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غرف

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

غَرِيفٌ ذ : see what next precedes. -A2- Also i. q. قَصْبَاآءُ [i. e. Reeds, or canes; or a collection, or bed, thereof; or a place where reeds, or canes, grow ]: and [the kind of high, coarse grass called ] حَلْفَاآء [q. v.]: and i. q. غَيْضَةٌ [i. e. a collection of tangled, or confused, or dense, trees; &c.]: (AHn, O, K, TA: [but for غَيْضَة, which is thus in the K accord. to the TA, as well as in the O, many (app. most) of the copies of the K have غَيْفَة, a mistranscription:]) and water [ in such a collection of trees, &c., i. e.,] in an أَجَمَة; (S, O, K;) thus expl. by Lth; (TA;) said to have this meaning in a verse (S, O, TA) of El-Aashà; (O, TA;) but pronounced by Az incorrect: (TA:) and numerous tangled, or confused, or dense, trees, of any kind; (S, O, K;) as also ↓ غَرِيفَةٌ: (ISd, K:) or a dense collection (أَجَمَةٌ) of papyrus-plants and of حَلْفَاآء [mentioned above] (K, TA) and of reeds, or canes; (TA;) and sometimes of the [ trees called ] ضَال and سَلَم: (AHn, K, TA:) pl. غُرُفٌ. (O.)

Derived headwords

غَرِيفٌ
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