روف

1 رَافَ ذ , (IDrd, K,) aor. يَرَافُ, (K,) or يَرُوفُ, inf. n. رَوْفٌ, (IDrd,) is a dial. var. of رَأَفَ, (IDrd, K,) aor. يَرْأَفُ: (K:) or, as some say, (IDrd,) رَوْفٌ signifies The being still; and is not from الرَّأْفَةُ: (IDrd, K:) [ISd says,] رَافَ, inf. n. رَوْفٌ, signifies سَكَنَ [ he, or it, was, or became, still, &c.] and رَأَفَ [q. v.] is a dial. var. thereof [signifying thus]; and is not from رَؤُوفٌ syn. with رَحِيمٌ. (M.)