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رصف
Root entry · 1 derived lemmaرَصَافَةٌ ذ inf. n. of رَصُفَ. [q. v]. (K.) ― -b2- الرَّصَافَةُ بالِشَّىْءِ signifies The being gentle (الرِّفْقُ) with the thing: and [hence] it is said in a trad., وَلَمْ يَكُنْ بِنَا مِنْهَا ↓ لَنَا عِمَادٌ أَرْصَفَ [ And no stay, or support, to us was more gentle, or convenient, (أَرْفَقَ,) to us than she, or it ]: no verb thereof [in this sense] has been transmitted. (M.)
Derived headwords
رَصَافَةٌ
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