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رعف

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

4 ارعفهُ ذ He incited him, or urged him, to hasten, or be quick: (S, O, K:) but this is said to be not of established authority. (O.) ― -b2- [And He, or it, made his nose to bleed, or flow with blood: often used in this sense; as in the S and A and K voce أَنْثَرَ, and in the L and K voce لَبْخَةٌ: and so ↓ رعّفه: accord. to Ibn-Maaroof,] the inf. ns. اـِرْعَافٌ and ↓ تَرْعِيفٌ signify the bringing blood from the nose. (KL.) ― -b3- And ارعف القِرْبَةَ He filled the skin (S, O, K) so that it overflowed (↓ حَتَّى تَرْعُفَ): (S, O:) whence the saying of a rájiz, ['Amr Ibn-Leja, so in a copy of the S,] أَعْلَاهَا مِنِ ا@مْتِلَائِهَا ↓ يَرْعُفُ [ Its upper part overflows, or overflowing, by reason of its fulness ]. (S.)

Derived headwords

ارعفهُverb
  1. 1.
ارعف القِرْبَةَ
أَعْلَاهَا مِنِ ا@مْتِلَائِهَا