ط ر ف

ط ر ف • (ṭ-r-f)

1. forms words related to sides, extremes, blinking or extraordinary affairs

Verbs and verbal derivatives

• Form I: طَرَفَ‎ (ṭarafa, “to blink, to wink”)
  • Verbal noun: طَرْف‎ (ṭarf, “the wink or blink of an eye”)
  • Active participle: طَارِف‎ (ṭārif, “something newly gained or obtained”)
  • Passive participle: مَطْرُوف‎ (maṭrūf)
• Form II: طَرَّفَ‎ (ṭarrafa, “to border, to circumvent”)
  • Verbal noun: تَطْرِيف‎ (taṭrīf)
  • Active participle: مُطَرِّف‎ (muṭarrif)
  • Passive participle: مُطَرَّف‎ (muṭarraf)
• Form IV: أَطْرَفَ‎ (ʔaṭrafa, “to close the eyes”)
  • Verbal noun: إِطْرَاف‎ (ʔiṭrāf)
  • Active participle: مُطْرِف‎ (muṭrif)
  • Passive participle: مُطْرَف‎ (muṭraf)
• Form V: تَطَرَّفَ‎ (taṭarrafa, “to go to the extreme, to be an extremist”)
  • Verbal noun: تَطَرُّف‎ (taṭarruf)
  • Active participle: مُتَطَرِّف‎ (mutaṭarrif, “extremist, radical”)
  • Passive participle: مُتَطَرَّف‎ (mutaṭarraf)
• Form X: اِسْتَطْرَفَ‎ (istaṭrafa, “to be considered new or unusual”)
  • Verbal noun: اِسْتِطْرَاف‎ (istiṭrāf)
  • Active participle: مُسْتَطْرِف‎ (mustaṭrif)
  • Passive participle: مُسْتَطْرَف‎ (mustaṭraf)

Nouns and adjectives

• طِرْف‎ (ṭirf, “a person noble from the maternal and paternal side”)
• طُرْفَة‎ (ṭurfa, “novelty, rarity”)
• طُرَافَة‎ (ṭurāfa, “novelty, singularity”)
• طِرَاف‎ (ṭirāf, “ancestry”)
• طَرِيف‎ (ṭarīf, “new, recently purchased, odd”)
• طَارِفَة‎ (ṭārifa, “opulence”)

• Corriente, Federico (2005), “ط ر ف”, in Diccionario avanzado árabe (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Barcelona: Herder, page 707