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رفه

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

1 رَفُهَ عَيْشُهُ ذ , (JK, K,) or العَيْشُ, (Mgh, Msb,) inf. n. رَفَاهَةٌ and رَفَاهِيَةٌ (JK, Mgh, Msb, K *) and رُفْهَةٌ, (JK,) His life, or the life, was, or became, ample in its means or circumstances, unstraitened, or plentiful, (JK, Mgh, Msb, K,) and easy, pleasant, soft, or delicate. (JK, * Msb, K.) [See also رَفَاهَةٌ, below.] -A2- رَفَهَ, aor. رَفَهَ , inf. n. رُفُوهٌ (JK, Msb, K) and رَفْهٌ (Msb, K) and رِفْهٌ, (K,) [or this last is perhaps a simple subst.,] said of a man, He led [ a plentiful, and ] an easy, a pleasant, a soft, or a delicate, life; (K;) he found, or experienced, [or enjoyed, (see the part. n. رَافِهٌ, below,)] an easy, a pleasant, a soft, or a delicate, life, with ampleness of the means of subsistence; and ↓ ترفّه is [syn. therewith, its part. n. مُتَرَفِّهٌ being syn. with رَافِهٌ, and the verb itself being] quasipass. of رَفَّهَ: (Msb:) or he found, or experienced, rest, or ease, after fatigue. (JK.) [See also 4.] ― -b2- رَفَهَتِ الاـِبِلُ, (S, Mgh, K,) aor. رَفَهَ , (S, Mgh,) inf. n. رَفْهٌ and رُفُوهٌ, (S, [and it is implied in the K that رِفْهٌ also is an inf. n. of the verb thus used, but it is a simple subst. accord. to the S,]) The camels came to the water to drink (S, Mgh, K) every day, (S,) when they would. (S, Mgh, K.) [See رِفْهٌ, below.] -A3- أَمَا تَرْفَهُ فُلَانًا Hast thou not, or wherefore wilt thou not have, mercy, or pity, or compassion, on such a one? (TA. [The meaning is there only indicated by the context.])

Derived headwords

رَفُهَ عَيْشُهُverb
  1. 1.
رَفَهَتِ الاـِبِلُ
أَمَا تَرْفَهُ فُلَانًا