ارف

أُرْفَةٌ ذ A limit, or boundary, (As, T, S, M, Mgh, Msb, K,) making a separation (Msb) between two pieces of land; (Msb, K;) a sign, or mark, (As, T, S, Mgh,) of the limits, or boundaries, between two pieces of land: (S:) and a separation between houses and estates: (M:) and a dam between two pieces of land sown or for sowing: (Th, M:) Yaakoob asserts that its ف is a substitute for the ث of أُرْثَةٌ [which is, however, less com- mon]: (M:) the pl. is أُرَفٌ, (T, S, M, &c.,) signifying, accord. to Lh, like أُرَثٌ, limits, or boundaries, between two pieces of land [&c.]; (T;) and it is said in a trad., that these cut off الشُّفْعَة [i. e. the right of preemption]; (T, S, Mgh;) meaning, in the language of the people of El- Hijáz, signs, or marks, and limits, or boundaries. (T.) Th relates that an Arab woman said, جَعَلَ عَلَيَّ زَوْجِى أُرْفَةً لَا أَجُوزُهَا, i. e. My husband set me a sign, or mark, [or limit, ] beyond which I should not pass. (M.) And أُرْفَةُ أَجَلٍ signifies An extreme limit of a period of existence. (TA, from a trad.) ― -b2- Also A knot. (Sgh, K.)