast, the results of the speech, or saying; he looked to what would, or might, be its result; or he thought, or meditated, upon it, and endeavoured to understand it; syn. تَدَبَّرَهُ; and so .

def.3 See also 1, last sentence.

def.4 And see 5, in two places.
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