طَافِحٌ ذ Full, so as to overflow; applied to [a vessel, and] a river, and a watering-trough, or tank: (A, TA:) or full: and full and high. (A'Obeyd, T, TA.) And ↓ إِِنَآءٌ طَفْحَانُ , and قَصْعَةٌ طَفْحَى A vessel, and a bowl, of which the contents flow over the sides. (K.) ― -b2- Applied to one intoxicated, (tropical:) Full of wine. (T, S, A, K.) ― -b3- And (assumed tropical:) Running, or one that runs. (As, TA.) -A2- And [the fem.] طَافِحَةٌ signifies Dry, or tough, or rigid: whence the phrase رُكْبَةٌ طَافِحَةٌ meaning A knee which he to whom it belongs cannot grasp with his hand. (K.)
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