حصف

1 حَصُفَ, aor. ـُ (S, K,) inf. n. حَصَافَةٌ, (S, TA,) [app., in its primary and proper sense, It was, or became, compact, or firm and close; said of a rope, and of a web, and the like: see its part. n., حَصِيفٌ; and see also 10. b2: And hence,] (tropical:) He (a man, TA) was, or became, firm, or sound, in intellect or sense; (S, K, TA;;) or strong in intellect, and good in judgment. (TA.) A2: حَصِفَ, aor. ـَ inf. n. حَصَفٌ, It (the skin, S, TA, or the body, or person, Msb) was, or became, affected with dry mange or scab: (S, K, TA:) or broke out with small pustules, (Msb, TA,) like the smallpox, (Msb,) generating matter, or thick purulent matter, and not becoming large; sometimes coming forth in the soft parts of the belly in the days of heat. (TA.) 4 احصف, (K,) inf. n. إِحْصَافٌ, (S,) He twisted a rope firmly, strongly, or compactly. (S, K.) And احصف نَسْجَهُ [He made his weaving, or his web, compact; or firm and close; or close in texture, and strong: see the pass. part. n. below]: said of a weaver. (TA.) b2: [Hence,] (tropical:) He established, or settled, or he did, performed, or executed, an affair, firmly, solidly, soundly, or well. (S, K, TA.) b3: (tropical:) He (a man, and a horse,) passed, went, or went along, quickly, or swiftly: (S, K:) or raised the pebbles in his running: (Sgh, K:) or went with short steps, but quickly: (ISk, K:) or he (a horse) ran quickly, with short steps, at the utmost rate of the pace termed حُضْر. (AO, TA.) A2: احصفهُ الحَرُّ, inf. n. as above, The heat caused pustules [such as are termed حَصَف] to come forth upon his body, or person. (TA.) 10 استحصف It (a thing, S, TA) was, or became, firm, strong, compact, sound, or free from defect: (S, K, TA:) properly said of a rope, as meaning it was, or became, firmly, strongly, or compactly, twisted: and b2: tropically said of judgment [as meaning (tropical:) it was, or became, firm, strong, sound, or good]: and of an affair [as meaning (tropical:) it was, or became, established, or settled, or done, performed, or executed, firmly, solidly, soundly, or well]. (TA. [See also حَصُفَ.]) b3: (tropical:) It (the vulva) was, or became, narrow, and firm, or tough, on the occasion of جِمَاع. (K, TA.) The quality thus denoted is approved; and the woman possessing it is termed ↓ مُسْتَحْصِفَةٌ. (TA.) b4: (tropical:) It (time, or fortune,) pressed hardly, or severely, (S, K, TA,) عَلَيْهِ upon him. (S, TA.) b5: (assumed tropical:) It (a company of men) collected, or congregated. (TA.) حَصَفٌ Dry mange or scab: (S, K:) or small pustules, [like the small-pox, (see حَصِفَ,)] that generate matter, or thick purulent matter, and do not become large; sometimes coming forth in the soft parts of the belly in the days of heat. (TA.) حَصِفٌ: see حَصِيفٌ.

A2: Also part. n. of حَصِفَ. (Msb.) حَصِيفٌ Anything firm, strong, compact, sound, and free from defect. (TA.) A garment, or piece of cloth, compactly, or firmly and closely, woven: (TA:) or dense; concealing [what is within it]: (Kf, TA:) and ↓ مُحْصَفٌ [in like manner] signifies dense and strong. (TA.) b2: [Hence,] (tropical:) Firm, or sound, in intellect or sense; (S, K, TA;) and ↓ حَصِفٌ signifies the same; and firm in judgment; [or possessing firmness, or soundness, of intellect and judgment; for] it is a possessive epithet: and the former is said to signify strong in intellect, and good in judgment. (TA.) حَصِيفُ العُقْدَةِ, occurring in a letter of 'Omar, means (assumed tropical:) [Firm] in judgment, and in the management, conducting, ordering, or regulating, of affairs. (TA.) مُحْصَفٌ: see حَصِيفٌ. b2: [Hence,] بَيْنَهُمَا حَبْلٌ مُحْصَفٌ (tropical:) Between them two is a firm tie of brotherhood. (TA.) مُحْصِفٌ A horse that goes in the manner denoted by the verb احصف; (K;) as also ↓ مِحْصَفٌ (S, K) and ↓ مِحْصَافٌ; (K;) [or] the last is applied to a she-camel: (S:) the fem. of the first is with ة. (TA.) مِحْصَفٌ: see what next precedes.

مِحْصَافٌ: see what next precedes.

مُسْتَحْصِفٌ A narrow فَرْج [or vulva]. (S.) See also 10.

غزو

1 غَزَاهُ, [aor. ـُ inf. n. غَزْوٌ, He willed, or desired, it; he sought it; and he aimed at it, intended it, or meant it; syn. أَرَادَهُ; and طَلَبَهُ; and قَصَدَهُ; [the first of which is often used in the same senses as the second and third;] as also ↓ اغتزاهُ; (K, TA;) this last mentioned by ISd as syn. with قَصَدَهُ. (TA.) One says, عَرَفْتُ مَا يُغْزَى مِنْ هٰذَا الكَلَامِ i. e. [I knew, or, emphatically, I know,] what is willed or desired (مَا يُرَادُ) [from this speech]. (S.) And غَزْوِى

كَذَا My aim, or intention, or meaning, is such a thing. (K.) b2: [Hence, app.,] غَزَا العَدُوَّ, inf. n. غَزْوٌ (S, Mgh, Msb, K) and غَزَوَانٌ, (K, TA,) or, as some say, غَزْوَانٌ, mentioned by Sb, (TA,) and غَزَاوَةٌ, (K,) [but see what is said of this last at the close of this paragraph,] He went forth, (Er-Rághib, TA,) or repaired, or betook himself, (Mgh,) to wage war, (Er-Rághib, TA,) or to fight, (Mgh,) with the enemy; (Er-Rághib, Mgh, TA;) or he went to fight with, and plunder, the enemy; (K, TA;) in the country of the latter. (Msb.) [And غَزَا alone, the objective complement being understood, often signifies the same; or He engaged in a warring, or warring and plundering, expedition, or in such expeditions.] b3: And غَزَا إِلَيْهِ, inf. n. as above, He tended, repaired, betook himself, or went, to, or towards, him, or it; syn. قَصَدَهُ. (TA.) A2: غَزَاوَةٌ, mentioned above, is of a measure which in most instances is that of an inf. n. of an intrans. verb, and it seems to be an inf. n. of which the verb is غَزُوَ, meaning جَادَ غَزْوُهُ [i. e. Excellent, or how excellent, is his engaging in a warring, or warring and plundering, expedition, or in such expeditions!]; and to be similar to قَضُوَ meaning جَادَ قَضَآءُهُ, and ضَرُبَتْ يَدُهُ meaning جَادَ ضَرْبُهَا. (TA.) 2 غَزَّوَ see what next follows.4 اغزاهُ He fitted him out, equipped him, or furnished him, (S,) or he sent him, (Mgh, Msb,) or he urged, or incited, him, (K,) to engage in a warring, or warring and plundering, expedition, (S, * Mgh, * Msb, * K,) in the country of the enemy; (Msb;) and ↓ غزّاهُ signifies the same. (K.) A2: أَغْزَتْ, said of a woman, (Mgh, K,) Her husband was absent [engaged in a warring, or warring and plundering, expedition, in the country of the enemy]; (Mgh;) or her husband went [or had gone] to fight with, and plunder, the enemy. (K.) b2: And, said of a she-camel, Her impregnation was, or became, difficult. (S, K.) A3: And اغزاهُ He granted him some delay, and deferred [the exacting of] the debt that he owed. (S, K.) 8 اغتِزاهُ: see 1, first sentence.

A2: اغتزى بِفُلَانٍ He had such a one peculiarly to himself from among his companions: (K, TA:) like اِغْتَزَّ بِهِ. (TA.) A poet says, قَدْ يَغْتَزِى الهِجْرَانُ بِالتَّجَرُّمِ [Sometimes, or often, the cutting off from friendly intercourse has the accusation of that which is a crime, or a fault, or an offence, peculiarly assigned to it (as the cause)]: التجرّم here meaning اِدِّعَآءُ الجُرْمِ. (TA.) غَزَاةٌ: see the next paragraph, in three places.

غَزْوَةٌ The act of [الغَزْو i. e.] repairing to fight with [or to fight with and plunder] the enemy [in the country of the latter]; as also ↓ غَزَاةٌ, and ↓ مَغْزَاةٌ: (Mgh:) or the first signifies a single time [or act] of الغَزْو [i. e. a single warring, or warring and plundering, expedition]; (Th, Msb, TA;) as also ↓ مَغْزَاةٌ: (Msb:) and ↓ غَزَاةٌ is the subst. from غَزَوْتُ العَدُوَّ [as such meaning as expl. above, i. e. the act of الغَزْو]: (S, TA:) or this signifies [a campaign, i. e.] the work [or operations] of a year: (Th, TA:) the pl. (of غَزْوَةٌ, Msb, [and of ↓ غَزَاةٌ, for this is originally غَزَوَةٌ,]) is غَزَوَاتٌ, and (of ↓ مَغْزَاةٌ, Msb) مَغَازٍ, (Mgh, Msb,) which latter pl. is applied to the غَزَوَات of Mohammad. (TA.) غِزْوَةٌ i. q. طِلْبَةٌ [app. as meaning A mode, or manner, of seeking, &c.]. (TA.) أَبُو غَزْوَانَ [or غَزْوَانٍ?] The cat: because it is ever making war upon the mouse. (يَغْزُو الفَأْرَ أَبَدًا). (Har p. 663.) غَزْوِىٌّ, accord. to [many, app., of] the copies of the S; or غَزَوِىٌّ, accord. to ISd, [and so in some copies of the S,] said by ISd to be altered from the regular form [which is غَزْوِىٌّ]; (TA;) Of, or relating to, الغَزْو [or the making a warring, or warring and plundering, expedition]. (S, ISd, TA.) غَزِىٌّ: see غَازٍ.

غَزَّآءٌ One who engages much, or often, in warring, or warring and plundering, expeditions; syn. كَثِيرُ الغَزْوِ. (TA.) غَازٍ One going, or who goes, to fight with, and plunder, the enemy, (S, * Mgh, * Msb, K,) in the country of the latter; (Msb;) [one engaging, or who engages, in a warring, or warring and plundering, expedition: and a warrior, in a general sense:] pl. غُزَاةٌ (S, Mgh, Msb) and غُزًّى (S, Msb, K, TA, in the CK غُزّىٰ) and غُزَّآءٌ (S) and غُزِىٌّ, (K,) [originally غُزُوىٌ,] of the measure فُعُولٌ, (TA,) and ↓ غَزِىٌّ is pl. of [the pl.] غُزَاةٌ, (S, Msb,) or [rather] a quasi-pl. n.; (K;) and ↓ غَازِيَةٌ signifies a company, or body, of غُزَاة. (TA.) غَازِيةٌ: see what immediately precedes.

الاغزآء and المغزى [app. الأَغْزَآءُ and ↓ المَغْزَى, the former a pl. of which the sing. is not mentioned, and the latter a quasi-pl. n. like المَرْجَلُ from الرَّجُلُ,] The offspring (نَتَائِج [more properly نِتَاج, which agrees with the context,]) of the [season called] صَيْف, on the authority of IAar, [meaning such offspring of camels, for it is added,] which are discommended, the young camel thereof being always weak. (TA.) مَغْزًى The intended sense of a saying; the meaning thereof; syn. مَقْصَدٌ [as an inf. n. used in the sense of the pass. part. n. of its verb]. (S, K; in the CK written مَقْصِد.) b2: See also مَغْزَاةٌ.

A2: And see the paragraph next preceding this.

مُغْزٍ [act. part. n. of 4, q. v.]. b2: مُغْزِيَةٌ A woman whose husband is absent; (Mgh;) [meaning] one whose husband has gone to fight with, and plunder, the enemy. (S, * TA.) See an ex. in a trad. mentioned voce كَاسِرٌ.

A2: Also, مُغْزِيَةٌ, A she-camel that has exceeded the year [from the time when she was covered] without bringing forth; like مِدْرَاجٌ: (El-Umawee, S:) or a she-camel that has exceeded the year by a month, (K, TA,) or the like thereof, (TA,) in pregnancy: (K, TA:) so in the M. (TA.) And A she-ass that is late in bringing forth, but does then bring forth. (S.) المُغْزِى مِنَ الغَنَمِ means Those that are late in bringing forth, by a month, or two months, after the others, of the sheep or goats, because of their having conceived at a late period. (TA.) b2: and مغْزٍ signifies A she-camel whose impregnation is difficult: mentioned by Az. (TA.) مَغْزَاةٌ: see غَزْوَةٌ, in three places. b2: Also A place of غَزْو [meaning making a warring, or warring and plundering, expedition]: pl. مَغَازٍ. (TA.) b3: And المَغَازِى signifies also The memorable deeds of the غُزَاة [meaning those who engage in warring, or warring and plundering, expeditions, pl. of غَازٍ]: (K, TA:) in which sense, some say, it has no sing., but others say that its sing. is مَغْزَاةٌ or ↓ مَغْزًى. (TA.) مَغْزِىٌّ [as pass. part. n. of غَزَا] was used as an epithet applied to a man: it is properly with و [i. e. مَغْزُوٌّ]; but there are many instances of the former kind. (TA.)

وكر

1 وَكَرَ, aor. ـِ inf. n. وَكْرٌ (S, K) and وُكُورٌ, (K,) He (a bird) came to the وَكْر [or nest]: (K:) or entered his وَكْر. (S.) b2: وَكَرَ, (Mgh, Msb,) aor. ـِ (Msb,) He (a bird) took for himself, or made, or prepared, (إِتَّخذ,) a وَكْر; (Mgh, Msb;) as also ↓ وكّر, (A, Mgh, Msb, TA,) inf. n. تَوْكِيرٌ; (TA;) but the latter has an intensive signification; (Msb;) and ↓ إِتَّكَرَ. (K.) أَوْكَرَ in this sense is a mistake. (Mgh.) A2: وَكَرَ, aor. ـِ (K;) or ـك (A, L, Msb,) inf. n. تَوْكِيرٌ; (Fr, S, L;) He made, or prepared, the food called وَكِيرَة; (Fr, S, A, L, Msb;) لَهُمْ for them. (L, K.) 2 وَكَّرَ see 1, in two places. b2: See also وَكِيرَةٌ, in two places.8 إِوْتَكَرَ see 1.

وَكْرٌ The nest (عُشّ) of a bird; (AA, S, A, Msb, K;) wherever it is; in a mountain or a tree; (AA, S, Msb;) and so if the bird is not in it; (M, A, K;) as also ↓ وَكْرَةٌ: (K:) the place in which a bird lays its eggs, and has, or hatches, its young; being a hole in a wall, or in a tree: (T, TA:) the place into which the bird enters; as also وَكْنٌ: (As, TA:) [see also عُشٌّ; and سَرَبٌ:] pl. (of pauc., TA:) أَوْكُرٌ (K) and أَوْكَارٌ, (S, A, Msb, K,) and (of mult., TA) وُكُورٌ (S, K) and وِكَارٌ (Msb) and وُكَرٌ. (K.) You say, بُيُوتٌ كَأَوْكارِ الطَّيْرِ [Houses like the nests of birds]. (A.) b2: (tropical:) [A house: as in the following saying,] مَا دَارَ فِى فِكْرِىنُزُولُكَ فِى

وَكْرِى (tropical:) Thine alighting at my house was not revolved in my mind]. (A.) See also وَكِيرَةٌ. b3: The فَرْض [q. v.] of a زَنْدَة. (A, in art. فرض.) نَاقَةٌ وَكَرَى: see جَمَّازٌ.

وَكْرَةٌ: see وَكْرٌ.

A2: See also وَكِيرَةٌ.

وَكَرَةٌ: see وَكِيرَةٌ.

وَكِيرٌ: see وَكِيرَةٌ.

وَكِيرَةٌ Food that is prepared on account of the completion of a building; (S, * Msb, * K;) as also ↓ وَكِيرٌ and ↓ وَكْرَةٌ and ↓ وَكَرَةٌ: (K:) food which a man prepares on the occasion of building his وَكْر [or house], or buying it, (A, TA,) and to which he invites [others]: (TA:) accord. to Fr, [food] prepared by a woman among the requisites for a bride or a traveller (فِى الجَهَازِ); sometimes, he says, called تَوْكِيرٌ: which latter word also signifies the act of feeding [with the food called وِكِيرَة]. (TA.)

رف

1 رَفَّ, (T,) or رَفَّ لَوْنُهُ, (S, M, O, K,) aor. ـِ inf. n. رَفٌّ and رَفِيفٌ, Its colour shone, or glistened; (T, S, M, O, K;) said of a thing; (T;) as also ↓ ارتفّ. (K.) Thus رَفَّتْ أَسْنَانُهُ, His teeth shone, or glistened. (M.) El-Aashà says, describing the front teeth of a woman, يَشْفِى المُتَيَّمَ ذَا الحَرَارَهْ وَمَهًا تَرِفُّ غُرُوبُهُ [And clean, white, lustrous front teeth, the abundance of their saliva shining, or glistening; that would cure of his malady the enslaved by love who has burning in his heart]. (T, O, S.) And one says also, رَفَّ البَرْقُ, aor. ـِ and رَفُّ, (M,) inf. n. رَفٌّ, (M, K,) The lightning gleamed, or shone; or flashed faintly, and then disappeared, and then flashed again. (M, K. *) b2: رَفَّ النَّبَاتُ, aor. ـِ inf. n. رَفِيفٌ, The plant, or herbage, quivered, or became tall, (اِهْتَزَّ,) being green and glistening; and وَرِيفٌ is a dial. var. of the inf. n. رَذِيفٌ in this sense: (Lth, T:) or quivered, or became tall, (اهتزّ,) and was luxuriant, or flourishing, and fresh, or succulent: or, as AHn says, became glistening, or bright, in its sap: (M:) and رَفَّ الشَّجَرُ, aor. and inf. n. as above, The trees appeared beautiful and bright in their greenness by reason of their succulence and luxuriance; as also وَرِفَ, aor. ـِ inf. n. وَرِيفٌ. (T in art. ورف.) b3: رَفَّتْ عَيْنُهُ, aor. ـِ and رَفُّ, inf. n. رَفٌّ, His eye quivered, or throbbed: (M, K:) and in like manner one says of any other member, or part of the person, (M,) or of other things; (IAar, T, K;) as, for instance, of the eyebrow. (IAar, T, M.) b4: رَفَّ said of a bird: see R. Q. 1, in two places. b5: رَفَّ, aor. ـِ [said of a man,] He exulted; rejoiced overmuch, or above measure; or exulted greatly, or excessively; and was exceedingly brisk, lively, or sprightly: and behaved proudly, or haughtily; was proud, haughty, or self-conceited; or walked with a proud, or haughty, and selfconceited, gait. (M.) b6: رَفَّ إِلَى كَذَا He was, or became, brisk, lively, or sprightly, at, or to do, such a thing; syn. اِرْتَاحَ: (K:) and so said of the heart. (O.) b7: رَفَّ لَهُ, (O, K,) aor. ـُ and رَفِّ, inf. n. رُفُوفٌ and رَفِيفٌ, (O,) He laboured for him with service, both honourable and mean. (O, K.) b8: رَفَّ بِفُلَانٍ He treated such a one with honour: (O, K:) [and so, accord. to the TA, رَفَّ فُلَانًا, as is shown in the first paragraph of art. حف.]

b9: رَفَّ القَوْمُ بِهِ The people, or party, surrounded, encompassed, or encircled, him; or went round him, or round about him. (O, K.) b10: رَفَّتْ عَلَيْهِ النِّعْمَةُ Wealth became abundantly bestowed upon him; syn. ضَفَتْ. (M.) A2: رَفَّ, aor. ـُ (IAar, T, K) and رَفِّ, (K,) [probably trans., or so with the former aor. and intrans. with the latter,] inf. n. رَفٌّ, (O,) He ate (IAar, T, K) soundly, (IAar, T, [see رَفَّةٌ, the inf. n. of unity,]) or much, or largely. (O, K.) b2: رَفَّتِ الإِبِلُ, (AHn, M, K,) and الغَنَمُ, (K,) or رفّت البَقْلَ, (TK,) aor. ـُ and رَفِّ, inf. n. رَفٌّ, The camels, (M, K,) and the sheep or goats, (K,) ate, (AHn, M, K,) or ate herbs, or leguminous plants, (TK,) in a certain manner, (K,) without filling the mouth therewith. (TK.) b3: رَفَّ اللَّبَنَ, (TK,) inf. n. رَفٌّ, (K,) He drank milk every day. (K, TK.) b4: [Hence, perhaps,] أَخَذَتْهُ الحُمَّى رَفًّا The fever attacked him every day. (O, K.) b5: رَفَّ, aor. ـُ (A 'Obeyd, T, S, M,) inf. n. رَفٌّ (A 'Obeyd, T, S, M, K) and رَفِيفٌ, (M,) also signifies He sucked (A 'Obeyd, T, S, M, K) a thing: (M:) and he sucked in [saliva &c.] with his lips. (A 'Obeyd, T, S.) You say, رَفَّ أُمَّهُ He (a young camel) sucked his mother. (K.) and رّفَّ المَرْأَةَ, (M, O,) or الجَارِيَةَ, (IAar, L in art. مصد,) aor. ـُ (M, O,) inf. n. رَفٌّ, (O,) He sucked in the woman's, or the girl's, saliva from her mouth: (IAar, M, and L ubi suprà:) or he kissed her with the extremities of his lips. (M, O, K.) And hence, (M,) إِنِّى لَأَرُفُّ شَفَتَيْهَا وَأَنَا صَائِمٌ, in a trad. of Aboo-Hureyreh, (T, M, O, Msb,) meansVerily I suck in her saliva [from her lips while I am fasting]: (A 'Obeyd, T, M, O:) or I kiss [her lips], and suck [them], and suck in [her saliva from them]. (Msb.) A3: رَفَّهُ, (M, O, K,) aor. ـُ (M,) inf. n. رَفٌّ, (M, O, K, *) He did good to him; conferred a benefit, or benefits, upon him. (M, O, K. *) [And He gave to him.] Yousay, فُلَانٌ يَحُفُّنَا وَيَرْفُّنَا, meaning Such a one gives to us, and brings us corn or food. (M. [See also other explanations in art. حف.]) And فُلَانٌ يَرُفُّنَا Such a one guards us, defends us, or takes care of us. (S.) [Hence,] it is said in a prov., مَنْ حَفَّنَا أَوْ رَفَّنَا فَلْيَقْتَصِدْ [explained in art. حف]: and one says, ↓ مَا لَهُ حَافٌّ وَلَا رَافٌّ [also explained in art. حف]. (S.) A4: رَفَّ البَيْتَ He made to the بيت [which here seems from the context to mean tent] what is termed a رَفّ [q. v.]. (M.) [and hence, app.,] رَفَّ ثَوْبَهُ, aor. ـُ inf. n. رَفُّ, He added to his garment, or piece of cloth, another piece, to enlarge it, at its lower part. (K.) A5: رَفَّهُ He fed him [i. e. a beast] with رُفَّة, i. e. straw, or straw that had been trodden, or thrashed, and cut, and what had been broken in pieces thereof. (M.) A6: رَفَّ الثَّوْبُ, (M,) inf. n. رَفَفٌ, (M, O, K,) The garment, or piece of cloth, became thin: (M, O, K: *) but this is not of established authority. (M.) 4 ارفّت عَلَى بَيْضَتِهَا She (a hen) spread, or expanded, the wing over her egg. (O, K.) 8 إِرْتَفَ3َ see 1, first sentence. R. Q. 1 رَفْرَفَ, (T, S, M, K,) inf.n. رَفْرَفَةٌ, (T, K,) He (a bird) moved, or agitated, his wings, in the air, [or fluttered in the air,] without moving from his place; (T, M;) as also ↓ رَفَّ: (M:) or he (a bird, S, or an ostrich, K) did thus around a thing, desiring to alight, or fall, upon it: (S, O, K:) or he (a bird) expanded and flapped his wings without alighting: (TA in art. فرش:) and he (a bird) expanded his wings; as also ↓ رَفَّ; but this latter is not used. (O, K.) One says also, of an ostrich, يُرَفْرِفُ بِجَنَاحَيْهِ ثُمَّ يَعْدُو [He flaps his wings, then runs]. (T, S, O.) b2: [See also R. Q. 1 in art. زف, last sentence.] b3: رفرف عَلَى القَوْمِ He was, or became, affectionate, favourable, or kind, to the people, or party; syn. تَحَدَّبَ. (M.) b4: رَفْرَفَةٌ also signifies The making a sound: (K:) its verb, رَفْرَفَ, meaning It (a thing) made a sound. (TK.) رَفٌّ A thing resembling a طَاق, [i. e. a kind of arched construction, app. like the صُفَّة described and figured in the Introduction to my work on the Modern Egyptians,] (El-Fárábee, S, Msb, K,) upon which are placed the طَرَائِف [or choice articles, such as vessels and other utensils &c.,] of the house; as also ↓ رَفْرَفٌ: (IAar, T, K:) the رَفّ that is [commonly] used in houses is well known [as being a wooden shelf, generally extending along one or more of the sides of a room]: IDrd says that the word is Arabic: (Msb:) the pl. is رُفُوفٌ (T, S, O, Mgh, Msb, K) and رِفَافٌ. (O, Mgh, Msb.) The latter pl. occurs in the saying of Kaab Ibn-El-Ashraf, أَمَا إِنَّ رِفَافِى

تَقَصَّفُ تَمْرًا Verily my shelves are breaking with dates, by reason of the large quantity thereof. (Mgh.) رُفُوفُ الخَشَبِ, also, means The planks of the لَحْد [or lateral hollow of a grave]. (Mgh.) [And accord. to Golius, on the authority of a gloss. in the KL, رَفٌّ also signifies A small arched window in a wall.]

A2: [When the رَفّ of a بَيْت is mentioned, by بيت may sometimes be meant a tent:] see رَفْرَفٌ.

A3: Also A flock of sheep, (Fr, T, S, M, O, K,) or of sheep or goats. (Lh, M, K.) b2: A herd of oxen or cows. (Lh, O, K.) b3: A row of birds. (IAar, T and TA in art. ابل.) b4: A company of men. (Fr, T.) b5: Large camels; (O, K;) as also ↓ رِفٌّ: (K:) [or] a large herd of camels. (M.) A4: An enclosure (حَظِيرَة) for sheep or goats. (M, O, K.) A5: Any tract of sand elevated above what is adjacent to it or around it. (K.) A6: Wheat, corn, or other provision, which one brings for himself or his family or for sale; syn. مِيرَةٌ. (M, K.) A7: A soft garment or piece of cloth. (K.) A8: And, as some say, (M,) Saliva (M, K) itself [as well as the “ sucking in of saliva: ” see 1]. (M.) رُفٌّ: see رُفَّةٌ.

رِفٌّ A daily شِرْب [i. e. drinking, or share of water].

A2: See also رَفٌّ.

رَفَّةٌ [inf. n. of unity of رَفَّ,] i. q. بَرْقَةٌ [app. as meaning A flash of lightning]: (IAar, T:) or a shining, or glistening. (O.) b2: And A quivering, or throbbing. (IAar, T.) A2: Also A sound act of eating; syn. أَكْلَةٌ مُحْكَمَةٌ. (IAar, T, O, K. [In the CK, in this sense, erroneously written رُفَّة.]) b2: And A suck. (IAar, T.) رُفَّةٌ i. q. تِبْنٌ [i. e. Straw; or straw that has been trodden or thrashed, and cut]; and what has been broken in pieces thereof; [also written رُفَةٌ and رُفَتٌ and رُفَةٌ;] (M, O, K;) as also. ↓ رُفٌّ. (K.) [See also رُفَةٌ.]

رُفَافُ What has fallen about of straw, and of dried leaves or branches of the سَمُر [or gumacacia-tree]. (IAar, M.) رَفِيفٌ Shining, or glistening. (KL. [The meaning of “ dispersed ” assigned to it by Golius as on the authority of the KL is not in my copy of that work, nor is any other meaning than that which I have given above; in which sense it is app. an inf. n. used as an epithet: it is expl. in the KL by the Pers\. word درخشنده.]) One says also ثَغْرٌ رَفَافٌ [app. ↓ رَفَّافٌ] Front teeth shining or glistening. (Har p. 314.) b2: Applied to a garment, or piece of cloth, (S, O,) and to trees (شَجَر), (S, O, * K,) and other things, (K,) Moistened [app. by dew or the like, so as to be rendered glossy]. (S, O, K.) b3: Also, applied to a garment, or piece of cloth, Thin. (O.) A2: Abundance of herbage, or of the goods, conveniences, or comforts, of life. (O, K.) A3: The lily. (O, K.) A4: The roof (Sh, M, O, K) of a [tent such as is called] فُسْطَاط. (Sh, O, M.) b2: See also رَفْرَفٌ.

A5: ذَاتُ الرَّفِيف Boats upon which a river was crossed, consisting of two or three joined together, for the use of the king. (O, K.) رِفَافَةٌ, The thing that is put in the lower part of the helmet. (AA, O. [See also رَفْرَفٌ.]) رَفَّافٌ: see the next preceding paragraph. b2: Also A plant, or herbage, intensely green. (TA in art. ورف.) رَفْرَفٌ: see رَفٌّ, first sentence. b2: Also A window; or an aperture for the admission of light; syn. رَوْشَنٌ; (IAar, T, K;) and so ↓ رَفِيفٌ. (AA, T, O, K.) A2: Also Coverlets (حَابِس, Katádeh, T) for beds: (T:) or beds [themselves]: (AO, T, O, K:) or carpets: (AO, T, K:) or green pieces of cloth, or pieces of cloth of a dark, or an ashy, dust-colour, (ثِيَابٌ خُضْرٌ, [which may have either of these two meanings,] S, M, O, K,) that are spread, (M,) or of which مَحَابِس [see above] are made, (S, O, K,) and which are spread; (K;) n. un. with ة; (S, O, M;) but some make the former a sing.: (O:) pl. رَفَارِفُ: (M:) or it signifies, (T, O,) or signifies also, (K,) the redundant parts of مَحَابِس, (T, O, K,) and of beds; (K;) and anything that is redundant and that is folded: (O, K:) or pieces of thin دِيبَاج [or silk brocade]: (M, K:) it occurs in the Kur lv. 76: and some say that it there means the meadows, or gardens, (رِيَاض,) of Paradise: (Fr, T:) or, as some say, pillows: (T:) or it signifies also a pillow: and meadows, or gardens; syn. رِيَاضٌ: (K:) also a carpet: (T:) and sometimes it is applied to any wide garment or piece of cloth. (Bd in lv. 76.) b2: Also The كِسْر [app. as meaning the lowest piece of cloth, or the part of that piece that is folded upon the ground,] of a [tent of the kind called] خِبَآء: (Lth, T, S, M, O, K:) and a piece of cloth (خِرْقَةٌ) that is sewed upon the lower part of a [tent of the kind called] فُسْطَاط, (Lth, T, M, K,) and of a سُرَادِق, (M, K,) and the like; as also ↓ رَفٌّ, of which the pl. is رُفُوفٌ: (M: [in the CK, الفُسْطاطُ is erroneously put for الفُسْطَاطِ:]) or the skirt of a tent: (Bd in lv. 76:) and, accord. to IAar, the extremity, edge, or border, of a فُسْطَاط. (T.) b3: Also The redundant portion of the skirt of a coat of mail: (A 'Obeyd, T, O:) or the sides of a coat of mail, (S, K,) and the pendent portions thereof: (S, O, K:) n. un. with ة. (S.) And the رَفْرَف of a coat of mail is [The تَسْبِغَة, q. v. : or] a piece of mail (زَرَدٌ) which is fastened to the helmet, and which the man makes to fall down upon his back. (M, K.) b4: The pendent branches of the [tree called] أَيْكَة. (T, O, K.) b5: Soft, or tender, and drooping trees. (M, K.) And Certain trees, (K,) certain drooping trees, (As, T, O,) growing in El-Yemen. (As, T, O, K.) b6: Also, [because pendent,] The [caruncle, in the vulva of a girl or woman, called] بَظْر [q. v.]. (Lh, M, K.) A3: And A species of fish (Lth, T, M, O, K) of the sea. (M, K.) الرَّفْرَافُ The bird called خَاطِفُ ظِلِّهِ. (Ibn-Selemeh, S, O, K. [See art. خطَفَ.]) And sometimes, (S,) The male ostrich: (T, S, M, O, K:) because (S) he flaps his wings (يُرَفْرِفُ بِجَنَاحَيْهِ) and then runs. (T, S, O.) b2: Also The wing of an ostrich and of any bird. (M.) رُفَارِفٌ Quick, or swift. (O.) رَافٌّ: see 1, [of which it is the act. part. n.,] in the last quarter of the paragraph.

مَرَفٌّ i. q. مَأْكَلٌ [A place, or time, of eating]. (O.) [This art. is wanting in the copies of the L and TA to which I have had access.]