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5 تطرّف ذ [as quasi-pass. of 2 signifies It became pointed, tapering, or slender at the extremity: see ذُبَابُ السَّيْفِ in art. ذب]. ― -b2- [And] i. q. صَارَ طَرَفًا [It became an extremity, or a side; or at, or in, an extremity or a side]. (TA.) ― -b3- كَانَ لَا يَتَطَرَّفُ مِنَ البَوْلِ, in a trad. respecting the punishment of the grave, means He used. not to go far aside from urine. (L, TA. *) ― -b4- تطرّفت said of a she-camel: see 1, near the end. ― -b5- Said of the sun, It became near to setting. (TA.) ― -b6- تطرّف عَلَى القَوْمِ He made a sudden, or an unexpected, attack upon the territory, or dwellings, of the people. (TA.) -A2- تطرّف الشَّىْءَ He took from the side of the thing: [and] he took the side of it. (MA.) ― -b2- See also 2, last signification but one.

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