رفد

رَافِدَةٌ ذ a word of the measure فَاعِلَةٌ [app. as meaning A thing that aids, helps, or assists, ] from الرَّفْدُ signifying “ the act of aiding, helping, or assisting. ” (TA.) رَوَافِدُ [is its pl., and] signifies The rafters, or beams, or timbers, (خَشَب, S, Mgh, K, or خُشُب, M,) of a roof, (IAar, S, M, Mgh, K,) over which are laid [ planks, or only ] the bundles of reeds, or canes, called حَرَادِىّ; (IAar, L in art. حرد;) as also رَافِدَاتٌ. (S, M.) A poet says, (describing a house, S in art. بخ,) رَوَافِدُهُ أَكْرَمُ الرَّافِدَاتِ [ Its rafters are the most excellent of rafters ]. (S, M.)