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, aor. , inf. n. طَفَالَةٌ and طُفُولَةٌ, It (anything) was, or became, soft, or tender; [as though resembling a طِفْل;] (K, TA;) syn. رَخُصَ. (TA.) -A2- طَفَلَت said of a she-camel: see 2. ― -b2- طَفَلَ, (K, TA,) inf. n. طُفُولٌ, said of a man, (TA,) He entered upon the [time called] طَفَل, (K, TA,) which has two contr. meanings; (TA;) as also ↓ اطفل. (K.) ― -b3- And طَفَلَتِ الشَّمْسُ The sun rose: (O, K:) so says Fr in his “ Nawádir. ” (O.) ― -b4- And, (O, K,) accord. to Zj, (O,) The sun became red on the occasion of setting; and so ↓ أَطْفَلَت: (O, K:) thus the former has two contr. meanings: (K:) and الشَّمْس ↓ طفّلت, (S, K,) or طفّلت لِلْغُرُوبِ, (S,) inf. n. تَطْفِيلٌ, (S, O,) The sun inclined to setting: (S, O:) or approached the setting; as also طَفَلَت, (K, TA,) aor. , inf. n. طُفُولٌ. (TA.) -A3- طَفَلَتِ الحُمُرُ العُشْبَ The asses depastured the herbs so as to raise the dust upon them. (Ibn- 'Abbád, O.) -A4- And طَفِلَ النَّبْتُ; (Ibn-' Abbád, O, K;) and طُفِلَ; (Ibn-' Abbád, O, TA;) or, accord. to the K, ↓ طُفِّلَ, inf. n. تَطْفِيلٌ; (TA;) The herbage became soiled by dust, (Ibn-' Abbád, O, K, TA,) and thereby marred, or injured. (Ibn- ' Abbád, O, TA.)

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]; (K accord. to different copies; [but both of these verbs signify the same, as expl. in the L;]) and so ↓ طَفَلَت, (K, TA,) aor. , inf. n. طُفُولٌ. (TA.) ― -b2- طفّلت الشَّمْسُ: see 1. ― -b3- طفّل اللَّيْلُ The night began to be dark: (S, O:) or drew near. (K.) -A2- طفّل الإِبِلَ, (S, O, K,) inf. n. تَطْفِيلٌ, (S, O,) He treated the camels gently, in journeying, in order that their young ones (أَطْفَالُهَا) might come up to them. (S, O, K.) ― -b2- And طفّل الكَلَامَ, (tropical:) 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; (K, TA;) and (TA) so ↓ اطفلهُ. (O, TA.) -A3- See also 1, last sentence. -A4- And see 5, in two places.

, said of a woman, (S, O, TA,) and of a girl, or young woman, (صبية, [but this, I doubt not, is a mistranscription for ظَبْيَة, i. e. a doe-gazelle,]) and of a she-camel, (TA,) or of any female, (Msb,) She had a طِفْل [or young one of tender age]: (S, O, TA:) or she brought forth. (Msb.) ― -b2- See also 1, in two places. -A2- And see 2.

He was, or became, an intruder at feasts, uninvited; (S, Msb, K;) as also ↓ طفّل, (K,) inf. n. تَطْفِيلٌ: (TA:) or he imitated Tufeyl: (Har p. 179: [see طُفَيْلِىٌّ:]) and عَلَيْهِ ↓ طفّل and تطفّل عليه he intruded upon him at a feast, uninvited. (TA.) It is of the speech of the people of El-' Irák. (Lth, Msb.)

Soft, or tender; (S, O, K;) applied to anything, (K:) fem, with ة; (S, O, K;) applied to a girl, or young woman, (S,) or to a woman: (O:) and pl. طِفَالٌ and طُفُولٌ, (K.) One says بَنَانٌ طَفْلٌ [Soft, or tender, fingers, or ends of fingers]; this being allowable, though بنان is a [kind of] pl. and طفل is a sing., because every pl. [of the kind] that differs not from its sing. save in the ة [affixed to the latter] is made sing. and masc. [as well as fem.]: and therefore Homeyd says, " فَلَمَّا كَشَفْنَ اللِّبْسَ عَنْهُ مَسَحْنَهُ بِأَطْرَافِ طَفْلٍ زَانَ غَيْلًا مُوَشَّمًا " [And when they (referring to females) removed from over him the clothing, they wiped him with the extremities of soft, or tender, fingers, that adorned a plump fore arm, tattooed]; meaning, بِأَطْرَافِ بِنَانٍ طَفْلٍ. (S, O.) -A2- Also [Fullers' earth, which is used for scouring cloths, and is sometimes used in the bath, instead of soap;] a certain yellow [or rather yellowish, and sometimes white, or whitish,] earth, well known in Egypt, with which cloths are dyed [or rather scoured]; (TA;) also called بَيْلُونٌ. (Esh-Shiháb El- ' Ajamee, TA in art. بلن.)

A young one, or youngling, or the young, (Msb, K, *) of anything, (K,) [or] of a human being and of a beast: (Msb:) or (K) a new-born child, or young infant: and also a young one, or the young, of any wild animal: (S, O, K:) or it is applied to a child until he discriminates; (Msb, TA;) after which he is called صَبِىّ; thus some say, (Msb,) [and] thus says El-Munáwee: (TA:) or, accord. to Az, (Msb, TA,) on the authority of AHeyth, (TA,) a child from the time of his birth (Mgh, TA) until he attains to puberty: (Mgh, Msb, TA:) fem. طِفْلَةٌ: (Zj, Mgh, Msb, TA:) and pl. أَطْفَالٌ: (Zj, S, O, Msb, TA:) but طِفْلٌ is also used as fem., (Zj, Mgh, O, Msb, TA,) and dual, (Zj, TA,) and pl., (Zj, S, O, Msb, TA,) occurring as pl. in the Kur xxiv. 31, (S, O, Msb,) and [xxii. 5 and] xl. 69: (Zj, TA:) and ↓ طِفْيَلٌ signifies the same as طِفْلٌ; (K, TA;) used in this sense by a rájiz; but accord. to some, by poetic license, for the dim. ↓ طُفَيْلٌ. (TA.) ― -b2- [Hence,] (assumed tropical:) Any part or portion of anything, whether a substance or an accident: (K, TA:) pl. أَطْفَالٌ: whence they say طِفْلُ الهَمِّ and الحُبِّ (assumed tropical:) [The portion of anxiety and of love]. (TA.) ― -b3- (tropical:) A falling spark or portion (سِقْط [in the CK سَقَط]) of fire: (M, K, TA:) or a live coal: (A, TA:) or fire when just struck; as also طِفْلَةٌ: (T, TA: [but this latter is the n. un.:]) and the pl. is أَطْفَالٌ: one says, تَطَايَرَتْ أَطْفَالُ, النَّارِ, meaning (tropical:) The sparks of the fire [became scattered]. (TA.) ― -b4- (assumed tropical:) Small clouds: so in a verse of Aboo-Dhu-eyb. (TA.) ― -b5- (tropical:) An object of want: (K:) or a small object of want. (TA.) One says, هُوَ يَسْعَى فِى أَطْفَالِ الحَوَايأِجِ i. e. [(tropical:) He labours in the accomplishment of] small objects of want. (A, TA.) -A2- (tropical:) Night: (K, TA:) or the first part thereof. (A, TA.) ― -b2- And (assumed tropical:) The sun when near to the setting. (ISd, K, TA.)

: see طُفُولِيَّةٌ. ― -b2- Also The period [next] after sunrise: from طِفْلٌ signifying “ a young one ” or “ youngling: ” (O:) or طَفَلُ الغَدَاةِ signifies the period from that when the sun is about to rise, or appear, until its light has ascendancy over the earth: (T, TA:) or when the sun is about to rise, or appear, and has not yet ascendancy in, or upon, the earth: (Er-Rághib, TA:) or the period from the rising, or appearing, of the sun, until its having ascendancy [for إِلَى ٱسْتِكْمَالِهَا in a copy of the M, and استكمانها and استكنانها in different copies of the K, I read الى ٱسْتِمْكَانِهَا, agreeably with the explanation in the the T and with that of Er-Rághib, in both of which the verb used is يَسْتَمْكِن,] in, or upon, the earth. (M, K.) And (O) The period after [that called] the عَصْر [q. v.] when the sun inclines to the setting: (S, O:) or طَفَلُ العَشِىِّ signifies the last part of the afternoon, at sunset, (K, TA,) and at the time of the sun's becoming yellow, when it is about to set. (TA.) One says, أَتَيْتُهُ طَفَلًا [I came to him at one of the periods termed طَفَل]. (S, O.) ― -b3- Also The coming of the night with its darkness. (TA.) ― -b4- And The darkness itself. (O, K.) -A2- Also Rain: so in the phrase طَفَلُ الثُّرَيَّا [The rain of the auroral setting of the Pleiades]. (S, O.) [Or A shower of rain: for] one says, وَقَعَتْ أَطْفَالُ الوَسْمِىِّ The showers of the [rain called] وسمىّ [q. v.] fell: and جَادَهُ طَفَلٌ مِنْ مَطَرٍ [A shower of rain descended copiously upon him, or it]. (A, TA.) ― -b2- And رِيحٌ طَفَلٌ A wind that blows gently, or softly. (TA.)

Herbage that does not become tall (TA.)

and طَفَالٌ Dry clay: (K:) of the dial. of El-Yemen. (TA.)

, like أَمِيرٌ, (K,) or, accord. to the L, ↓ طِفْيأِلٌ, mentioned in the L in art. طفأل, (TA,) Turbid water remaining in a watering-trough: (K, TA:) n. un. with ة; (K;) accord. to the L, طِفْيأِلَةٌ; meaning a portion thereof. (TA.)

dim. of طِفْلٌ, q. v.

: see طَفِيلٌ.