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Arabic dictionary

Dictionary Habib Anthony Salmone, An Advanced Learner's Arabic-English Dictionary (1889)

Entry لطف

لَطَفَ(n. ac. لَطْف) a. [Bi or La], Was kind, friendly to. b. Approached. c. see (لَطُفَ) (a). لَطُفَ(n. ac. لُطْف لَطَاْفَة) a. Was fine, small, delicate; was slender; was graceful; was subtile. b. [Bi], Was gracious to. لَطَّفَa. Rendered graceful, delicate. b. Softened; moderated, mitigated, allayed. لَاْطَفَa. Treated kindly; fondled, caressed. أَلْطَفَ a. [acc. & Bi], Favoured by; bestowed upon, granted to. تَلَطَّفَ a. [La], Showed kindness; was gracious, affable, courteous to; favoured. تَلَاْطَفَa. see V إِسْتَلْطَفَa. Considered pretty, delicate, graceful. لُطْف (pl. أَلْطَاْف) a. see 4b. Kindness, kindliness; graciousness; benevolence; benignity; gentleness; courtesy, affability. لَطَف (pl. أَلْطَاْف) a. Benefit; favour; grace. لَطَفَةa. Gift, present; bounty. لَطَاْفَةa. Thinness; fineness, delicateness; grace, gracefulness elegance; subtility. — (??)Gentleness, kindness. لَطِيْف (pl. لِطَاْف لُطَفَآءُ 43) a. Thin, fine; subtle; (??)slender; graceful elegant. b. Good, kind, kindly, amiable, gentle, benevolent benign, benignant; moderate; affable, courteous. c. Witty. d. [art.], God. لَطِيْفَة (pl. لَطَاْئِفُ) a. fem. of لَطِيْفb. Pleasantry, witticism, bon mot. c. Anything elegant, choice; refined; elegancy. لَطْفَاْنُa. Friendly, benevolent &c. لَوَاْطِفُa. The lower ribs. N. Ag. لَاْطَفَa. see 33 N. Ac. تَلَطَّفَa. Amiability, gentleness; courteousness, affability suavity. b. Caresses; blandishment, cajolery. مُلَاطَفَة [ N. Ac. لَاْطَفَ (لِطْف)] a. see supra (b) حُرَكَة لُطْف a. [ coll. ], Slight indisposition.