رفو

1 رَفَوْتُ الثَّوْبَ ذ , (S, M, Msb,) third pers. رَفَا, (K,) aor. أَرْفُوهُ, (S, Msb,) inf. n. رَفْوٌ; (S, M, Msb;) and, in the dial. of Benoo-Kaab, رَفَيْتُهُ, aor. أَرْفِيهِ, inf. n. رَفْىٌ; (Msb;) but this latter is strange; (TA in art. رفأ;) I repaired, or mended, the garment, (Msb, K, TA,) [ where it was rent, ] drawing parts thereof together; (TA;) [or rather, as is well known, I darned it; for] رَفْوٌ is the finest, or most delicate, kind of sewing; the weaving [ over ] a rent, or hole, in a garment, so that it appears as though there were in it no rent, or hole: (Har p. 91:) and رَفَأُتُهُ signifies the same: (S, M, Msb:) IAar and AZ say that it is with ء; but the latter says that the ء is [sometimes] changed into و, so that one says رَفَوْتُ: accord. to ISk, [but this is at variance with what follows,] the verbs with and without ء have different meanings; for one says, رَفَأَ الثَّوْبَ, and رَفَوْتُ الرَّجُلَ. (TA.) ― -b2- رَفَوْتُ الرَّجُلَ, (ISk, S, M,) third pers. رَفَا, (K,) [aor. and inf. n. as above,] (tropical:) I appeased, or quieted, or calmed, the man; (ISk, M, TA;) as also رَفَأْتُهُ; (M and K in art. رفأ;) [i. e.] I quieted the man's fear; (S, K, TA;) did away with his fear, like as one does away with a rent, or hole, by الرَّفْو [i. e. darning ]. (TA.) ― -b3- And رَفَا, aor. يَرْفُو, (tropical:) He married, or took a wife; (TA;) and رَفَأَ is said to signify the same. (TA in art. رفأ.)