Edward William Lane, An Arabic-English Lexicon, ط

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2 طفّلت النَّاقَةُ ذ i. q. رَشَحَتْ طِفْلَهَا or رَشَّحَتْهُ [i. e. The she-camel rubbed the root of her young one's tail, and pushed him on with her head; and went before him, and waited for him until he overtook her; and sometimes gently urged him on, and followed him]; (K accord. to different copies; [but both of these verbs signify the same, as expl. in the L;]) and so ↓ طَفَلَت , (K, TA,) aor. طَفُلَ , inf. n. طُفُولٌ. (TA.) ― -b2- طفّلت الشَّمْسُ: see 1. ― -b3- طفّل اللَّيْلُ The night began to be dark: (S, O:) or drew near. (K.) -A2- طفّل الإِِبِلَ, (S, O, K,) inf. n. تَطْفِيلٌ, (S, O,) He treated the camels gently, in journeying, in order that their young ones (أَطْفَالُهَا) might come up to them. (S, O, K.) ― -b2- And طفّل الكَلَامَ, (tropical:) He considered, or forecast, the results of the speech, or saying; he looked to what would, or might, be its result; or he thought, or meditated, upon it, and endeavoured to understand it; syn. تَدَبَّرَهُ; (K, TA;) and (TA) so ↓ اطفلهُ . (O, TA.) -A3- See also 1, last sentence. -A4- And see 5, in two places.