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رفه

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

رُفَهٌ ذ i. q. تِبْنٌ [i. e. Straw; or straw that has been trodden, or thrashed, and cut: by some written رُفَّةٌ; and by some, رُفَتٌ]: (Kr, S, K:) whence the prov., أَغْنَى مِنَ التُّفَهِ عَنِ الرُّفَهِ [ More free from want than the badger is from the want of straw ]; التُّفَهُ meaning the beast of prey called عَنَاقُ الأَرْضِ; because it does not feed upon straw: (S:) [by some written التُّفَّهُ; and by some, التُّفَةُ; and by some, التُّفَّةُ:] accord. to some, the former word is with ة; and الرُّفَرُفَتٌ occurs as its pl. in a verse cited by IF: accord to ISk, the two words are correctly without teshdeed, and with the radical ه. (TA in art. تفه.) [See also رُفَتٌ, in art. رفت.]

Derived headwords

رُفَهٌ
  1. 1.
أَغْنَى مِنَ التُّفَهِ عَنِ الرُّفَهِ
عَنَاقُ الأَرْضِ