Lane's Lexicon (Edward Lane, 1863)

رُفَاتٌ ذ A thing, (M,) an old and decayed bone, (A, TA,) or anything, (L, TA,) broken, broken in pieces, crushed, bruised, brayed, or pounded; (M, L, TA;) or crumbled, or broken into small pieces with the hand; (A, TA;) or a thing that has become old and worn out, and crumbled, or broken into small pieces: ('Ináyeh, TA: [see مَرْفُوتٌ:]) or broken, or crumbled, particles; fragments, or crumbs; of a thing that is dry, (T, S, A, K, TA,) of any kind; (T;) [as, for instance,] of musk. (A, TA.) Hence, in the Kur [xvii. 52 and 100], أَئِذَا كُنَّا عِظَامًا وَرُفَاتًا When we shall have become bones and broken particles? (S, M, TA.) [Hence also the phrase] لَا بِرْفَاتِكَ, meaning No, by thy ancestors who have become broken and crumbled bones in the dust. (Har p. 634.) And [hence one says,] هُوَ الَّذِى أَعَادَ المَكَارِمَ وَأَحْيَا رُفَاتَهَا وَأَنْشَرَ أَمْوَاتَهَا (tropical:) [ He is the person who has restored generous qualities or actions, and revived such of them as had decayed, and brought to life again such of them as had become dead ]. (A, TA.)

مَرْفُوتٌ ذ Broken, broken in pieces, &c. (Akh, S. [See رُفَاتٌ.])

1 رَفَثَ ذ (T, S, M, A, Mgh, Msb, K) فِى كَلَامِهِ (M, A, Mgh) or فِى مَنْطِقِهِ (Msb,) aor. رَفُثَ , (K, and so in a copy of the S,) or رَفِثَ , (T, and so in another copy of the S,) or both, (Msb, TA,) the latter mentioned by 'Iyád in the “ Meshárik; ” (TA;) and رَفِثَ, (M, K,) aor. رَفَثَ ; (K;) and رَفُثَ, aor. رَفُثَ ; (Lh, M, K;) inf. n. رَفْثٌ, which is of رَفَثَ, (M, TA,) and رَفَثٌ, (T, * S, * M, A, * Mgh, * Msb, K, *) which is of رَفِثَ, (M, TA,) or of رَفَثَ, (Msb,) or, accord. to some, this is a simple subst., (TA,) and رُفُوثٌ; (K;) and ↓ ارفث; (T, S, M, A, Mgh, Msb, K;) and ↓ ترفّث; (A;) He uttered foul, unseemly, immodest, lewd, or obscene, speech, (T, S, M, A, Mgh, Msb, K,) in relation to women: (T:) and talked to a woman, in, or respecting, coition; (S, K, TA;) and (as in the A and Mgh, but in the Msb “ or ”) spoke plainly of what should be indicated allusively, relating to coition. (A, Mgh, Msb.) And رَفَثَ بِا@مْرَأَتِهِ, and مَعَهَا, He compressed his wife: and he kissed her; and held amatory and enticing talk, or conversation, with her; and did any other similar act, of such acts as occur in the case of coition. (M.) And رَفَثَ اـِلَى ا@مْرَأَتِهِ He went in to his wife; i. e. he compressed her; or was with her alone in private, whether he compressed her or not; syn. أَفْضَى اـِلَيْهَا. (A.) [See also رَفَثٌ below.]

3 رافث صَاحِبَهُ ذ , inf. n. مُرَافَثَةٌ, [ He joined with his companion, or vied with him, in foul, unseemly, immodest, lewd, or obscene, conversation, in relation to women: and in talking plainly of what should be indicated allusively, relating to coition. ] (A.)

4 أَرْفَثَ see 1, first sentence.

5 تَرَفَّثَ see 1, first sentence.

6 ترافثا ذ [ They two joined mutually, or vied with each other, in foul, unseemly, immodest, lewd, or obscene, conversation, in relation to women: and in talking plainly of what should be indicated allusively, relating to coition ]; said of two men. (A.)

رَفَثٌ ذ , said by some to be a simple subst., but by others to be an inf. n., (TA,) Foul, unseemly, immodest, lewd, or obscene, speech, (Lth, T, S, M, Mgh, Msb, K,) in relation to women; (T;) this being the primary signification: (Lth, T:) and talk to women in, or respecting, coition: (S, K, TA:) and the speaking plainly of what should be indicated allusively, relating to coition: (Mgh:) or allusion to coition: (M:) or foul, unseemly, immodest, lewd, or obscene, speech addressed to women; (T, S, Mgh, K;) so accord. to I'Ab: (T, S, Mgh:) and coition: (Lth, T, S, M, Mgh, Msb, K:) and kissing; and amatory and enticing talk, or conversation; and any other similar act, of such acts as occur in the case of coition: (M:) or with the pudendum, (A, Mgh,) or with respect to the pudendum, (Msb,) it is coition: (A, Mgh, Msb:) and with the tongue, (A, Mgh,) or with respect to the tongue, (Msb,) the making an appointment for coition: (A, Mgh, Msb:) and with the eye, (A, Mgh,) or with respect to the eye, (Msb,) the making a signal of a desire for coition: (A, Mgh, Msb:) or it is a word comprehending everything that a man desires of his wife. (Zj, T.) In the Kur ii. 193, where it is forbidden during pilgrimage, it means Coition: (Zj, T, Mgh, Msb:) and speech that may be a means of inducing coition: (Zj, T:) or foul, unseemly, immodest, lewd, or obscene, speech: (M, Mgh, Msb:) or, accord. to Th, the removal of external impurities of the body, by such actions as the paring of the nails, and plucking out the hair of the armpit, and shaving the pubes, and the like. (M. [In the L and TA, the explanation of Th is so given as to relate, not to رَفَثٌ, but, to لَا رَفَثَ.]) And in the same, ii. 183, where it is allowed in the night of fasting, it means Coition: (Msb:) or the going in to one's wife; syn. اـِفْضَاآء; wherefore it is made trans. by means of اـِلَى, like as is اـِفْضَاآء. (M, Mgh.)

1 رَفَدَهُ ذ , aor. رَفِدَ , inf. n. رَفْدٌ, He gave him, or gave him a gift: (T, S, M, A, * Msb, K:) or it signifies, (Msb,) or signifies also, (S, M, A,) he aided, helped, or assisted, him: (T, S, M, A, Msb:) and ↓ ارفدهُ, (M, A, Msb,) inf. n. اـِرْفَادٌ, (S, K,) signifies the same (S, M, A, Msb, K) in the latter sense, (S, M, A, K,) and in the former sense also: (S, K:) or both signify he aided, helped, or assisted, him, by a gift or by a saying or by some other thing: (Mgh:) [it is said in the Ham p. 128, that the latter verb has been transmitted, but is not the choice one; but in p. 276, that both are chaste:] and you say also ↓ رافدهُ; (A;) [meaning he aided him; or he aided with him; or he aided him, being aided by him; for] مُرَافَدَةٌ is syn. with مُعَاوَنَةٌ. (S, L.) One says, لَا أَقُومُ اـِلَّا رَفْدًا I will not stand unless I be helped to do so. (TA.) ― -b2- [Hence,] He propped it up; namely, a wall: (Zj, T, A:) and رَفَدْتُهُ بِهِ I propped it up, or supported it, namely, a thing, with it, meaning any other thing used for such a purpose. (Zj, T.) ― -b3- And [hence,] رَفَدَهُ, (M, L,) or رَفَدَ عَلَيْهِ, aor. رَفِدَ , inf. n. رَفْدٌ, (AZ, T, S, M,) He made for him, (AZ, S, M, *) or put upon him, (T, M, *) namely, a camel, (AZ, S,) an appertenance of the saddle, called a رِفَادَة: (AZ, T, S, M:) [and ↓ ارفدهُ, or ارفد عَلَيْهِ, signifies the same; for] اـِرْفَادٌ is syn. with رَفْدٌ as meaning the putting to a beast, or furnishing him with, a رِفَادَة. (K.) [Hence,] يُرْفَدُ بِخِرْقَةٍ [meaning It is furnished with a piece of rag, as a compress, ] is said of a wound (S, K) &c. (S.) ― -b4- And رَفَدَهُ signifies also It held it fast; namely, any one thing, another thing. (M.)

2 رَفَّدُوا فُلَانًا ذ , (M, A,) inf. n. تَرْفِيدٌ, (S, K,) (tropical:) They made such a one a lord, or chief; (S, M, A, K;) made him great, or magnified him, or honoured him; (K; *) and set him over their affairs; (M;) [lit. made him to give gifts; ] as also رَفَّلُوهُ: because a man when he becomes a lord, or chief, gives gifts, and drags his skirt upon the ground (اـِذَا سَادَ رَفَدَ وَرَفَلَ). (A.) And رُفِّدَ فُلَانٌ (tropical:) Such a one was made a lord, or chief; and was made great, or magnified, or honoured. (S, TA.) -A2- رفّد, (T, L,) inf. n. as above, (T, L, K,) also signifies He went a pace like that called همْلَجَةٌ, (T, L,) or like that called هَرْوَلَةٌ. (K.) [See 2 in art. رقد.]

3 رَاْفَدَ see 1.

4 أَرْفَدَ see 1, in two places.

6 ترافدوا ذ They aided, helped, or assisted, one another [ by gifts or otherwise ]. (S, * M, A, Msb, K. *)

8 ارتفد ذ He gained, acquired, or earned, (T, S, M, A, K,) property. (T, M, A.) And ارتفدتُ مِنْهُ I obtained a gift, or aid, from him. (A.)

10 استرفدهُ ذ He sought, desired, demanded, or asked, aid, help, or assistance, from him [ by a gift or otherwise ]. (S, * A, Msb, K. *)

رَفْدٌ ذ : see the next paragraph.

رِفْدٌ ذ A gift; (S, A, Msb, * K;) [and so, app., ↓ مِرْفَدٌ or ↓ مَرْفَدٌ;] a gratuity: (T, S, A, K:) pl. أَرْفَادٌ (Ham p. 128) [and مَرَافِدُ is pl. of مِرْفَدٌ or مَرْفَدٌ]. You say, هُوَ كَثِيرُ الأَرْفَادِ and ↓ المَرَافِدِ [ He is a person of many gifts ]. (A.) It is said in a trad., مِنِ ا@قْتِرَابَ السَّاعَةِ أَنْ يَكُونَ الفَىْءُ رِفْدًا [One of the signs] of the approach of the hour of resurrection shall be, that the tribute shall be a gratuity bestowed according to men's natural desires, and not according to right, or desert. (T, L.) ― -b2- Aid, help, or assistance; (T, M, L, Msb;) as also مِرْفدٌ and مَرْفدٌ [app. ↓ مِرْفَدٌ and ↓ مَرْفَدٌ]; (M;) by a gift, and by giving milk to drink, and by a saying, and by anything. (T.) ― -b3- A lot, share, or portion. (M, L.) ― -b4- Also, (IAar, Ibn-El-Mubárak, T, S, M, A, L, K,) and ↓ رَفْدٌ, (El-Muärrij, T, S, M, L, K,) and ↓ مِرْفَدٌ, (S, M, L, K,) and ↓ مَرْفَدٌ, (M, L,) A large [ drinking-cup, or bowl, of the kind called ] قَدَح, (T, S, A, L, K,) in which a guest is given to drink: (S, L:) this is the meaning most known; and this meaning is assigned by Zj to the third of the words above, i. e. مِرْفَدٌ: (T:) or a large عُسّ, (M, L,) larger than the common عُسّ, which latter is a large قَدَح that holds enough to satisfy the thirst of three men, or four, or more; larger than the غَمَر: (L:) or a قَدَح, (Ibn-El-Mubárak, T, M, L,) of whatever size it be; accord. to some: (M, L:) in a قَدَح a she-camel is milked: (T:) or a vessel in which one milks. (El-Muärrij, T.) One says, هُرِيقَ رِفْدُهُ [ His drinking-cup, or bowl, was emptied ], meaning (tropical:) he was slain; a phrase similar to صَفِرَتْ وِطَابُهُ, and كُفِئَتْ جَفْنَتُهُ: (A:) or he died. (K.) And مَدَّ فُلَانٌ بِأَرْفَادِى [app. Such a one drew water with my bowls ], meaning (tropical:) such a one aided me, or assisted me. (A, TA. [In my copy of the former, بِاءِرْفَادِى; which I think a mistranscription: in the latter, بِارْفَادِى])

رِفْدَةٌ ذ A company such as is termed عُصْبَة, of men, (M, L,) [ aiding one another: pl. رِفَدٌ: see De Sacy's Chrest. Ar., sec. ed., ii. 461.]

رَفُودٌ ذ A she-camel that fills the [ vessel called ] رِفْد or رَفْد at one milking: (S, A, K:) or that is constantly over her milking-vessel: or that yields an uninterrupted supply of milk: (IAar, L:) or that aids her owners by the abundance of her milk: (TA in art. ركد:) pl. رُفُدٌ. (L.)

رِفَادَةٌ ذ [ A kind of pad, or stuffed thing, beneath a saddle; ] a thing like the جَدْيَة of a horse's saddle, (S, Mgh, K,) for a beast: (K:) a support for the saddle of a horse or camel &c.: (M, L:) it is put beneath a horse's saddle in order that it may become raised thereby. (Lth, T.) ― -b2- A piece of rag with which a wound, (S, K,) &c., (S,) is furnished as a compress (يُرْفَدُ بِهَا). (S, K.) ― -b3- A contribution which the tribe of Kureysh made among themselves in the Time of Ignorance, for the purpose of purchasing for the pilgrims wheat, and raisins (S, M, K) for [ the beverage called ] نَبِيذ: (S, M:) each gave according to his ability, and thus they collected a great sum, in the days of the assembling of the pilgrims; and they continued to feed the people until the end of those days: (M:) the رِفَادَة and سِقَايَة [i. e. the supplying these provisions and this beverage] pertained to the Benoo-Háshim; and the سِدَانَة [or service of the Kaabeh], and the لِوَاآء [or banner], to the Benoo-'Abd-ed-Dár: (S:) the term رِفَادَةٌ used in relation to the feeding of the pilgrims is from رَفَدَهُ signifying “ he aided him by a gift ” &c.: (Mgh:) the first who performed this custom was Háshim Ibn-'Abd-Menáf. (T.) ― -b4- One says also, هُوَ رِفَادَةُ صِدْقٍ لِى and صِدْقٍ ↓ رَفِيدَةُ, meaning (tropical:) [ He is an excellent ] aider, or helper, or assistant, to me. (A.)

رَفِيدَةٌ ذ : see what next precedes.

رَافِدٌ ذ [act. part. n. of رَفَدَ; Giving, or giving a gift: and aiding, &c.]: pl. [رَافِدُونَ and] رُفَّدٌ. (TA.) You say, فُلَانٌ نِعْمَ الرَّافِدُ اـِذَا حَلَّ بِهِ الوَافِدُ [ Such a one is an excellent, or a most excellent, giver, or aider, when the comer alights at his abode ]. (A, TA.) And أَعْطَى زَكَاةَ مَالِهِ طَيِّبَةً بِهَا نَفْسُهُ رَافِدَةً عَلَيْهِ He gave the portion of his property that was due as the poor-rate, his soul being well pleased, or content, therewith, aiding him to do so. (L.) ― -b2- One who is next in station to a king, [ who aids him, ] and who, when the latter is absent, occupies his place. (IB.) ― -b3- (tropical:) A river that flows into, and augments, another river: you say نَهْرٌ لَهُ رَافِدَانِ (tropical:) A river that has two rivers flowing into it, and augmenting it. (A.) Hence, (A,) الرَّافِدَانِ is an appellation applied to (tropical:) The Tigris and Euphrates. (S, M, A, K.) ― -b4- [Hence,] one says also, فُلَانٌ يَمْدُّ البَرِيَّةَ رَافِدَاهُ (tropical:) Such a one's two hands or arms [ afford aid, or succour, to mankind ]. (A.)

رَافِدَةٌ ذ a word of the measure فَاعِلَةٌ [app. as meaning A thing that aids, helps, or assists, ] from الرَّفْدُ signifying “ the act of aiding, helping, or assisting. ” (TA.) رَوَافِدُ [is its pl., and] signifies The rafters, or beams, or timbers, (خَشَب, S, Mgh, K, or خُشُب, M,) of a roof, (IAar, S, M, Mgh, K,) over which are laid [ planks, or only ] the bundles of reeds, or canes, called حَرَادِىّ; (IAar, L in art. حرد;) as also رَافِدَاتٌ. (S, M.) A poet says, (describing a house, S in art. بخ,) رَوَافِدُهُ أَكْرَمُ الرَّافِدَاتِ [ Its rafters are the most excellent of rafters ]. (S, M.)

بَنُو أَرْفَدَةَ ذ , (S, K,) or أَرْفِدَة, which latter is the more common and more approved, (TA,) mentioned in a trad., (S,) A class of the Abyssinians, (S, K,) who danced: (S:) or a surname of them: or they were so called from the name of their chief ancestor, (TA.)

تَرْفِيدٌ ذ , a subst., like تَمْتِينٌ, and تَنْبِيتٌ, The posteriors of a woman. (IAar, M.)

مَرْفَدٌ ذ , and its pl. مَرَافِدُ: see رِفْدٌ, in four places.

مِرْفَدٌ ذ , and its pl. مَرَافِدُ: see رِفْدٌ, in four places. ― -b2- Also A piece of stuff, or a thing like a pillow, with which a woman small in the posteriors makes those parts to appear large. (S, K. *)

مَرَافِيدُ ذ [a pl. of which the sing. (probably مِرْفَادٌ, like مِغْزَارٌ and مِدْرَارٌ &c.,) is not mentioned,] Ewes, or she-goats, whose milk does not cease (S, K) in summer nor in winter. (S.)

1 رَفَسهُ ذ , (S, M, Msb, K, *) or رَفَسَهُ بِرِجْلِهِ, (M,) aor. رَفِسَ (S, M, Msb, K) and رَفُسَ , (M, K,) inf. n. رَفْسٌ (S, M, &c.) and رِفَاسٌ, (Jm, K,) or this is a simple subst., (M,) and رُفَاسٌ, (Jm,) [or this also is a simple subst.,] He kicked him, or struck him with his foot or leg, (S, M, Msb, K, *) in an absolute sense, (M, Msb,) or in, or upon, the breast. (Kh, M, Msb.) ― -b2- رَفَسَهُ, inf. n. رَفْسٌ, He pounded it, or brayed it; namely, flesh-meat, or other food; or anything; but originally, food. (M, TA.) -A2- رَفَسَ البَعِيرَ, (K,) aor. رَفُسَ , inf. n. رَفْسٌ, (TA,) He bound the camel with the رِفَاس [q. v.]. (K.)

رَفْسَةٌ ذ A kick, or blow with the foot or leg, [in an absolute sense, or] in, or upon, the breast. (Lth, K.)

رِفَاسٌ ذ The act, or habit, of kicking, or striking with the foot or leg, in an absolute sense, or in, or upon, the breast; as also ↓ رَفِيسٌ and ↓ رُفُوسٌ. (M, TA.) -A2- Also The [ cord, or rope, called ] اـِبَاض [q. v.]: (K:) or the bond with which the hind legs of the camel, when lying down, are bound to his thighs. (Ibn-'Abbád, TA.)

دَابَّةٌ رَفُوسٌ ذ A beast that has a habit of kicking, or striking with the foot or leg, in an absolute sense, or in, or upon, the breast. (M, TA.)

رُفُوسٌ ذ : see رِفَاسٌ.

رَفِيسٌ ذ : see رِفَاسٌ.

مِرْفَسٌ ذ An instrument with which flesh-meat is pounded. (M, TA.)

1 رَفَضَهُ ذ , aor. رَفِضَ and رَفُضَ , inf. n. رَفْضٌ (S, Mgh, Msb, K) and رَفَضٌ, (S, K,) He left, forsook, relinquished, abandoned, or deserted, him, or it. (S, A, Mgh, Msb, K.) ― -b2- He separated, dispersed, or scattered, it. (L.) ― -b3- رَفْضٌ also signifies The act of breaking [a thing]. (TA.) ― -b4- And The act of driving away. (TA.) ― -b5- And رَفَضَ He threw, cast, or shot: (K:) whence رَافِضٌ as explained below. (TA.) ― -b6- And رَفَضَ اـِبِلَهُ, (S, A, Msb, K,) aor. رَفِضَ (S) and رَفُضَ also, (O,) inf. n. رَفْضٌ and رَفَضٌ, (as in one copy of the S, but the former only in another copy,) He left his camels to separate, or disperse themselves, in their place of pasture, (S, A, Msb, K,) wherever they pleased, not turning them away from what they desired; (S;) as also ↓ ارفضها, (Msb, K,) inf. n. اـِرْفَاضٌ: (TA:) or, as the latter is explained by Fr, he sent them away without a pastor. (TA.) -A2- رَفَضَتِ الاـِبِلُ, (Fr, S, A, Msb, K,) aor. رَفِضَ , (Fr, S,) inf. n. رُفُوضٌ, (S,) or رَفْضٌ, (Fr,) The camels separated, or dispersed themselves, (Fr, A, Msb,) in the place of pasture: (Msb:) or pastured by themselves, (Fr, S, K,) the pastor seeing them, (S,) or looking at them, (K,) near or far off, (S,) not fatiguing them, nor collecting them together. (L.) Thus this verb is intrans. as well as trans. (TA.) [See also 9.] ― -b2- رَفَضَ النَّخْلُ The palm-tree expanded its raceme, and the قِيقَاآء [or envelope ] thereof fell off. (S, Sgh, K) ― -b3- رَفَضَ الوَادِى The valley widened; became wide; as also ↓ ارفض, (O, K,) and ↓ استرفض. (Ibn- 'Abbád and K.) ― -b4- رَفَضَ فُوهُ He shed his ثَغْر [or front teeth ]. (AA, TA.)

2 رفّض فِى القِرْبَةِ ذ , inf. n. تَرْفِيضٌ, He left a small quantity of water remaining in the skin. (AZ, S, K.) [See رَفْضٌ.] ― -b2- رفّض said of a horse, He put forth his veretrum without being vigorously lustful. (K.)

4 ارفض اـِبِلَهُ ذ : see 1. -A2- ارفض الوَادِى: see 1, last sentence but one.

5 ترفّض ذ It (a thing, TA) broke, or became broken, in pieces. (O, K.) ― -b2- See also 9, in three places.

9 ارفضّ ذ It (a thing) became dispersed, (S, A, K,) and departed, or went away; (S, K, TA;) as also ↓ ترفّض. (A, K, TA.) It (a company of men) separated, or became dispersed; or dispersed themselves; as also ↓ the latter verb. (Lth.) ― -b2- ارفضّ الدَّمْعُ, (S, TA,) or الدُّمُوعُ, (K,) The tears became scattered in drops: (S, K: [in one copy of the S, اِرْفِضَاضُ الدَّمْعِ is explained by تَرْشِيشُهُ; but the right reading is تَرَشُّشُهُ, which I find in two copies; as in the K:]) or flowed and became scattered; and flowed and dropped continuously: or flowed in a scattered manner: (L:) and ↓ ترفّض signifies the same. (TA.) You say also, ارفضّ السَّيْلُ [ The torrent dispersed itself ]. (S, K.) And ارفضّ جُرْحُهُ The thick purulent matter of his wound flowed, and became dispersed. (TA.) And ارفضّ عَرَقًا His sweat ran; and flowed. (TA.) ― -b3- ارفضّ الوَجَعُ (assumed tropical:) The pain ceased, or went away. (TA.) And ارفضّ مِنْهُ صَبْرِى (tropical:) [ My patience departed in consequence of it ]. (A, TA.)

10 اـِسْتَرْفَضَ see 1, last sentence but one.

رَفْضٌ ذ Camels in a state of separation, or dispersion; and in like manner, men, and goods, and plants or herbage: (A:) or camels pasturing by themselves, (S, K,) the pastor seeing them, (S,) or looking at them, (K,) near or far off: (S:) you say, اـِبِلٌ رَفْضٌ (S, K,) and ↓ رَفَضٌ also, and ↓ رَافِضَةٌ: (S, A, K:) and the pl. of رَفَضٌ is أَرْفَاضٌ: (S, K:) [and ↓ رُفُوضٌ seems to be a pl. of رَفْضٌ.] Also A herd of gazelles in a state of separation, or dispersion: pl. رِفَاضٌ. (TA.) You say also ↓ نَعَامٌ رَفَضٌ Ostriches in separate flocks. (S.) And فِى السَّفَرِ ↓ النَّاسُ أَرْفَاضٌ The men are in a state of separation, or dispersion, in journeying. (TA.) And النَّاسِ ↓ رُفُوضُ The different parties of men. (S, K.) And مِنْ كَلَأٍ ↓ رُفُوضٌ Scattered pieces of herbage or pasturage, (Jm, S, K,) distant one from another. (Jm, S, O.) And الأَرْضِ ↓ رُفُوضُ Land which is deserted after having been prohibited to the public: (S:) or which has no possessor: (O, L, K:) so says IDrd; but he adds, or, accord. to some, deserted land (L, TA) between two cultivated pieces of land, (L,) or between two pieces of land belonging to two tribes. (TA.) ↓ رَفَضٌ also signifies What is large, and in a state of separation or dispersion, of a thing: pl. أَرْفَاضٌ. (TA.) ― -b2- And رَفْضٌ, A side, or a part, or portion, (syn. جَانِبٌ,) of a thing. (TA.) ― -b3- Also رَفْضٌ, (IAar, ISk, Az, Z,) or ↓ رَفَضٌ, (AZ, Fr, A'Obeyd, S,) the latter said, in a marginal note in the S, to be the correct form heard from the Arabs, (TA,) or both, (Sgh, K,) A small quantity of water; (S, A, K;) and of milk; (A, TA;) remaining in the bottom of a skin or of a مَزَادَة; like a جُرْعَة: (TA:) or a little less than is sufficient to fill a skin: (IAar:) pl. ↓ أَرْفَاضٌ. (Lh.) ― -b4- And hence, the former, (tropical:) Food that is sufficient to sustain life; syn. قُوتٌ. (TA.)

رِفْضٌ ذ The persuasion, or creed, or a tenet, of the رَافِضَة; as in the saying attributed to the Imám Esh-Sháfi'ee, اـِنْ كَانَ رِفْضًا حُبُّ اآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ فَلْيَشْهَدِ الثَّقَلَانِ أَنِّى رَافِضَى [ If the love of the family of Mohammad be a tenet of the Ráfidees, let men and genii bear witness that I am a Ráfidee ]. (TA.)

رَفَضٌ ذ : and its pl. أَرْفَاضٌ: see رَفْضٌ, in six places.

رَجُلٌ رُفَضَةٌ ذ , (A, L,) or رَجُلٌ قُبَضَةٌ رُفَضَةٌ, (S, K,) A man who lays hold upon a thing, and then leaves it (S, A, L, K) without delay. (S, A, L.) And رَاعٍ قُبَضَةٌ رُفَضَةٌ A pastor who collects together the camels, and, when they come to a place which they like, leaves them to pasture where they will. (ISk, S, A. *) [See also art. قبض.]

رَفَضَاتٌ ذ , in the following saying, is from رَفَضَتِ الاـِبِلُ, explained above: لِشَوْقِى اـِلَيْكَ فِى قَلْبِى رَكَضَاتٌ وَلِحُبِّكَ فِى مَفَاصِلِى رَفَضَاتٌ (tropical:) [app. meaning By reason of my yearning for thee, in my heart are impulses; and by reason of the love of thee, in my joints are loosenesses ]. (A, TA.)

القَوْمُ رَفْضَى فِى بُيُوتِهِمْ ذ The people, or company of men, are in a state of separation, or dispersion, in their tents, or houses: heard by Az from an Arab of the desert. (TA.) [رَفْضَى seems to be a pl. of ↓ رَافِضٌ; like as هَلْكَى is of هَالِكٌ. See also رَفْضٌ.]

رُفَاضٌ ذ What is broken in pieces, and scattered, or dispersed, of a thing. (IDrd, S, K.)

شَرَكٌ رِفَاضٌ ذ Tracks in a road differing one from another: (S:) or furrows in the middle, or main part, of a road, separating, one from another; or separating to the right and left. (TA.)

رُفُوضٌ ذ : see رَفْضٌ, in four places.