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الرفغ

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes undesirable aspects of land and places, such as barrenness, roughness, and being filled with dirt. It also extends to meanings related to dirt, uncleanness, and physical closeness, particularly between the thighs.

Derived headwords

الرَّفْغnoun
  1. 1.
    valley bottomclassical

    The lowest and worst part of a valley, filled with dirt.

  2. 2.
    regionclassical

    A region or area.

  3. 3.
    easy terrainclassical

    Level and easy ground.

  4. 4.
    thin waterskinclassical

    A thin waterskin that is close to being full.

  5. 5.
    dirty placeclassical

    A place that is barren and full of dirt.

  6. 6.
    dirt under nailclassical

    Dirt or grime accumulated under a fingernail.

  7. 7.
    dirt in foldsclassical

    Dirt or grime accumulated in the folds of the body.

  8. 8.
    abundanceclassical

    Abundance, spaciousness, or plenty.

  9. 9.
    fertilityclassical

    Fertility or abundance of provisions.

  10. 10.
    base of thighclassical

    The origin or base of the thigh.

  11. 11.
    collection of dirtclassical

    Any collection of dirt or grime on the body.

رَفْغnoun
  1. 1.
    dirtclassical

    Dirt or dust.

  2. 2.
    foodclassical

    Food.

  3. 3.
    limeclassical

    Lime, especially when soft.

رَفْغnoun
  1. 1.
    armpitclassical

    The armpit.

  2. 2.
    area around female genitaliaclassical

    The area around a woman's private parts.

رَفَغnoun
  1. 1.
    plur. of رفغclassical

    Plural of 'رفغ' (dirt, grime, etc.).

أَرْفَاغnoun
  1. 1.
    plur. of رفغclassical

    Plural of 'رفغ' (dirt, grime, etc.).

رُفُوغnoun
  1. 1.
    plur. of رفغclassical

    Plural of 'رفغ' (dirt, grime, etc.).

مَرْفُوغَةadjective
  1. 1.
    small-bodied womanclassical

    A young woman of small stature and delicate build, whom a man cannot reach sexually.

الرَّفْغَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    slender-thighedclassical

    A woman with slender thighs.

  2. 2.
    small-bodiedclassical

    A woman of small stature and delicate build.

  3. 3.
    lowly personclassical

    One of the low or base people.

رَفَغِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    lowlyclassical

    Belonging to the lower class of people.

الأَرْفَغname
  1. 1.
    a place nameclassical

    A proper noun, likely referring to a place.

تَرَفَّغَverb
  1. 1.
    sit between thighsclassical

    To sit between a woman's thighs with the intention of having sexual intercourse.

  2. 2.
    sit on camelclassical

    For a person to sit on a camel in a way that they fear being thrown off backwards.

الرَّفَغَنِيَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    ease of livingclassical

    Abundance and ease in living; prosperity.

Parallel reading

ألأم الوادي وشره ترابا
The worst and lowest part of the valley, filled with dirt.
والناحية
And a region.
والأرض السهلة
And level, easy ground.
والسقاء الرقيق المقارب
And a thin waterskin that is close to being full.
والأرض الكثيرة التراب
And land that is abundant with dirt.
والمكان الجدب
And a barren place.
ووسخ الظفر
And dirt under the fingernail.
أو وسخ المغابن
Or dirt in the folds of the body.
والسعة
And spaciousness.
والخصب
And fertility.
وأصل الفخذ
And the base of the thigh.
وكل مجتمع وسخ من الجسد
And any collection of dirt on the body.
وتراب وطعام وكلس رفغ: لين
And dirt, food, and lime are 'rafgh' when they are soft.
وبالضم: الإبط، وما حول فرج المرأة
And with the ضم (u-vowel), it is the armpit, and the area around a woman's private parts.
والمرفوغة: المرأة الصغيرة الهنة لا يصل إليها الرجل
And 'al-marfūghah' is a woman of small stature whom a man cannot reach sexually.
والرفغاء: الدقيقة الفخذين، الصغيرة الهنة، المعيقة الرفغين والأرفاغ، السفلة من الناس، الواحد: رفغ
And 'ar-rafghā'' is one with slender thighs, small of stature, hindered by her thighs and groins, and the lowly among people; the singular is 'rafgh'.
وترفغها: قعد بين فخذيها ليطأها
And 'tarraffaġahā' means he sat between her thighs to have intercourse with her.
وفلان فوق البعير: خشي أن يرمي به خلف رجليه عند ثيله
And 'so-and-so on top of the camel' means he feared it would throw him off backwards when it moved its hind legs.
والرفغنية، كبلهنية: سعة العيش
And 'ar-rafaganiyyah', like 'al-balahaniyyah', means abundance of living.