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الرفد

Root entry · 18 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of giving, providing, and supporting. It extends to related ideas like assistance, sustenance, and even structural support. The root also encompasses specific objects associated with giving or holding, and geographical or tribal names.

Derived headwords

الرَّفْدnoun
  1. 1.
    giving, donationboth

    The act of giving, bestowing, or donating something.

  2. 2.
    gift, presentboth

    A thing that is given, a present or donation.

  3. 3.
    large cupclassical

    A large drinking vessel or cup.

رَفَدَverb
  1. 1.
    to give, bestowboth

    To give, bestow, or grant something to someone.

  2. 2.
    to support, aidboth

    To provide support or assistance to someone.

يَرْفِدُهُverb
  1. 1.
    he gives himboth

    The present tense form of the verb 'rafada', meaning he gives or bestows upon him.

الإِرْفَادnoun
  1. 1.
    assistance, aidboth

    The act of providing help, support, or assistance.

  2. 2.
    giving, donationboth

    The act of giving or donating.

  3. 3.
    equipping a mountclassical

    To equip a riding animal with a 'rafada', which is like a saddle pad.

  4. 4.
    wound dressingclassical

    A cloth or material used to dress or cover a wound.

  5. 5.
    communal fundclassical

    A fund or collection of money that the Quraysh tribe contributed to in the pre-Islamic era to buy food and raisins for pilgrims.

رَفَادَةnoun
  1. 1.
    saddle padclassical

    A piece of cloth placed under a saddle, similar to a saddle pad.

  2. 2.
    wound dressingclassical

    A cloth used to dress or cover a wound.

الرَّافِدَانname
  1. 1.
    Tigris and Euphratesboth

    The names of the two great rivers, the Tigris and the Euphrates.

الارْتِفَادnoun
  1. 1.
    earning, acquisitionclassical

    The act of earning a living or acquiring wealth.

الاسْتِرْفَادnoun
  1. 1.
    seeking helpclassical

    The act of seeking assistance or help from others.

التَّرَافُدnoun
  1. 1.
    cooperation, mutual aidboth

    Working together, mutual assistance, and collaboration.

  2. 2.
    bestowing, honoringclassical

    The act of bestowing gifts, showing honor, and conferring status.

  3. 3.
    slight trotclassical

    A gait resembling a light trot or brisk walk.

المَرَافِيدnoun
  1. 1.
    ewes with continuous milkclassical

    Ewes whose milk supply does not cease.

الرَّفُودnoun
  1. 1.
    camel full of milkclassical

    A female camel that fills its udder with milk in a single milking.

بَنُو أَرْفَدَةname
  1. 1.
    Banu Arfadaclassical

    A tribe or group of people from Abyssinia (Ethiopia).

الرَّفْدَةname
  1. 1.
    Al-Rifdahclassical

    A specific water source or well located in the Suwariqiyyah region.

رُفَيْدَةname
  1. 1.
    Rufaydahclassical

    A tribal name, and they are also called Al-Rufaydat.

رَافِدًاname
  1. 1.
    Rafidanclassical

    A given male name, similar to Kazbir and Mazhar.

هَرِيقَ رِفْدُهُphrase
  1. 1.
    his support is poured outclassical

    An idiom meaning someone has died, implying their support or provision has ended.

الرَّوَافِدnoun
  1. 1.
    roof beamsboth

    Wooden beams used as structural support for a roof.

كَمِنْبَرnoun
  1. 1.
    large cupclassical

    A large drinking vessel or cup, similar to the meaning of 'al-rifd' with fathah.

  2. 2.
    greatness, importanceclassical

    Significance, greatness, or high status.

Parallel reading

الرَّفْدُ، بالكسر: العطاء، والصلة
Al-rifd, with kasrah, means giving and a gift.
وبِالْفَتْحِ: الْقَدَحُ الضَّخْمُ
And with fatha: a large cup.
وَيُكْسَرُ، وَمَصْدَرُ رَفَدَهُ يَرْفِدُهُ: أَعْطَاهُ
And it can be with kasrah, and the masdar of rafada yarfiduhu is: he gave him.
وَالْإِرْفَادُ: الْإِعَانَةُ، وَالْإِعْطَاءُ
And al-irfad means assistance and giving.
وَأَنْ تَجْعَلَ لِلدَّابَّةِ رَفَادَةً، كَالرَّفْدِ، وَهِيَ مِثْلُ جِدْيَةِ السَّرْجِ
And to equip an animal with a rafadah, like al-rifd, and it is like the pad of a saddle.
وَهِيَ أَيْضًا خِرْقَةٌ يَرْفِدُ بِهَا الْجُرْحَ
And it is also a cloth with which a wound is dressed.
وَشَيْءٌ تَتَرَافَدُ بِهِ قُرَيْشٌ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ تَخْرُجُ فِيمَا بَيْنَهَا مَالًا تَشْتَرِي بِهِ لِلْحَاجِّ طَعَامًا وَزَبِيبًا
And something that Quraysh used to contribute to in the pre-Islamic era, they would pool money among themselves to buy food and raisins for the pilgrims.
وَالرَّافِدَانِ: دِجْلَةُ وَالْفُرَاتُ
And the two Rafidan: the Tigris and the Euphrates.
وَالْارْتِفَادُ: الْكَسْبُ
And al-irtifad means earning.
وَالاسْتِرْفَادُ: الِاسْتِعَانَةُ
And al-istirfad means seeking help.
وَالتَّرَافُدُ: التَّعَاوُنُ، وَالتَّرْفِيدُ، وَالتَّسْوِيدُ، وَالتَّعْظِيمُ، وَشِبْهُ الْهِرْوَلَةِ
And al-tarafud means cooperation, bestowing, conferring status, and a gait resembling a trot.
وَكَمِنْبَرٍ: الْعَظَامَةُ، وَالْقَدَحُ الضَّخْمُ
And like 'minbar' (with kasrah): greatness, and a large cup.
وَالْمَرَافِيدُ: الشَّاءُ لَا يَنْقَطِعُ لَبَنُهَا
And al-marāfīd: ewes whose milk does not cease.
وَالرَّفُودُ: نَاقَةٌ تَمْلَأُ الرِّفْدَ بِحَلْبَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ
And al-rafūd: a she-camel that fills the 'rifd' (container) in one milking.
وَالرَّوَافِدُ: خَشَبُ السَّقْفِ
And al-rawāfid: the beams of the roof.
وَهَرِيقَ رِفْدُهُ: مَاتَ
And 'harīqa rifduhu' means he died.