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رفق

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

رَفَقٌ ذ inf. n. of رَفِقَ: see the next preceding paragraph. -A2- [Also Easy of attainment. ] You say مَرْتَعٌ رَفَقٌ [ A place of pasturing, or of unrestrained and plentiful pasturing, ] easy to be sought [ and attained ]. (S, O.) And مَاآءٌ رَفَقٌ Water that is easy (JK, S, O, K) to be sought (JK, S, O) and taken: (JK:) or of which the well-rope is short. (K.) And حَاجَةٌ رَفَقُ البِغْيَةِ An object of want that is easy [ to be sought and attained ]. (O, K.) -A3- Also A distortion of the elbow of a camel from the side. (Lth, S, O, K. [Said to be the inf. n. of رَفِقَ, q. v.]) ― -b2- And A stoppage of the orifice of the teat, (K,) or of the orifices of the teats, (O,) of a she-camel: (O, K:) so says Zeyd Ibn-Kuthweh: (O:) or a disorder in the orifice of the teat, in consequence of being badly milked, or of the milker's not shaking the teat to remove what remained in it, so that the milk reverts into the udder, and turns to blood, or becomes coagulated and mixed with yellow water. (K. [Perhaps in this sense, also, an inf. n.: see 1, last sentence.]) -A4- See also رُفْقَةٌ.

Derived headwords

رَفَقٌ
  1. 1.
مَرْتَعٌ رَفَقٌ
مَاآءٌ رَفَقٌ
حَاجَةٌ رَفَقُ البِغْيَةِ