تَفِهَ

, aorist تَفَهَ , (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) verbal noun تَفَهٌ, (JK, Msb, K, TA,) or تَفْهٌ, (Mgh, CK,) and تُفُوهٌ (K) and تَفَاهَةٌ, (Msb, TA,) or this last is a mistake; (Mgh;) and تَفَهَ, aorist تَفِهَ , verbal noun تُفُوهٌ; (JK;) It (a thing, JK, Mgh, Msb) was, or became, paltry, sorry, mean, contemptible, or inconsiderable; (JK, S, Mgh, Msb;) and little, or small, in quantity or number. (JK, S, K.)

تَفِهَ, aorist تَفَهَ , verbal noun تُفُوهٌ, He (a man) was, or became, stupid, or foolish. (JK, K.) And تَفِهَتْ نَفْسُهُ His mind became weak. (JK.)

تَفَهَ, aorist تَفُهَ ; and تَفِهَ, aorist تَفَهَ ; He, or it, was, or became, lean, or meagre; synonym غَثَّ. (K.) It is said in a tradition (S, K) of Ibn-Mes'ood, (K,) القُرْانُ لَا يَتْفَهُ وَلَا يَتَشَّانُ, (S, K, [in the CK, erroneously, يُتْفَهُ and يُتَشانُّ, and in some copies of the K, for the latter is put ينتان,]) i. e. لَا يَغِثُّ وَ لَا يَخْلَقُ (assumed tropical:) [The Qur'an will not become meagre, nor will it become worn out]: (K: [in the CK, erroneously, لا يُغَثُّ و لا يُخْلَقُ:]) it is implied by the context in the S, that لا يتفه means will not become paltry, or mean: لايتشانّ means will not become worn out by reason of much repetition; from شَنُّ signifying “ a wornout water-skin. ” (TA.)