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Etymological Dictionary of Arabic
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EgAr taftif تَفْتِف , yitaftif (taftafaẗ) 
ID … • Sw – • BP – • APD … • © SG | 15Feb2021
√TFTF, TFː (TFF) 
vb., I 
(EgAr) to spit or splutter while talking – BadawiHinds1986. 
▪ Youssef2003 suggested that the word is from Eg tftf, Copt ṯoftef ‘to spit’. Needs further evidence.
▪ Cf. also ↗taffa. 
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▪ Youssef2003: from Eg tftf, Copt ṯoftef ‘to spit’
▪ Cf. also ↗TFː (TFF), ↗taffa 
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► taftūfaẗ, pl. tafā̆tīf, n., 1 [slang] cigarette. – 2 a small piece 
TFṮ تفث 
ID – • Sw – • BP – • APD … • © SG | 20Feb2023
√TFṮ 
“root” 
▪ TFṮ_1 ‘...’ ↗...
▪ TFṮ_2 ‘...’ ↗...
▪ TFṮ_3 ‘...’ ↗...

♦ Semantic value spectrum in ClassAr (acc. to BAH2008): ‘hair matting and dirt accumulating on the body as a result of leaving off acts of body cleansing, to become dirty in such a manner’ 
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TFḤ تفح 
ID … • Sw – • BP – • APD … • © SG | 15Feb2021
√TFḤ 
“root” 
▪ TFḤ_1 ‘apple(s)’ ↗tuffāḥ .
▪ TFḤ_2 ‘…’ ↗…
 
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