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رفل

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

رِفَلٌّ ذ Long in the tail; (Lth, T, S, M, K;) applied to a garment: (S:) or, thus applied, wide, or ample: (M, K:) in the former sense, applied to a horse, (Lth, As, T, M,) and to a bull, (Lth, T,) and to a camel, (Lth, T, S, M,) and to a mountaingoat; (M;) and رَفَنٌّ signifies the same: (Lth, As, M:) and applied to a horse as meaning also (M) having much flesh; (M, K;) and so رِفَنٌّ: (M:) and to a camel as meaning also wide in the skin: (Lth, T, S, M, K:) and, applied to hair, long; (M;) [or] so ↓ رَفَالٌ, like سَحَابٌ; (K;) or ↓ رُفَالٌ, or ↓ رِفَالٌ; (so accord. to different copies of the T;) and so ↓ رَفَالٌ applied to a garment. (TA.) Also A man having a long skirt. (Ham p. 386.) ― -b2- [Hence,] عَيْشٌ رِفَلٌّ, (TA,) or مَعِيشَةٌ رِفَلَّةٌ, (S, M, in one copy of the S رَفِلَةٌ,) (tropical:) Ample means of subsistence. (S, M, TA.) -A2- See also رِفْلٌ. -A3- And see رَفِلٌ.

Derived headwords

رِفَلٌّ
  1. 1.
عَيْشٌ رِفَلٌّ
مَعِيشَةٌ رِفَلَّةٌ