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رفغ

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

5 ترفّغ ذ He (a man) became, or made himself, ample, or abundant, in his means of subsistence; syn. تَوَسَّعَ: (S:) or he exhibited ampleness, or abundance, in his means of subsistence. (PS.) -A2- ترفّغ فَوْقَ البَعِيرِ He (a man), feared that the camel [ upon which he was riding ] would throw him, and therefore wound his legs next the sheath of his [the camel's] penis: [i. e., pressed his heels against the camel's أَرْفَاغ (or groins ):] in the K, as also in the O and Tekmileh, خَلْفَ رِجْلَيْهِ is erroneously put for فَلَفَّ رِجْلَيْهِ, the reading in the L. (TA.) ― -b2- ترفّغها, He sat between her thighs, for the purpose of compressing her; (K;) from the Nawádir el-Aaráb; as also ↓ رَفَغَهَا, i.e. رَفَغَ المَرْأَةَ. (TA.)

Derived headwords

ترفّغverb
  1. 1.
ترفّغ فَوْقَ البَعِيرِ
خَلْفَ رِجْلَيْهِ
فَلَفَّ رِجْلَيْهِ