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الرغف

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of gathering and forming something into a mass, particularly dough or clay. It extends to concepts of feeding animals specific substances and, metaphorically, to sharp focus or rapid movement.

Derived headwords

رَغَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to gather and form dough/clayboth

    To gather dough or clay and form it into a mass with your hand.

الرَّغْفnoun
  1. 1.
    gathering dough/clayboth

    The act of gathering dough or clay and forming it into a mass with your hand.

رَغِيفnoun
  1. 1.
    loaf of breadmodern

    A mass of dough, typically baked into bread.

أَرْغِفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    loaves of breadmodern

    Plural of 'rghif', referring to multiple loaves of bread.

رُغُفnoun
  1. 1.
    loaves of breadmodern

    Plural of 'rghif', referring to multiple loaves of bread.

رَغْفَانnoun
  1. 1.
    loaves of breadmodern

    Plural of 'rghif', referring to multiple loaves of bread.

تَرَاغِيفnoun
  1. 1.
    loaves of breadmodern

    Plural of 'rghif', referring to multiple loaves of bread.

رَغَّفَverb
  1. 1.
    to feed (animal)classical

    To feed a camel with a mixture of grain and flour or similar substances.

أَرْغَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to sharpen gazeclassical

    To sharpen one's gaze or look intently.

  2. 2.
    to hasten paceclassical

    To speed up one's pace or move quickly.

Parallel reading

كالمنع: جمعك العجين أو الطين تكتله بيدك
Like 'mana'a': your gathering of dough or clay, forming it into a mass with your hand.
ومننه: الرغيف
And from it is the 'raghif' (loaf).
ج: أرغفة ورغف (ورغف) ورغفان، بضمها، وتراغيف
Plural: 'arghifah', 'raghf' (and 'raghf'), 'raghfān', with the dammah, and 'tarāghīf'.
ورغف البعير، كمنع: لقمه البزر والدقيق ونحوه
And 'raghifa' the camel, like 'mana'a': to feed it grain and flour and the like.
وأرغف: حدد النظر
And 'arghafa': to sharpen the gaze.
وأسرع في السير
And to hasten in pace.