رفغ

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of abundance, spaciousness, and prosperity, particularly in relation to livelihood and living conditions. It also extends to describe physical spaciousness in certain body parts.

Derived headwords

رَفَغَverb

1.
to become spaciousboth
To become abundant, spacious, and prosperous, especially concerning one's living conditions or livelihood.

رَفَاغَةnoun

1.
abundanceboth
Abundance, spaciousness, and prosperity, particularly in livelihood.

رَفِيغadjective

1.
spaciousboth
Describing a life or livelihood that is spacious, abundant, and good.

رَفَغَ عَيْشُهُverb

1.
his livelihood became abundantboth
His life or livelihood became spacious, abundant, and good.

تَرَفَّغَverb

1.
to live in abundanceboth
To live in a state of abundance and prosperity, to experience a widening of one's circumstances.

رَفَاغِيَةnoun

1.
prosperityboth
A state of abundance and prosperity in living.

الأَرْفَاغnoun

1.
groin foldsclassical
The folds of the groin, specifically the armpits and the base of the thighs.

رِفْغnoun

1.
groin foldclassical
A single instance of the folds of the groin, armpit, or base of the thigh.

Parallel reading

يقال رفغ عيشه بالضم رفاغة: اتسع

It is said, 'His livelihood became abundant (rafagha 'aysuhu bi-d-damm rāfāghatan): it became spacious.'

فهو عيش رافع ورفيع، أي واسع طيب

So it is a spacious and excellent livelihood, meaning spacious and good.

وترفغ الرجل: توسع

And a man lived in abundance (taraffagha r-rajulu): he became expansive.

فهو في رفاغية من العيش، مثال ثمانية

So he is in a state of prosperity (rafāghiyatin) in his living, like the number eight.

والأرفاغ: ألمغابن من الآباط وأصول الفخذين، الواحد رفغ ورفغ

And al-arghāb are the folds of the armpits and the bases of the thighs; the singular is righf and raghf.

قد زوجوني جيالا فيها حدب دقيقة الارفاغ ضخماء الركب

They have married me off to camels with humps, with narrow groin folds and large knees.