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طنّفهُ

Root: طنف

Form: 2

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طنّفهُII , Verbal.Noun تَطْنِيفٌ, He suspected him. One says فُلَانٌ يَطَنَّفُ بِهٰذِهِ السَّرِقَةِ Such a one is suspected of this theft.
2 طنّف نَفْسَهُ إِلَى كَذَا He made his mind to approach a coveting of such a thing.
3 And طنّف لِلْأَمْرِ, Verbal.Noun as above, He was, or became, near to the affair. [See an ex. voce رَايَفَ.]

def.2 طنّف جِدَارَهُ He put above his wall thorns or branches of trees, or thorns and sticks and branches, in order to make the climbing, or scaling, of it difficult: so says Az. [And it probably signifies He made a طَنَف, or طُنُف, of any kind to his wall.]
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