طفأ

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Form 1طَفِئَتِ النَّارُ1 sense

muḍāriʿـَيَفْعَلُmaṣdarطُفُوْءٌ

Core sense — the fire became extinguished, it ceased to flamegenerated

1.1said of a fire whose flame has died down while its coals still burn—خَامِدَة

maṣdar طُفُوْءٌ, طَفَأٌ, and انطفأت. The fire became extinguished, or quenched; or it ceased to flame; or rather, it ceased to flame and its live coals became cool.

said of a fire whose flame is out and whose coals have gone cold—هَامِدَة

said of a fire whose flame is out and whose coals have gone cold—طَافِئَة

on this sense The two terms are distinguished as follows.

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, aor. طَفَاَ , inf. n. طُفُوْءٌ (S, Msb, K) and طَفَأٌ ; (TA;) and انطفأت ; (S, K;) The fire became extinguished, or quenched: (Msb:) or ceased to flame: (K, TA:) [or rather, ceased to flame and its live coals became cool; for] when the flame of the fire has become allayed but its coals still burn, it is said to be خَامِدَة ; and when its flame is extinct and its coals have become cool, it is said to be هَامِدَة and طَافِئَة . (TA.)

Form 4اطفأ النَّارَ1 sense

Core sense — he extinguished the firegenerated

4.1figurative · مجازhe extinguished the fire of the war—اطفأ الحَرْبَ

I put an end to the sedition, or conflict and faction, or the like—أَطْفَأْتُ الفِتْنَةَ

on this sense He extinguished, or quenched, the fire. The following uses come from this.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 4 1 shown of 3

61:8

يُرِيدُونَ لِيُطْفِـُٔوا۟ نُورَ ٱللَّهِ بِأَفْوَٰهِهِمْ وَٱللَّهُ مُتِمُّ نُورِهِۦ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَ

Their intention is to extinguish Allah's Light (by blowing) with their mouths: But Allah will complete (the revelation of) His Light, even though the Unbelievers may detest (it).

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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He extinguished, or quenched, the fire. (S, * Msb, K, * TA.) Hence, اطفأ الحَرْبَ He extinguished the fire of the war. (TA.) And أَطْفَأْتُ الفِتْنَةَ I allayed the sedition, or conflict and faction, or the like. (Msb.)

Form 7إِنْطَفَاَ1 sense

Core sense — it became extinguished, it went outgenerated

7.1

See the first paragraph.

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see the first paragraph.

Derived nouns 3

Nounنَارٌ طَافِئَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — fire becoming, or become, extinguishedgenerated

[Fire becoming, or become, extinguished]: see 1.

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[Fire becoming, or become, extinguished]: see 1.

Nounمُطْفِئُ الجَمْرِ4 senses · 1 main

Core sense — one of certain named days; a piece of fat that quenches heated stones; a calamitygenerated

[The extinguisher of the live coals;] one of the [seven] days called أَيَّامُ العَجُوزِ: the fifth of those days, so in the M and elsewhere; or the fourth of them; or the last of them.

[According to modern Egyptian almanacs, it is the fourth of those days, the one on which the last of the three جَمَرَات becomes extinct: see جَمْرَةٌ, and see also عَجُوزٌ.]

1.1a piece of fat which, when it falls upon the heated stones, melts and quenches them—مُطْفِئَةُ الرَّضْفِ

So in the M, O, and L, and in some copies of the K; in other copies of the K, مُطْفِئُ.

The stones meant are the رَضْف, [or heated stones].

he slaughtered for them a lean sheep or goat, which put out the fire and did not become thoroughly cooked—حَدَسَ لَهُمْ بِمُطْفِئَةِ الرَّضْفِ

In the M and L it is said to signify a lean sheep or goat; the Arabs, as Lh relates, used to say:

So the M and L, and the K in art. حدس; or a fat sheep or goat, which quenched the رَضْف by its fat. [See also دَمَغَ.]

1.2

Also a serpent whose poison, as it passes by the رَضْف, extinguishes their fire.

In a verse of El-Kumeyt the former word is altered to مُطَفِّئَة, for the sake of the metre.

1.3figurative · مجاز

And a calamity, or misfortune.

AO says it originally means one that has made a person forget what came before it, and has extinguished its heat.

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[The extinguisher of the live coals;] one of the [seven] days called أَيَّامُ العَجُوزِ ; (S, O;) the fifth of those days; (K;) so in the M &c.: (TA:) or the fourth thereof: (O, K:) or the last thereof. (Har p. 295.) [Accord. to modern Egyptian almanacs, it is the fourth of those days on which the last of the three جَمَرَات becomes extinct: see جَمْرَةٌ : and see also عَجُوزٌ ] مُطْفِئَةُ الرَّضْفِ (so in the M and O and L and in some copies of the K, in other copies of the K مُطْفِئُ , TA) A piece of fat which, when it falls upon the رَضْف [or heated stones], melts, and quenches them. (Lth, O, K.) And in the M and L, it is said to signify A lean sheep or goat: the Arabs, as is related by Lh, used to say, حَدَسَ لَهُمْ بِمُطْفِئَةِ الرَّضْفِ (TA) i. e. He slaughtered for them a lean sheep or goat, which extinguished the fire and did not become thoroughly cooked: (M and L and K in art. حدس :) or a fat sheep or goat, (AO and T, TA in that art.,) which quenched the رَضْف by its fat. (T, TA ibid. [See also دَمَغَ .]) Also A serpent, the poison of which, as it passes by the رَضْف , extinguishes their fire: (O, K:) in a verse of El-Kumeyt, [for the sake of the metre,] the former word is [altered to] مُطَفِّئَة . (O.) And A calamity, or misfortune: (O, K, TA:) said by AO to mean originally such as has made one to forget that which was before it, and extinguished its heat. (O, TA.)

Nounمُطَفِّئَةُ الرَّضْفِ1 sense

Core sense — a piece of fat that quenches heated stonesgenerated

See the preceding paragraph.

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: see the next preceding paragraph.