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طَوڤفَ The inf. n. طَوَافٌ primarily signifies, accord.
to Er-Rághib, The act of going, or walking, in an
absolute sense: or the going, or walking, around,
or otherwise. (MF, TA.) [Hence,] طَافَ حَوْلَ
الشَّىْءِ, (S,) or بِالشَّىْءِ, (Msb,) or حَوْلَ الكَعْبَةِ,
(O, K,) and بِهَا, (K,) aor. يَطُوفُ, (S, O, Msb,)
inf. n. طَوْفٌ (S, O, Msb, K) and طَوَافٌ (O, Msb,
K, and mentioned also in the S but not there said
to be an inf. n.) and طَوَفَانٌ, (S, O, K,) [and
perhaps طُوفَانٌ, q. v.,] He went round or round
about, circuited, or circuited around, or compassed, (Msb, TA,) the thing, (S, Msb,) or the
Kaabeh; (O, K;) and so طَافَ, aor. يَطِيفُ;
(Msb; [but this I think doubtful;]) and ↓ تطوّف,
(S, Msb, K,) and ↓ اِطَّوَّفَ, a variation of that next
preceding, (Msb, TA,) inf. n. اِطِّوَّافٌ; (TA;) and
↓ استطاف, (S, Msb, K,) as also ↓ استطافهُ; (TA;)
and اطاف ↓ بِهِ, (Msb,) or عَلَيْهِ; (TA;) and ↓ طوّف,
inf. n. ↓ تَطْوِيفٌ; (K;) or this last signifies he did
so much, or often. (S, TA.) And طاف بِالقَوْمِ,
aor. يَطُوفُ, inf. n. طَوْفٌ and طَوَفَانٌ and مَطَافٌ,
He went round about [or round about among]
the people, or party; as also ↓ اطاف: the aor. of
the former verb occurs in the Kur lvi. 17 and
lxxvi. 19, trans. by means of عَلَى. (TA.) And
طُفْتُ بِهِ عَلَى البَيْتِ [I went round the House of
God, i. e. the Kaabeh, with him; or] I made
him to go round, or to circuit, or compass, the
House. (Msb. [The vulgar in the present day
say ↓ طَوَّفْتُهُ: and they apply the appellation
↓ مُطَوِّف to One who makes the circuits round the
Kaabeh with a pilgrim, and serves to conduct him
round about to the other sacred objects, or places.])
You say also, طاف فِى البِلَادِ, inf. n. طَوْفٌ and
تَطْوَافٌ, He journeyed [or journeyed round about]
in the countries, or tracts of country; and so [or
as meaning he did so much or often] ↓ طوّف, inf. n.
تَطْوِيفٌ and تَطْوَافٌ. (TA. [In one place in the
TA, the latter inf. n. is said to be with kesr, so
that it is like تِبْيَانٌ; but see this latter, which is
very extr.: see also تِطْوَافٌ below.]) ↓ لَأَطُوفَنَّ
طَوْفَهُ means the same as لَأَسْعَرَنَّ سَعْرَهُ [app. I will
assuredly practise circumvention like his practising
thereof]. (Fr, O and K in art. سعر, q. v.) ―
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See also 4, in two places. ＝
1-A2- طَافَ, (S, Mgh, O,
Msb, K,) aor. as above, (S, O, Msb,) inf. n. طَوْفٌ,
(S, Mgh, O, Msb,) from طَوْفٌ signifying غَائِطٌ;
(S, O;) as also ↓ اِطَّافَ, (IAar, S, K, TA, [in the
CK, erroneously, اطَّأَفَ,]) He voided his excrement, or ordure; (Mgh, Msb; *) or he went away
(S, O, K) to the field, or open tract, (S, O,) to
void his excrement, or ordure. (S, O, K.)