(ن) لَطَفَ يَلْطُفُ لُطْفًاlaṭafa yalṭufu luṭfan: to be gentle and kind; (ک) لَطُفَ يَلْطُفُ لَطَافَةًlaṭufa yalṭufu laṭāfatan: to be subtle (laṭīf), i.e. free of heaviness and density, fine (this verb is not used in the Quran).
لَطِيْفٌlaṭīf (adjective on the pattern of فَعِيْلٌfaʿīl): (1) most kind and gentle (2) one who contrives so subtly that it goes unperceived (3) one who perceives the finest detail; one of the most beautiful names of God. ﴿اِنَّ رَبِّيْ لَطِيْفٌ لِّمَا يَشَآءُ﴾ (Yūsuf 12:100); ﴿وَهُوَ اللَّطِيْفُ الْخَبِيْرُ﴾ (Al-Anʿām 6:103)
Form V (tafaʿʿul) تَلَطَّفَ يَتَلَطَّفُ تَلَطُّفًاtalaṭṭafa yatalaṭṭafu talaṭṭufan: to act with deliberate gentleness and care. Only once in the Quran: ﴿وَلْيَتَلَطَّفْ وَلَا يُشْعِرَنَّ بِكُمْ اَحَدًا﴾ (Al-Kahf 18:19)