Lane's Lexicon (Edward Lane, 1863)

2 تَرْفِيقٌ ذ [as the inf. n. of the verb in the phrase رُفِّقَتِ الشَّاةُ, if this verb have been used, means A sheep's, or goat's having the fore legs white to the elbows; for it] is from شَاةٌ مُرَفَّقَةٌ, explained below. (O.)

3 رافقهُ ذ He was, or became, his رَفِيق, or travelling-companion; he accompanied him in a journey; (S, O, Msb, K;) inf. n. مُرَافَقَةٌ (TK) and رِفَاقٌ. (TA.) ― -b2- And this latter inf. n. also signifies The being hypocritical, or acting hypocritically. (TA. [See also 3 in art. رمق.])

4 ارفقهُ ذ : see 1, second sentence. ― -b2- Also He profited him, or was useful to him; (S, O, K;) as also ↓ رَفَقَهُ. (K.) ― -b3- [And in the present day, it means He associated him بِغَيْرِهِ with another or others. ]

5 تَرَفَّقَ see 1, in four places.

6 ترافقوا ذ They were, or became, travellingcompanions; they travelled, or journeyed, together; as also ↓ ارتفقوا: (JK:) and ترافقا they two were, or became, travelling-companions; &c.: (K:) and ترافقنا فِى السَّفَرِ we were, or became, companions in travelling, or journeying. (S, O.)

8 ارتفق ذ i. q. طلب رفقا [i. e. طَلَبَ رِفْقًا] and استعان [both meaning He sought, or demanded, aid, or help ]. (Har p. 395. [See also 10.]) ― -b2- And hence, (Har ibid.,) ارتفق بِهِ He profited, or gained advantage or benefit, by him, or it, (S, Mgh, Msb, TA,) namely, a thing. (Msb.) [This phrase is also often used as meaning He made use of it; namely, a garment, and an implement, &c.] ― -b3- See also 6. -A2- Also He leaned upon the مِرْفَق of his arm [i. e. upon his elbow ]: (O, Msb, * K:) or upon the pillow [ called مِرْفَقَة]. (K.) -A3- And It was, or became, full, or filled. (K.)

10 استرفقهُ ذ He sought, or demanded, his profiting him, or being useful to him. (TA.)

Q. Q. 2 تَمَرْفَقَ ذ He took a مِرْفَقَة, i. e. pillow [ upon which to lean with his elbow ]. (S.)

رِفْقٌ ذ an inf. n. of رَفَقَ; (O, K;) Gentleness, softness, tenderness, graciousness, courteousness, or civility; contr. of عُنْفٌ; (S, O, Mgh, Msb;) i. q. لُطْفٌ, and حُسْنُ صَنِيعٍ, (IDrd, O, K,) or لِينُ جَانِبٍ and لَطَافَةُ فِعْلٍ; and so ↓ رَفَقٌ; (JK;) and ↓ رَافِقَةٌ likewise; whence the phrase أَوْلَى فُلَانًا رَافِقَةً [ He treated such a one with gentleness, &c.]. (JK, IDrd, O.) It is also explained as meaning Good submission to that which conduces to what is comely, or pleasing. (TA.) ― -b2- And Gentleness, delicacy, nicety, neatness, or skilfulness, in work or operation; contr. of خُرْقٌ. (Mgh.) ― -b3- Also A thing by means of which one seeks help or assistance. (K.) See also مِرْفَقٌ.

رَفَقٌ ذ inf. n. of رَفِقَ: see the next preceding paragraph. -A2- [Also Easy of attainment. ] You say مَرْتَعٌ رَفَقٌ [ A place of pasturing, or of unrestrained and plentiful pasturing, ] easy to be sought [ and attained ]. (S, O.) And مَاآءٌ رَفَقٌ Water that is easy (JK, S, O, K) to be sought (JK, S, O) and taken: (JK:) or of which the well-rope is short. (K.) And حَاجَةٌ رَفَقُ البِغْيَةِ An object of want that is easy [ to be sought and attained ]. (O, K.) -A3- Also A distortion of the elbow of a camel from the side. (Lth, S, O, K. [Said to be the inf. n. of رَفِقَ, q. v.]) ― -b2- And A stoppage of the orifice of the teat, (K,) or of the orifices of the teats, (O,) of a she-camel: (O, K:) so says Zeyd Ibn-Kuthweh: (O:) or a disorder in the orifice of the teat, in consequence of being badly milked, or of the milker's not shaking the teat to remove what remained in it, so that the milk reverts into the udder, and turns to blood, or becomes coagulated and mixed with yellow water. (K. [Perhaps in this sense, also, an inf. n.: see 1, last sentence.]) -A4- See also رُفْقَةٌ.

رَفْقَةٌ ذ : see what next follows.

رُفْقَةٌ ذ , (JK, S, O, Mgh, Msb, K,) in the dial. of Temeem, (Msb,) and ↓ رِفْقَةٌ, (S, O, Msb, K,) in the dial. of Keys, (Msb,) and ↓ رَفْقَةٌ, and on the authority of Ibn-Tal-hah ↓ رُفَاقَةٌ, (K, [in which this last is said to be like ثُمَامَةُ, to indicate that it is with damm to the ر, but not (as will be shown below, voce رَفِيقٌ,) that it is without tenween, imperfectly decl., and determinate like الرُّفْقَةُ,]) Persons travelling, or journeying, together; (Mgh;) a company of persons [ travelling, or journeying, or] with whom one is travelling, or journeying; but not when they have separated: (S, O, Msb, K:) or persons with whom one travels, or journeys, as long as they are congregated in one place of assembly, and in one journey; but not when they have separated: (JK:) pl. [of mult.] رِفَاقٌ, (S, O, Mgh, Msb, K,) which is pl. of رُفْقَةٌ, (Mgh, Msb,) and رُفَقٌ, [which is also pl. of رُفْقَةٌ,] and [of pauc.] أَرْفَاقٌ; (O, K;) and the pl. of رِفْقَةٌ is رِفَقٌ: (Msb:) or رُفْقَةٌ is a quasi-pl. n. of ↓ رَفِيقٌ, or syn. with this last used in a pl. sense; and its pl. is رِفَقٌ and رُفَقٌ and [quasi-pl. n.] ↓ رَفَقٌ. (K.) [Golius explains the first and second and third, as on the authority of the KL, by the words “ consortium, societas: ” but in my copy of the KL, I find only the first and second; and these are explained only by the words Gروه همراهان, agreeably with the renderings which I have given above.] ― -b2- The pl. رِفَاقٌ also signifies Camels upon which people have gone forth to purvey for themselves wheat, or corn, or other provisions from the towns or villages; each, or every, company being termed a رُفْقَة. (TA voce رَطَانَةٌ.)

رِفْقَةٌ ذ : see the next preceding paragraph.

رَفِقَةٌ ذ as an epithet applied to a she-camel: see أَرْفَقُ.

رِفَاقٌ ذ The cord that is used for the purpose described in the explanation of رَفَقَ النَّاقَةَ, (S, O, K,) or in the explanation of رَفَقَ البَعِيرَ. (JK.) [See 1, in the latter part of the paragraph.] So in the saying of Bishr, (S,) i. e. of Bishr Ibn-Abee- Házim, (O,) فَاـِنِّى وَالشَّكَاةَ مِنَ الِ لَأْىٍ كَذَاتِ الضِغْنِ تَمْشِى فِى الرِّفَاقِ (O,) or وَاآلَ لَامٍ, (S, O,) accord. to different readings: (O:) [i. e. And verily I, with respect to the fault, or the complaint, of the family of Läy, or and the family of Lám, am like her that yearns towards, or longs for, her home, or accustomed place, going along with her arm and shank in the رفاق]: he says, I am withheld from satirizing them, like as this she-camel that yearns towards, or longs for, her home, or accustomed place, is bound and withheld; but if they do not what I approve, I will let loose my tongue with satirizing them. (O.) ― -b2- Also A thing in form like a finger, made for the teat of a she-camel when she is affected with the [ disorder termed ] رَفَق: it is stuffed with dates, and then the صِرَار [q. v.] is bound over it, in order that it [ the teat ] may be cured. (JK.)

رَفِيقٌ ذ Gentle, soft, tender, gracious, courteous, or civil; (JK, Msb;) as also ↓ رَافِقٌ. (JK.) ― -b2- And hence, (Msb,) Gentle, delicate, nice, neat, or skilful, in work or operation; contr. of أَخْرَقُ. (S, O, Msb, K.) ― -b3- [Hence, also,] هٰذَا الأَمْرُ رَفِيقٌ بِكَ and بِكَ ↓ رَافِقٌ and رَافِقٌ عَلَيْكَ (assumed tropical:) [ This affair, or thing, is easy, or convenient, to thee: see أَرْفَقُ]. (O.) -A2- Also A companion (JK, S, O, Msb, K) and companions (JK, S, O, K) in travel-ling, or journeying, and afterwards: (Kh, S, O, Msb, K:) used as sing. and pl., (JK, S, O, K,) like صَدِيقٌ (S, O) and خَلِيطٌ: (O:) pl. رُفَقَاآءُ; (JK, S, O, K;) with which ↓ رُفَاقَةٌ is syn., as in the phrase فِتْيَةٌ رُفَاقَةٌ [ Young men companions &c.]. (JK.) See also رُفْقَةٌ. It is said in the Kur [iv. 71], وَحَسُنَ أُولَائِكَ رَفِيقًا, (JK, S, O,) meaning رُفَقَاآءَ [i. e. And good, or very good, will be those as companions after the journey of life] in Paradise! (JK.) And Mohammad is related by 'Áïsheh to have said, [just before his death,] when he had been given his choice between continuance in the present world and what was with God, and had chosen the latter, بَلِ الرَّفِيقَ الأَعْلَى مِنَ الجَنَّةِ [ Nay, rather, the highest companions of Paradise ]; meaning, I desire the company, or congregation, of the prophets. (O.)

رُفَاقَةٌ ذ : see رُفْقَةٌ and رَفِيقٌ.

رَافِقٌ ذ : see رَفِيقٌ, in two places.

رَافِقَةٌ ذ : see رِفْقٌ.

أَرْفَقُ ذ [compar. and superl. of رَفِيقٌ; meaning More, and most, gentle, &c.] ― -b2- [Hence,] one says, هٰذَا الأَمْرُ أَرْفَقُ بِكَ [and عَلَيْكَ] (assumed tropical:) This affair, or thing, is more, or most, easy, or convenient, to thee. (TA in art. عود.) [See also an instance voce مَحْنِيَةٌ (in art. حنو), last sentence.] -A2- Also, applied to a camel, Having the elbow (المِرْفَق) distorted from the side: (JK, S, O, K:) so says Lth: (O:) and so the fem. رَفْقَاآءُ, applied to a she-camel: (JK, S:) but Az says that the epithet preserved by him in his memory as heard from the Arabs applied to a camel is أَدْفَقُ, with دال. (O.) ― -b2- Accord. to As, (O,) رَفْقَاآءُ applied to a she-camel signifies Having the orifice of her teat stopped up; (O, K;) and so ↓ رَفِقَةٌ: (K:) the latter is said by Zeyd Ibn-Kuthweh to signify, so applied, having the orifices of her teats stopped up. (O.)

مَرْفَقٌ ذ : see مِرْفَقٌ, in two places.

مَرْفِقٌ ذ : see what next follows, in three places.

مِرْفَقٌ ذ and ↓ مَرْفِقٌ inf. ns. of رَفَقَ, (AZ, O, K,) of which ↓ مَرْفَقٌ also is an inf. n. (O, K.) ― -b2- Also A thing by which one profits, or gains advantage or benefit. (S, O, Msb, K.) It is said in the Kur [xviii. 15], وَيُهَيِّئُ لَكُمْ مِنْ أَمْرِكُمْ مِرْفَقًا or ↓ مَرْفِقًا, accord. to different readers, [i. e. And He will prepare for you a condition of your case by which ye shall profit ], but no one reads ↓ مَرْفَقًا, (S, O,) which, however, is allowable, meaning ↓ رِفْقًا. (S. [See رِفْقٌ, last sentence.]) The pl. is مَرَافِقُ. (Msb.) ― -b3- [Hence,] مَرَافِقُ الدَّارِ Such appertenances [or conveniences ] of the house as the privy and the kitchen and the like: (Mgh, Msb:) or the sinks, and the like, of the house: (S, O, K:) and particularly privies: (O:) when used in these senses, the sing. is مِرْفَقٌ only, with kesr to the م and fet-h to the ف, (Mgh, Msb,) likened to the noun signifying an instrument. (Msb.) [See also حَيِّزٌ, in art. حوز.] ― -b4- And from the same words in the sense expl. in the second sentence above, (Msb,) مِرْفَقٌ and ↓ مَرْفِقٌ signify also The elbow, or elbow-joint; the place where the ذِرَاع joins upon the عَضُد; (S, O, K;) [in other words,] the place where the عَضُد is connected with the سَاعِد; (Mgh;) the مرفق of a man: (Msb:) [and in like manner in a beast, the elbow, or elbowjoint, as in the JK, S, O, and K, voce أَرْفَقُ; and in countless other instances: but in the K voce رُكْبَةٌ (q. v.), it seems to be applied to the knee of a beast:] pl. as above. (Msb.)

مِرْفَقَةٌ ذ A pillow (S, O, Mgh, K) upon which one leans [ with the elbow ]: from مِرْفَقٌ in the sense explained in the last sentence of the next preceding paragraph. (Mgh.)

شَاةٌ مُرَفَّقَةٌ ذ A sheep, or goat, having the fore legs white to the elbows. (O, K.)

مِرْفَاقٌ ذ A camel whose elbow hurts (يُصِيبُ) his side. (O, K.) ― -b2- And A she-camel that is hurt by the صِرَار [q. v.] when her udder is bound therewith, and from whom blood issues (JK, O, K) when she is loosed [ therefrom ] (اـِذَا حُلَّتْ), (JK,) or when she is milked (اذا حُلِبَتْ). (O, K.)

مَرْفُوقٌ ذ A camel having a complaint of his مِرْفَق [or elbow ]. (IDrd, O, K.)

مُرْتَفَقٌ ذ A place, or thing, upon which one leans [properly with the مِرْفَق, or elbow ]. (Bd in xviii. 28 and 30.)

مُرْتَفِقٌ ذ Leaning upon his elbow. (S, O.) -A2- Also Full, standing, and continuing, or remaining: (O, K:) or nearly full: so explained by IAar as occurring in the following verse of 'Obeyd Ibn-El-Abras, (O,) describing rain that had filled the low tracts of ground: (TA in art. صوح:) فَأَصْبَحَ الرَّوْضُ وَالقِيعَانُ مُمْرِعَةً مِنْ بَيْنِ مُرْتَفِقٍ مِنْهَا وَمُنْصَاحِ [ And the meadows, and the plain, or soft, low tracts, became abundant with herbage, partly by what was full, &c., in consequence thereof, and partly by what was flowing, running upon the surface of the ground ]: (O:) or, as some relate it, مُتْرَعَةً [i. e. “ filled ”]; and مُرْتَتِقٍ, which means herbage “ of which the blossoms have not yet come forth from their calyxes; ” and مُنْصَاح [accord. to this reading] meaning herbage “ of which the blossoms have appeared: ” (TA in art. صوح:) [or, accord. to the reading مُرْتَتِقٍ, the meaning may be, “ partly such as were compact thereof, ” i. e. of the meadows &c., “ and partly such as were cracked ” by the heat and drought:] another reading is مِنْ بَيْنِ مُرْتَفِقٍ مِنْهَا وَمِنْ طَاحِى من طاحى meaning “ of what was flowing and going away. ” (TA ubi suprà.) [Nearly the whole of this art. is wanting in the copies of the TA to which I have had access.]

1 رَفِلَ ذ , (S, M, K,) aor. رَفَلَ , (K,) inf. n. رَفَلٌ; (S, M;) and رَفَلَ, aor. رَفُلَ , (M, K,) inf. n. رَفْلٌ; (M;) He was awkward (S, M, K,) in his manner of wearing his clothes, (S,) or with his clothes [ when walking &c. (see رَفِلٌ)], and in every work. (M, K.) ― -b2- And رَفَلَ, (M, K,) or رَفَلَ فِى ثِيَابِهِ, (S, TA,) aor. رَفُلَ , (S, M,) inf. n. رَفْلٌ (Lth, T, M, K) and رُفُولٌ (T, TA) and رَفَلَانٌ; (M, K;) and ↓ ارفل; (S, M, K;) He dragged his skirt, and kicked it with his foot: (Lth, T:) or he made his clothes long, and dragged them, walking with an elegant and a proud and self-conceited gait, with an affected inclining of his body from side to side: (S:) or he dragged his skirt, and walked in the manner described above: or he moved his arm up and down [ in walking ]: (M, K:) and فِى ثِيَابِهِ ↓ ترفّل signifies the same as رَفَلَ and ارفل: (TA:) or ↓ اـِرْفَالٌ [inf. n. of 4] signifies a man's having a long garment, such as a skirt and a جُبَّة: (Khálid Ibn-Jembeh, T in art. ذيل:) and one says, فِى مِشْيَتِهَا خرْقًا ↓ تَتَرَفَّلُ [ She drags her skirt, &c., in her gait, by reason of awkwardness ]. (S.) تَرْفُلُ المَرَافِلَا, a phrase used by Ru-beh, [↓ مَرَافِلُ being app. pl. of مَرْفَلٌ, a regular inf. n. of رَفَلَ,] means She walks with every sort of رَفْل or رُفُول [i. e. dragging of the skirt, &c.]. (Lth, T accord. to different copies.) And ↓ تَرْفَلَ, inf. n. تَرْفَلَةٌ, He walked with an inclining of his body from side to side (تَبَخْتَرَ) by reason of pride (كِبْرًا), or by reason of old age (كِبَرًا): (K, accord. to different copies:) the ت is augmentative. (TA.) -A2- See also the next paragraph, last sentence, in two places.

2 تَرْفِيلٌ ذ The making a garment ample, or long towards the ground: the letting it down, or making it to hang down: (TA:) [and so ↓ اـِرْفَالٌ:] you say, ثِيَابَهُ ↓ ارفل, (Sh, T,) or ثَوْبَهُ, (M,) or رِفْلَهُ, (K, TA, in the CK رَفِلَهُ,) He let down, or made to hang down, his garments, or his garment, or his skirt. (Sh, T, M, K.) ― -b2- Hence, (TA,) رفّلهُ, (A 'Obeyd, T, S, M,) inf. n. as above, (Sh, T, S, M, K,) (tropical:) He magnified him, or honoured him: (A 'Obeyd, T, S, M, K:) he made him a king, (A 'Obeyd, T, M, K,) and a lord, or chief, (Sh, T, M, K,) and a commander, and a judge: (TA:) [like رَفَّدَهُ:] and he rendered him submissive; made him to submit; or brought him under, or into, subjection: (M, K:) thus it has two contr. meanings; (K;) [like تَرَّفَهُ;] for when a man is made judge in an affair, it is as though he were subjected to service therein. (TA.) Dhu-r-Rummeh says, اـِذَا نَحْنُ رَفَّلْنَا ا@مْرَأً سَادَ قَوْمَهُ وَاـِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ مِنْ قَبْلِ ذٰلِكَ يُذْكَرُ (assumed tropical:) [ When we magnify a man, or make a man a king, &c., he becomes lord, or chief, of his people, though he have been before that not mentioned ]. (T, S, M.) And you say, رُفِّلَ فُلَانٌ (assumed tropical:) Such a one was made a lord, or chief, over his people. (Sh, T.) ― -b3- Also (tropical:) He increased, or exceeded, to him that over which he had authority to judge, or to decide. (TA.) ― -b4- And تَرْفِيلٌ also signifies (tropical:) The leaving a well for its water to collect in it; (S, O, K;) and so ↓ رَفْلٌ: (O, K:) you say, رفّل الرَّكيَّة (tropical:) He left the well for its water to collect in it; (Ks, T, M;) as also ↓ رَفَلَهَا, aor. رَفُلَ , inf. n. رَفْلٌ. (O.)

4 ارفل ذ , and its inf. n. اـِرْفَالٌ: see 1, in two places: -A2- and see also 2, in two places.

5 تَرَفَّلَ see 1, in two places. ― -b2- ترفّل also signifies (tropical:) He was, or became, or was made, a lord, or chief. (Sh, T, TA.) Hence, in a trad. of Wáïl Ibn-Hojr, يَتَرَفَّلُ عَلَى الأَقْوَالِ حَيْثُ كَانُوا مِنْ أَهْلِ حَضْرَمَوْتَ (tropical:) [ He is, or will be, &c., a lord, or chief, over the subordinate kings, wherever they are, of the people of Hadramowt ]. (T, * TA.)

Q. Q. 1 تَرْفَلَ ذ , inf. n. تَرْفَلَةٌ: see 1.

رِفْلٌ ذ , (IDrd, O, K, TA,) or, as in some copies of the Jm, ↓ رِفَلٌّ, (O, TA,) or ↓ رَفَلٌ, (accord. to a copy of the M,) or ↓ رَفِلٌ, (accord. to the CK,) [in the K said to be with kesr, which, accord. to a rule observed in that work, indicates that it is رِفْلٌ,] The skirt, or lower extremity, of a garment. (M, O, K.) You say, أَرْفَلَ رِفْلَهُ [explained above: see 2]. (K.) And قَمِيصٌ سَابِغُ الرِّفْلِ, i. e. [ A shirt ample, or long, ] in the skirt. (TA.)

رَفَلٌ ذ (tropical:) The water that collects after drawing, (جَمَّة, thus accord. to the T and O and some copies of the K, [and this is said in the TA to be the right explanation,]) or the black mud, or black fetid mud, (حَمْأَة, thus accord. to other copies of the K, or مُكْلَة [which has the same or a similar meaning], thus accord. to the M and A and L,) of a well. (T, M, O, A, L, K.) -A2- See also the next preceding paragraph. -A3- رَفَلْ رَفَلْ A call to the ewe, to be milked. (Ibn-'Abbád, K.)

رَفِلٌ ذ Awkward (S, M, K) in his manner of wearing his clothes, (S,) or with his clothes [ when walking &c.], and in every work; as also ↓ أَرْفَلُ; fem. [of the latter] ↓ رَفْلَاآءُ. (M, K.) And رَفِلَةٌ (Lth, T, M, K, TA) and ↓ رَافِلَةٌ (Lth, T, TA) A woman who drags her skirt (Lth, T, M, K, TA) well, or beautifully, (M, K, TA,) when she walks, and who walks with an elegant and a proud and self-conceited gait, with an affected inclining of the body from side to side: (Lth, T, TA:) or the former signifies a woman who drags her skirt (تَتَرَفَّلُ), in her gait, by reason of awkwardness: (S, TA:) and ↓ رَفْلاآءُ, a woman who does not walk well (ADk, T, S, M, K) in her clothes, (ADk, T, S, M,) dragging her garment, (M,) or dragging her skirt: (K:) and ↓ رَافِلٌ, a man making his clothes long, and dragging them, walking with an elegant and a proud and self-conceited gait, with an affected inclining of his body from side to side; (S;) in which sense رَفِلَةٌ may be well used as an epithet applied to a woman: (Lth, T:) or ↓ رَافِلٌ (TA) and ↓ تَرْفِيلٌ, (Seer, M, K, TA,) in which latter the ت is augmentative, (TA,) signify a man who drags his skirt, and walks in the manner last described above; or who moves his arm up and down in walking. (Seer, M, K, TA.) ― -b2- Also, i. e. رَفِلٌ, Foolish; stupid; or unsound, or deficient, in intellect, or understanding. (S.) ― -b3- And رَفِلَةٌ, A foul, or an unseemly, or ugly, woman; (M, K;) as also ↓ رِفَلَّةٌ, (M,) or ↓ رِفِلَةٌ, with two kesrehs: (K:) and the same epithets are applied likewise in this sense to a man. (M.) -A2- See also رِفْلٌ.

رِفِلَةٌ ذ : see the next preceding paragraph, near the end.

رِفَلٌّ ذ Long in the tail; (Lth, T, S, M, K;) applied to a garment: (S:) or, thus applied, wide, or ample: (M, K:) in the former sense, applied to a horse, (Lth, As, T, M,) and to a bull, (Lth, T,) and to a camel, (Lth, T, S, M,) and to a mountaingoat; (M;) and رَفَنٌّ signifies the same: (Lth, As, M:) and applied to a horse as meaning also (M) having much flesh; (M, K;) and so رِفَنٌّ: (M:) and to a camel as meaning also wide in the skin: (Lth, T, S, M, K:) and, applied to hair, long; (M;) [or] so ↓ رَفَالٌ, like سَحَابٌ; (K;) or ↓ رُفَالٌ, or ↓ رِفَالٌ; (so accord. to different copies of the T;) and so ↓ رَفَالٌ applied to a garment. (TA.) Also A man having a long skirt. (Ham p. 386.) ― -b2- [Hence,] عَيْشٌ رِفَلٌّ, (TA,) or مَعِيشَةٌ رِفَلَّةٌ, (S, M, in one copy of the S رَفِلَةٌ,) (tropical:) Ample means of subsistence. (S, M, TA.) -A2- See also رِفْلٌ. -A3- And see رَفِلٌ.

رَفَالٌ ذ : see the next preceding paragraph, in two places.

رُفَالٌ ذ : see رِفَلٌ.

رِفَالٌ ذ : see رِفَلٌّ. -A2- رِفَالُ التَّيْسِ A thing that is put before the penis of the goat, in order that he may not copulate. (IDrd, M, K.)

رَافِلٌ ذ ; and its fem., with ة: see رَفِلٌ, in three places.

أَرْفَلُ ذ ; and its fem., رَفْلَاآءُ: see رَفِلٌ, in three places.

تَرْفِيلٌ ذ : see رَفِلٌ.

اـِزَارٌ مُرْفَلٌ ذ [ A waist-wrapper ] made to hang down. (Sh, T.) [Hence, perhaps, what next follows.]

مرفلة ذ [written without any syll. signs, app. either مُرْفَلَةٌ or مُرَفَّلَةٌ, an epithet used as a subst., or converted into a subst. by the addition of ة,] A long [ dress or garment such as is called ] حُلَّة, in which one drags his skirt, and walks with an elegant and a proud and self-conceited gait (يُرْفَلُ فِيهَا). (TA.)

مُرَفَّلَةٌ ذ A she-camel having her udder bound with a piece of rag, which is made to hang down over her teats so as to cover them. (M, O, L, K.) ― -b2- [See also the next preceding paragraph.]

مِرْفَالٌ ذ , applied to a woman, means كَثِيرَةُ الرُّفُولِ فِى ثَوْبِهَا [i. e. Who drags her skirt, &c., much ]: (Lth, T:) [and in like manner,] applied to a man, (TA,) كَثيرُ الرَّفَلَانِ [which means the same: see 1]. (M, K, TA.)

مَرَافِلُ ذ [app. pl. of مَرْفَلٌ, an inf. n. of رَفَلَ]: see 1.