Edward William Lane, An Arabic-English Lexicon, ط

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طِفْلٌ ذ A young one, or youngling, or the young, (Msb, K, *) of anything, (K,) [or] of a human being and of a beast: (Msb:) or (K) a new-born child, or young infant: and also a young one, or the young, of any wild animal: (S, O, K:) or it is applied to a child until he discriminates; (Msb, TA;) after which he is called صَبِىّ; thus some say, (Msb,) [and] thus says El-Munáwee: (TA:) or, accord. to Az, (Msb, TA,) on the authority of AHeyth, (TA,) a child from the time of his birth (Mgh, TA) until he attains to puberty: (Mgh, Msb, TA:) fem. طِفْلَةٌ: (Zj, Mgh, Msb, TA:) and pl. أَطْفَالٌ: (Zj, S, O, Msb, TA:) but طِفْلٌ is also used as fem., (Zj, Mgh, O, Msb, TA,) and dual, (Zj, TA,) and pl., (Zj, S, O, Msb, TA,) occurring as pl. in the Kur xxiv. 31, (S, O, Msb,) and [xxii. 5 and] xl. 69: (Zj, TA:) and ↓ طِفْيَلٌ signifies the same as طِفْلٌ; (K, TA;) used in this sense by a rájiz; but accord. to some, by poetic license, for the dim. ↓ طُفَيْلٌ . (TA.) ― -b2- [Hence,] (assumed tropical:) Any part or portion of anything, whether a substance or an accident: (K, TA:) pl. أَطْفَالٌ: whence they say طِفْلُ الهَمِّ and الحُبِّ (assumed tropical:) [The portion of anxiety and of love]. (TA.) ― -b3- (tropical:) A falling spark or portion (سِقْط [in the CK سَقَط]) of fire: (M, K, TA:) or a live coal: (A, TA:) or fire when just struck; as also طِفْلَةٌ: (T, TA: [but this latter is the n. un.:]) and the pl. is أَطْفَالٌ: one says, تَطَايَرَتْ أَطْفَالُ, النَّارِ, meaning (tropical:) The sparks of the fire [became scattered]. (TA.) ― -b4- (assumed tropical:) Small clouds: so in a verse of Aboo-Dhu-eyb. (TA.) ― -b5- (tropical:) An object of want: (K:) or a small object of want. (TA.) One says, هُوَ يَسْعَى فِى أَطْفَالِ الحَوَائِجِ i. e. [(tropical:) He labours in the accomplishment of] small objects of want. (A, TA.) -A2- (tropical:) Night: (K, TA:) or the first part thereof. (A, TA.) ― -b2- And (assumed tropical:) The sun when near to the setting. (ISd, K, TA.)