مُطْفِلٌ

Full Definition

مُطْفِلٌ , and مُطْفِلَةٌ also, applied to a female, of human beings and of wild animals, and of camels, i. q. ذَاتُ طِفْلٍ [Having a young one, or youngling, &c.], with her: or applied to a she-gazelle and camel, or to any female, that has recently brought forth: pl. مَطَافِلُ and مَطَافِيلُ. [See also عَائِذٌ, in art. عوذ.] سَارَتْ قُرَيْشٌ بِالعُوذِ المَطَافِيلِ i. e. Kureysh journeyed with the camels that had recently brought forth having with them their young ones, occurring in a trad., means, with their collective company, their old and their young. [See, again, عَائِذٌ.]
2 [It is also said by Freytag to be applied in the Deewán of the Hudhalees to clouds followed by small ones.]
3 And لَيْلَةٌ مُطْفِلٌ means A night that kills the young ones by its cold.

Lane's Lexicon — The most scholarly Arabic-English dictionary available

The product of over thirty years of unrelenting labor. A work of such unique greatness that to this day it remains supreme in the field of Arabic lexicography.

✓ Full text search • ✓ Root-based navigation
✓ Advanced filters • ✓ Mobile access

Trusted by 1000+ researchers worldwide
Featured on Fons Vitae • Used by universities globally

Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

Full Definition

Related Words from the Same Root

Verbs

Nouns