طُفُولِيَّةٌ
Root: طفل
Full Definition
طُفُولِيَّةٌ
, mentioned by ISd and the expositors of the Fs and others, as well as in the K, and also pronounced without teshdeed, [i. e. طُفُولِيَةٌ,] which shows, as do several other reasons, that the ى therein is not that which is the characteristic of rel. ns., though it has been asserted to be so, The state, or condition, of the
طِفْل; [i. e. early infancy: or, in a larger sense, childhood;] as also
طُفُولَةٌ and
طَفَالَةٌ and
طَفَلٌ ; [inf. ns.] having no verb [corresponding to them].