triviality, insignificance

, aor. , (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) inf. n. تَفَهٌ, (JK, Msb, K, TA,) or تَفْهٌ, (Mgh, CK,) and تُفُوهٌ (K) and تَفَاهَةٌ, (Msb, TA,) or this last is a mistake; (Mgh;) and تَفَهَ, aor. , inf. n. تُفُوهٌ; (JK;) It (a thing, JK, Mgh, Msb) was, or became, paltry, sorry, mean, contemptible, or inconsiderable; (JK, S, Mgh, Msb;) and little, or small, in quantity or number. (JK, S, K.) ― -b2- تَفِهَ, aor. , inf. n. تُفُوهٌ, He (a man) was, or became, stupid, or foolish. (JK, K.) And تَفِهَتْ نَفْسُهُ His mind became weak. (JK.) ― -b3- تَفَهَ, aor. ; and تَفِهَ, aor. ; He, or it, was, or became, lean, or meagre; syn. غَثَّ. (K.) It is said in a trad. (S, K) of Ibn-Mes'ood, (K,) القُرْآنُ لَا يَتْفَهُ وَلَا يَتَشَّانُ, (S, K, [in the CK, erroneously, يُتْفَهُ and يُتَشانُّ, and in some copies of the K, for the latter is put ينتان,]) i. e. لَا يَغِثُّ وَ لَا يَخْلَقُ (assumed tropical:) [The Kur-án will not become meagre, nor will it become worn out]: (K: [in the CK, erroneously, لا يُغَثُّ و لا يُخْلَقُ:]) it is implied by the context in the S, that لا يتفه means will not become paltry, or mean: لايتشانّ means will not become worn out by reason of much repetition; from شَنُّ signifying “ a wornout water-skin. ” (TA.)

[He was paltry, sorry, mean, or niggardly, in his gift;] he made his gift little, or small. (TA.)

: see تَافِهٌ. ― -b2- Also Insipid; tasteless; and so ↓ تَافِهٌ. (KL.) You say أَطْعِمَةٌ تَفِهَةٌ Kinds of food having no taste of sweetness, or of sourness, or of bitterness; and some include bread and flesh-meat among these. (K.)

(S, Mgh, Msb, KL, TA) and ↓ تَفِهٌ (Mgh, KL, TA) applied to a thing, (JK, Mgh, Msb,) and the former to a man also, (TA,) Paltry, sorry, mean, contemptible, or inconsiderable: (JK, S, Mgh, Msb, KL, TA:) and little, or small, in quantity or number. (JK, S, TA, and KL in explanation of the former.) ― -b2- تَافِهُ العَقْلِ A man having little sense, or intellect; (TA;) stupid, or foolish. (JK.) ― -b3- See also تَفِهٌ. ― -b4- تَافِهٌ also signifies Afflicted, or distressed, by reason of disease and fatigue. (JK.)

; (JK, TA;) so in the handwriting of Sgh; in the K, مُتْفَهَةٌ; (TA;) Easy, submissive, or tractable; applied to a she-camel. (JK, K.)