رفض

Root entry · 24 derived lemmas

The root 'rafada' (رفض) primarily denotes the act of leaving, abandoning, or letting go of something or someone. It extends to concepts of scattering, breaking apart, and ceasing, as well as specific applications in animal husbandry and geographical terms.

Derived headwords

رَفَضَverb

1.
to abandonboth
To leave something or someone behind, to forsake or reject them.
2.
to breakboth
To break something into pieces, to shatter it.
3.
to scatterclassical
To cause something to disperse or scatter.

رفضني فرفضته — He abandoned me, so I abandoned him.

رفضت الشيء أرفضه وأرفضه رفضا ورفضا: تركته وفرقته — I abandoned the thing, I abandon it, and I abandon it, a rejection and a scattering: I left it and separated it.

الرَّفْضnoun

1.
abandonmentboth
The act of leaving or forsaking something or someone.
2.
scattered thingsclassical
Things that are dispersed or broken apart.
3.
a small amountclassical
A small quantity of liquid remaining in a container.
4.
sustenanceclassical
Provisions or sustenance, derived from the meaning of a small amount.

الرفض: تركك الشيء — Rejection: your leaving a thing.

أَرْفَاضnoun

1.
scattered thingsboth
Broken pieces or scattered fragments of something.
2.
dispersed herdsclassical
Scattered groups of animals, like sheep or gazelles.
3.
small amountsclassical
Small quantities of liquid remaining in a container.

له هيدب دان كأن فروجه، ... فويق الحصى والأرض، أرفاض حنتم — It has dangling fringes, as if its openings were, ... above the pebbles and the earth, scattered fragments of dark jars.

ارْفَضَّverb

1.
to scatterboth
To disperse, to break apart and scatter.
2.
to flow profuselyboth
To flow abundantly and continuously, especially of tears or sweat.
3.
to ceaseclassical
To cease or disappear, used for pain.

وارفض الدمع ارفضاضا وترفض: سال وتفرق وتتابع سيلانه وقطرانه — And tears scattered profusely: they flowed, separated, and their flow and dripping followed one another.

ثم ارفض عرقا وأقر أي جرى عرقه وسال ثم سكن وانقاد وترك الاستصعاب — Then he sweated profusely and stopped, meaning his sweat flowed and streamed, then it subsided, he became compliant, and abandoned his stubbornness.

ارْفِضَاضnoun

1.
profuse flowingboth
The abundant and continuous flow of tears or sweat.
2.
scatteringclassical
The act of scattering or dispersing.

تَرَفَّضَverb

1.
to scatterboth
To scatter or disperse, often used for tears.
2.
to break apartclassical
To break into pieces, to shatter.

وترفض عند المحفظات الكتائف يقول: هو الذي إذا رآك مظلوما رق لك وذهب حقده — And the shoulder-straps scattered at the places of protection, meaning he is one who, when he sees you wronged, feels pity for you and his grudge disappears.

وترفض الشيء إذا تكسر — And a thing scattered when it broke.

مَرْفَضnoun

1.
scattered placeclassical
A place where things are scattered or dispersed.
2.
watercourseclassical
A channel or depression where water collects or flows.

ساق إليها ماء كل مرفض — He brought to it the water of every watercourse.

الرَّفَّاضnoun

1.
scattered pathsclassical
Diverging or scattered tracks or paths in a road.
2.
scattered herdsclassical
A dispersed flock or herd of animals.

بالعيس فوق الشرك الرفاض — With the camels over the scattered paths.

رَفِيضadjective

1.
brokenclassical
Broken into pieces, shattered.

ووالى ثلاثا واثنتين وأربعا، ... وغادر أخرى في قناة رفيض — And he followed with three, and two, and four, ... and left another in a broken shaft.

رَفُوضnoun

1.
dispersed peopleclassical
People who have separated or dispersed.
2.
uninhabited landsclassical
Areas of land that are left untended or unowned.

من أسد أو من رفوض الناس — From lions or from the dispersed people.

الرَّوَافِضname

1.
Shiite sectclassical
A group of Shiites who abandoned Zayd ibn Ali.

والروافض: قوم من الشيعة، سموا بذلك لأنهم تركوا زيد بن علي — And the Rawafid: a people from the Shiites, so named because they abandoned Zayd ibn Ali.

رَافِضَةnoun

1.
abandonerclassical
One who abandons or rejects.
2.
a group that abandonsclassical
A faction or group that has left or abandoned a leader or cause.

وكل طائفة منهم رافضة — And each group among them is a rejecter.

إِبِلٌ رَافِضَةnoun

1.
dispersed camelsclassical
Camels that are allowed to roam freely and scatter in pastures.

وهي إبل رافضة ورفض أيضا — And they are dispersed camels and also scattered.

رَفَضَnoun

1.
dispersed camelsclassical
Camels that are scattered and allowed to graze freely.

وهي إبل رافضة ورفض أيضا — And they are dispersed camels and also scattered.

رَفْضَةnoun

1.
scattered peopleclassical
People who are dispersed or scattered.

والقوم رفض في بيوتهم أي تفرقوا في بيوتهم — And the people are scattered in their homes, meaning they are dispersed in their homes.

مَرَافِضnoun

1.
mountain slopesclassical
The lower parts or slopes of mountains where water might collect.
2.
flood channelsclassical
Places where floodwaters converge or originate.

مرافض الأرض: مساقطها من نواحي الجبال ونحوها — The flood channels of the land: their lower parts from the sides of the mountains and the like.

رَفَضَnoun

1.
a small amount of waterclassical
A small quantity of water remaining in a waterskin or container.

والرفض والرفض من الماء واللبن: الشيء القليل يبقى في القربة أو المزادة وهو مثل الجرعة — And the rafḍ and rafḍ of water and milk: the small amount that remains in the waterskin or watersack, which is like a sip.

رَفَضَnoun

1.
a small amount of milkclassical
A small quantity of milk remaining in a container.

رَفَضَverb

1.
to scatterclassical
To scatter, used for palm fronds.

ورفض النخل وذلك إذا انتشر عذقه وسقط قيقاؤه — And the date palms scattered, and that is when their spathes spread and their pollen fell.

رَفِيضnoun

1.
broken piecesclassical
The broken or shattered parts of something.

ورفضت الشيء أرفضه وأرفضه رفضا، فهو مرفوض ورفيض: كسرته — I broke the thing, I break it and I break it, so it is broken and broken pieces: I broke it.

مَرْفُوضadjective

1.
abandonedboth
Left behind, forsaken, or rejected.
2.
brokenclassical
Broken into pieces.

ورفضت الشيء أرفضه وأرفضه رفضا، فهو مرفوض ورفيض: كسرته — I broke the thing, I break it and I break it, so it is broken and broken pieces: I broke it.

رَفَّاضَةnoun

1.
herders of scattered landsclassical
People who tend to livestock in scattered or remote areas.

والرفاضة: الذين يرعون رفوض الأرض — And the Rafada: those who herd the scattered lands.

رَفُوضadjective

1.
scatteredclassical
Dispersed or spread out.

ونعام رفض أي فرق — And ostriches scattered, meaning dispersed.

رَافِضnoun

1.
archerclassical
A person who shoots arrows, a thrower.

لا يألوك رافضها صخرا — Its thrower does not fail you with stones.

Parallel reading

تقول: رفضني فرفضته، رفضت الشيء أرفضه وأرفضه رفضا ورفضا: تركته وفرقته.

You say: He abandoned me, so I abandoned him; I abandoned the thing, I abandon it, and I abandon it, a rejection and a scattering: I left it and separated it.

الجوهري: الرفض الترك، وقد رفضه يرفضه ويرفضه.

Al-Jawhari said: Rejection is leaving, and he rejected him, he rejects him and he rejects him.

والرفض: الشيء المتفرق، والجمع أرفاض.

And rejection: the scattered thing, and its plural is arfāḍ.

وارفض الدمع ارفضاضا وترفض: سال وتفرق وتتابع سيلانه وقطرانه.

And tears scattered profusely: they flowed, separated, and their flow and dripping followed one another.

وارفض دمعه ارفضاضا إذا انهل متفرقا.

And his tears scattered profusely when they poured out scattered.

وفي حديث البراق: أنه استصعب على النبي، صلى الله عليه وسلم، ثم ارفض عرقا وأقر أي جرى عرقه وسال ثم سكن وانقاد وترك الاستصعاب؛

And in the hadith of Al-Buraq: it became difficult for the Prophet, peace be upon him, then it sweated profusely and stopped, meaning its sweat flowed and streamed, then it subsided, became compliant, and abandoned its stubbornness;

ومننه حديث الحوض: حتى يرفض عليهم أي يسيل.

And from it is the hadith of the Basin: until it flows over them, meaning it streams.

وفي حديث مرة بن شراحيل: عوتب في ترك الجمعة فذكر أن به جرحا ربما ارفض في إزاره أي سال فيه قيحه وتفرق.

And in the hadith of Murrah ibn Sharahil: he was reproached for missing Friday prayer, so he mentioned that he had a wound that might ooze in his garment, meaning its pus flowed and scattered within it.

وارفض الوجع: زال.

And the pain ceased: it disappeared.

والرفاض: الطرق المتفرقة أخاديدها؛ قال رؤبة: بالعيس فوق الشرك الرفاض هي أخاديد الجادة المتفرقة.

And Al-Rafāḍ: the scattered paths with their grooves; Ru'bah said: With the camels over the scattered paths, meaning the diverging grooves of the road.

والرفاض: المرفضة المتفرقة يمينا وشمالا.

And Al-Rafāḍ: the scattered places to the right and left.

وفي حديث عمر: أن امرأة كانت تزفن والصبيان حولها إذ طلع عمر، رضي الله عنه، فارفض الناس عنها أي تفرقوا.

And in the hadith of Umar: a woman was dancing and the children were around her when Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, appeared, and the people scattered from her, meaning they dispersed.

وترفض الشيء إذا تكسر.

And a thing scattered when it broke.

ورفضت الشيء أرفضه وأرفضه رفضا، فهو مرفوض ورفيض: كسرته.

And I broke the thing, I break it and I break it, so it is broken and broken pieces: I broke it.

ورفضت الشيء: ما تحطم منه وتفرق، وجمع الرفض أرفاض؛ قال طفيل يصف سحابا: له هيدب دان كأن فروجه، ... فويق الحصى والأرض، أرفاض حنتم

And the rafḍ of a thing: what is broken and scattered from it, and the plural of rafḍ is arfāḍ; Tufayl said, describing clouds: It has dangling fringes, as if its openings were, ... above the pebbles and the earth, scattered fragments of dark jars.

ورفوض الناس: فرقهم؛ قال: من أسد أو من رفوض الناس

And the rafūḍ of people: their separation; he said: From lions or from the dispersed people.

ورفوض الأرض: المواضع التي لا تملك، وقيل: هي أرض بين أرضين حيتين فهي متروكة يتحامونها.

And the rafūḍ of the land: the places that are not owned, and it was said: it is land between two inhabited lands, so it is left and avoided.

ورفوض الأرض: ما ترك بعد أن كان حمى.

And the rafūḍ of the land: what is left after it was a protected area.

وفي أرض كذا رفوض من كلإ أي متفرق بعيد بعضه من بعض.

And in such-and-such land there are scattered patches of pasture, meaning some are far from others.

والرفاضة: الذين يرعون رفوض الأرض.

And the Rafāḍah: those who herd the scattered lands.

ومرافض الأرض: مساقطها من نواحي الجبال ونحوها، واحدها مرفض، والمرفض من مجاري المياه وقرارتها؛ قال: ساق إليها ماء كل مرفض ... منتج أبكار الغمام المخض

And the marāfiḍ of the land: its lower parts from the sides of the mountains and the like, its singular is marfaḍ, and the marfaḍ is from the watercourses and their depressions; he said: He brought to it the water of every watercourse ... producing the first rains of the pregnant clouds.

والرفض والرفض من الماء واللبن: الشيء القليل يبقى في القربة أو المزادة وهو مثل الجرعة، ورواه ابن السكيت رفض، بسكون الفاء، ويقال: في القربة رفض من ماء أي قليل، والجمع أرفاض؛ عن اللحياني.

And the rafḍ and rafḍ of water and milk: the small amount that remains in the waterskin or watersack, which is like a sip, and Ibn Al-Sikkit narrated it as rafḍ, with a sukun on the fa', and it is said: in the waterskin there is a rafḍ of water, meaning a little, and its plural is arfāḍ; according to Al-Lihyani.

وقد رفضت في القربة ترفيضا أي أبقيت فيها رفضا من ماء.

And I left in the waterskin a little, meaning I kept a small amount of water in it.

والرفض: دون الملء بقليل؛ عن ابن الأعرابي: فلما مضت فوق اليدين، وحنفت ... إلى الملء، وامتدت برفض غضونها

And rafḍ: a little less than full; from Ibn Al-Arabi: When it passed above the hands, and inclined ... towards fullness, and its folds extended with a slight fullness.

والرفض: القوت، مأخوذ من الرفض الذي هو القليل من الماء واللبن.

And rafḍ: sustenance, taken from rafḍ which is the small amount of water and milk.

ويقال: رفض النخل وذلك إذا انتشر عذقه وسقط قيقاؤه.

And it is said: the date palms scattered, and that is when their spathes spread and their pollen fell.

والروافض: قوم من الشيعة، سموا بذلك لأنهم تركوا زيد بن علي؛ قال الأصمعي: كانوا بايعوه ثم قالوا له: ابرأ من الشيخين نقاتل معك، فأبى وقال: كانا وزيري جدي فلا أبرأ منهما، فرفضوه وارفضوا عنه فسموا رافضة، وقالوا الروافض ولم يقولوا الرفاض لأنهم عنوا الجماعات.

And the Rawafid: a people from the Shiites, so named because they abandoned Zayd ibn Ali; Al-Asma'i said: They had pledged allegiance to him, then they said to him: Disown the two Sheikhs, and we will fight with you. He refused and said: They were the ministers of my grandfather, so I will not disown them. So they rejected him and abandoned him, so they were named Rawafid, and they said Rawafid and not Rafāḍ because they meant groups.

والرفض: أن يطرد الرجل غنمه وإبله إلى حيث يهوى، فإذا بلغت لها عنها وتركها.

And rafḍ: is for a man to drive his sheep and camels wherever he wishes, and when they reach their destination, he leaves them.

ورفضتها أرفضها وأرفضها رفضا: تركتها تبدد في مراعيها ترعى حيث شاءت ولا يثنيها عن وجه تريده، وهي إبل رافضة وإبل رفض وأرفاض.

And I let them go, I let them go and I let them go, a scattering: I left them dispersed in their pastures to graze where they wished, and nothing turned them from a direction they desired, and they are dispersed camels, and dispersed camels, and scattered ones.

الفراء: أرفض القوم إبلهم إذا أرسلوها بلا رعاء.

Al-Farra' said: The people let their camels scatter when they sent them without a shepherd.

وقد رفضت الإبل إذا تفرقت، ورفضت هي ترفض رفضا أي ترعى وحدها والراعي يبصرها قريبا منها أو بعيدا لا تتعبه ولا يجمعها؛

And the camels scattered when they dispersed, and they scattered, they scatter, meaning they graze alone, and the shepherd sees them near or far, and it does not tire him, nor does he gather them;

والرفض: النعم المتبدد، والجمع أرفاض.

And rafḍ: the dispersed livestock, and its plural is arfāḍ.

ورجل قبضة رفضة: يتمسك بالشيء ثم لا يلبث أن يدعه.

And a man of grasping and abandoning: he holds onto something, then soon lets it go.

ويقال: راع قبضة رفضة للذي يقبضها ويسوقها ويجمعها، فإذا صارت إلى الموضع الذي تحبه وتهواه رفضها وتركها ترعى كيف شاءت، فهي إبل رفض.

And it is said: a shepherd of grasping and abandoning for one who grasps, drives, and gathers them, and when they reach the place they love and desire, he abandons them and leaves them to graze as they wish, so they are dispersed camels.

الأزهري: سمعت أعرابيا يقول: القوم رفض في بيوتهم أي تفرقوا في بيوتهم، والناس أرفاض في السفر أي متفرقون، وهي إبل رافضة ورفض أيضا؛

Al-Azhari said: I heard a Bedouin say: The people are scattered in their homes, meaning they are dispersed in their homes, and people are scattered in travel, meaning dispersed, and they are dispersed camels and also scattered;

وقال ملحة بن واصل، وقيل: هو لملحة الجرمي، يصف سحابا. يباري الرياح الحضرميات مزنه ... بمنهمر الأرواق ذي قزع رفض

And Malihah ibn Wasil said, and it is attributed to Malihah Al-Jarmi, describing clouds. Its rain competes with the Hadrami winds ... with a pouring rain of scattered clouds.

ونعام رفض أي فرق؛ قال ذو الرمة: بها رفض من كل خرجاء صعلة، ... وأخرج يمشي مثل مشي المخبل

And ostriches scattered, meaning dispersed; Dhu Al-Rummah said: Among them are scattered ones from every slender-necked bird, ... and one walking like the walk of the afflicted.

وقوله أنشده الباهلي: إذا ما الحجازيات أعلقن طنبت ... بميثاء، لا يألوك رافضها صخرا

And his saying, which Al-Bahili recited: When the Hijazi women set up their tents ... in a soft plain, its thrower does not fail you with stones.

والرافض: الرامي؛ يقول: من أراد أن يرمي بها لم يجد حجرا يرمي به، يريد أنها في أرض دمثة لينة.

And Al-Rāfiḍ: the thrower; he says: whoever wants to throw with it will not find a stone to throw with, meaning it is in soft, yielding ground.

وقد رفضت في القربة ترفيضا أي أبقيت فيها رفضا من ماء.

And I left in the waterskin a little, meaning I kept a small amount of water in it.

والرفض: دون الملء بقليل؛ عن ابن الأعرابي: فلما مضت فوق اليدين، وحنفت ... إلى الملء، وامتدت برفض غضونها

And rafḍ: a little less than full; from Ibn Al-Arabi: When it passed above the hands, and inclined ... towards fullness, and its folds extended with a slight fullness.

والرفض: القوت، مأخوذ من الرفض الذي هو القليل من الماء واللبن.

And rafḍ: sustenance, taken from rafḍ which is the small amount of water and milk.

ويقال: رفض النخل وذلك إذا انتشر عذقه وسقط قيقاؤه.

And it is said: the date palms scattered, and that is when their spathes spread and their pollen fell.