طُوفَانٌ

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طُوفَانٌ An overpowering rain: and overpowering water, [a meaning erroneously assigned in the CK to طَوَّاف instead of طُوفَان,] that covers [or overwhelms] everything; in the common conventional acceptation, water abounding to the utmost degree; [i. e. a flood, or deluge;] such as befell the people of Noah; or طُوفَانُ المَآءِ signifies the water that covers [or overwhelms] everything: and a drowning torrent: and much of anything, [like as we say a flood of anything,] such as includes the generality of persons, or things, within its compass: and particularly death; or quick, or quick and wide-spreading, death; or death commonly, or generally, prevailing; or quick, or quick and wide-spreading, death, commonly, or generally, prevailing: and quick [and extensive] slaughter: and any accident [or evil accident] that besets a man: and trial, or affliction: and El-'Ajjáj likens to the rain, or water, thus called, the darkness of night; using the phrase طُوفَانُ الظَّلَامِ; by which he means the intensity of the darkness of the night: طُوفَانٌ is said to be a pl. [or coll. gen. n.]; and its sing. [or n. un.] is طُوفَانَةٌ, accord. to analogy: thus says Akh: or it is an Verbal.Noun, like رُجْحَانٌ and نُقْصَانٌ; and is from طَافَ, Present.T يَطُوفُ: thus says Abu-l- 'Abbás; and he says that there is no need of seeking for it a sing.: some say that it is of the measure فُلْعَانٌ, from طَفَا المَآءُ, Present.T يَطْفُو, meaning “ the water rose, ” or “ became high; ” the ل being transposed to the place of the ع; but this is strange.

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