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

• طَرْف (ṭarf, “eye, eyes”)
• 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