laṭāfa
kindness, politeness, refinement
لَطافَة
Word
Noun · pattern فَعالَةRoot
ل ط فIn the library
فأما النبات فليس فيه ما في الحيوان من اللطافة والقوة، ولذلك قل خوض الحكماء فيه.
The Muqaddimah, page 335 →From the same root
- لَطَفَbe kind
- لَطُفَbe elegant, be amiable
- لَطَّفَsoften, alleviate
- لُطْفgentleness, civility
- لاطَفَtreat kindly, be polite with
- تَلَطَّفَbe affectionate, be moderated
- لُطْفاًplease
- لَطِيفdelicate, gentle, polite
- أَلْطَفfiner, finest, nice, nicest
- تَلَطُّفfriendliness, civility
- مُلَطِّفpalliative, sedative
- تَلاطَفَbe civil, be courteous
- لَطِيفَةquip, joke, subtlety
- اِسْتَلْطَفَfind pleasant
- مُلاطَفَةcourtesy, friendliness, kindness
- مُلاطَفاتcaresses
Lane's Lexicon
Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 11 entries-
لَطُفَ Form I It (a thing) was small, or little
It (a thing) was small, or little; (S, Msb, K, KL;) and slender, thin, or fine: (K, KL:) and elegant, or graceful. (KL.) -
لَطَّفَ Form II It (a medicine) acted as an attenuant, and as an emollient
It (a medicine) acted as an attenuant, and as an emollient. ― -b2- لَطَّفَهُ, inf. n. تَلْطِيفٌ, [He made it slender]. (A, and K, art. حشر; &c.) -
لَاطَفَ Form III He caressed; treated with blandishment; soothed; coaxed; wheedled; cajoled: i. q
He caressed; treated with blandishment; soothed; coaxed; wheedled; cajoled: i. q. بَارَّهُ. (S, K.) ― -b2- لَاطَفَهُ also signifies He spoke softly, gently, or blandly, to him. (TA.) He acted in a good manner with him: (KL:) manifested goodness towards him: (PS:) he acted towards him with goodness: and he did so, experiencing from him the same: (TK:) or rather, as syn. with بَارَّهُ, he behaved towards him with goodness and affection and gentleness, and regard for his circumstances; or did so, experiencing from him the same behaviour. -
أَلْطَفَهُ Form IV He gave him a gift or present
He gave him a gift or present. (TA.) ― -b2- He showed him kindness, or goodness, and affection and gentleness, and regard for his circumstances, بِكَذَا [by such a thing, or such an action, &c.]. (S, K, TA.) Often occurring in the latter sense: but أَلْطَفَهَ بِكَذَا, expl. in the S and K by بَرَّهُ بِهِ, may mean He presented him with such a thing; like وَصَلَهُ بِهِ. ― -b3- See أَخْلَطَهُ. -
تَلَطَّفَ لِلْأَمْرِ Form V Open entry
i. q. تَرَفَّقَ: (S:) see طَبَّ. ― -b2- I. q. تَكَلَّفَ اللُّطْفَ. (Bd xviii. 18.) ― -b3- تَلَطَّفَ بِهِ i. q. تَرَفَّقَ. (Mgh in art. رفق.) -
لُطْفٌ Gentleness: graciousness; courtesy; civility
Gentleness: graciousness; courtesy; civility: (S, &c.:) see رِفْقٌ: and delicacy of flavour, &c. -
لَطَفٌ A gift, or present
A gift, or present: pl. أَلْطَافٌ. (MA.) ― -b2- See لَطَفةٌ. -
لَطَفَةٌ A present
A present; i. e. a thing sent to another in token of courtesy or honour; syn. هَدِيَّةٌ; (S, K;) as also ↓ لَطَفٌ, as stated by Z and others: pl. of the latter أَلْطَافٌ. (TA.) -
لَطِيفٌ Gentle, gracious, courteous, or benignant
Gentle, gracious, courteous, or benignant: and also subtle; knowing with respect to the subtilties, niceties, abstrusities, or obscurities, of things, affairs, or cases: in both of these senses often applied to a man. And Refined in manners, &c. ― -b2- Obscure, recondite, or abstruse, language. (Kull.) ― -b3- See Ham, p. 455. ― -b4- Applied to a medicine, &c., Delicate: see سَوْسَنٌ. -
لَطِيفَةٌ A nice, subtile, subtilely excogitated, quaint, facetious, or witty, saying, expression, or allusion
A nice, subtile, subtilely excogitated, quaint, facetious, or witty, saying, expression, or allusion; a witticism; a quaint conceit. ― -b2- [A nicety of language;] any indication of subtile meaning, apparent to the understanding, but not to be expressed; as [matters of] the sciences of taste (عُلُوم الأَدْوَاق). (KT.) -
الإِلْطَافُ Self-pollution
Self-pollution, by a woman: see جَلَدَ عُمَيْرَةَ in art. جلد.
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