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غرف

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

غَارِفَةٌ ذ , applied to a she-camel, Swift; pl. غَوَارِفُ: and one says also ↓ خَيْلٌ مَغَارِفُ [ Swift horses; app. likened, in respect of the action of their fore legs, to men lading out water with their hands; for it is added,] كَأَنَّهَا تَغْرِفُ الجَرْىَ: and فَارِسٌ ↓ مِغْرَفٌ [ A swift horseman ]. (O, K.) -A2- الغَارِفَة which is forbidden by the Prophet is a word of the measure فَاعِلَة in the sense of the measure مَفْعُولَة, (O, K,) like رَاضِيَة in the phrase عِيشَةٌ رَاضِيَةٌ, (O,) and means What a woman cuts, and makes even, or uniform, fashioned in the manner of a طُرَّة [q. v., but for مُطَرَّرَةً, the reading of the K given in the TA, the CK and my MS. copy of the K have مُطَرَّزَة, and thus too has the O but without the teshdeed], upon the middle of her جَبِين [here meaning forehead ]: (O, K, TA:) thus says Az: (TA:) or it is an inf. n., meaning الغَرْف, like اللَّاغِيَة (O, K, TA) and الرَّاغِيَة and الثَّاغِيَة; (O, TA;) or, accord. to Az, it is a subst. similar to رَاغِيَة and لَاغِيَة; and the meaning is, the clipping of the front hair, fashioned in the manner of a طُرَّة (مُطَرَّرَةً), upon the جَبِين: or, accord. to El-Khattábee, the meaning is, the clipper of her front hair on the occasion of an affliction. (TA.)

Derived headwords

غَارِفَةٌ
  1. 1.
كَأَنَّهَا تَغْرِفُ الجَرْىَ