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رفف

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

The root 'r-f-f' primarily relates to concepts of covering, sheltering, fluttering, and shimmering. It extends to meanings of groups, collecting, and even specific types of birds or garments.

Derived headwords

الرَّفّnoun
  1. 1.
    like a niche or shelfboth

    like a niche or shelf

  2. 2.
    and the plural is 'rufūf'both

    and the plural is 'rufūf'

رَفَّverb
  1. 1.
    to flutter, shimmerboth

    To move wings lightly and rapidly, or to gleam and sparkle.

  2. 2.
    to sip, to drinkclassical

    To drink something, often in small sips.

  3. 3.
    to surround, to protectclassical

    To surround or protect someone, to be a guardian.

رَفٌّnoun
  1. 1.
    shimmering, sparklingboth

    The quality of being shimmering or sparkling, a gleam.

رَفِيفٌadjective
  1. 1.
    shimmering, glisteningboth

    Describing something that shimmers or glistens, often due to moisture or light.

  2. 2.
    flutteringboth

    Describing something that flutters, like wings.

رَفْرَفَverb
  1. 1.
    the bird fluttered its wings around something, wanting to land on itboth

    the bird fluttered its wings around something, wanting to land on it

الرَّفْرَفnoun
  1. 1.
    green garments used as coveringsboth

    green garments used as coverings

  2. 2.
    the singular is 'rafrafa'both

    the singular is 'rafrafa'

رَفْرَفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    a single hanging partclassical

    A single piece or part that hangs down, like from a garment or tent.

الرَّفْرَافnoun
  1. 1.
    a type of birdclassical

    A bird, specifically identified as a 'shadow snatcher'.

  2. 2.
    ostrichclassical

    Sometimes used to refer to an ostrich, due to its wing-fluttering before running.

Parallel reading

الرف: شبه الطاق، والجمع رفوف.
The 'رفّ' (raf): is like an arch, and its plural is 'رفوف' (rufūf).
ورف من ضأن، أي جماعة.
And a 'رفّ' (raf) of sheep means a group.
والرف: المص والترشف.
And 'رفّ' (raf) means sipping and drinking.
وقد رففت أرف بالضم.
And I have sipped, I sip (with dammah on the 'r' of the verb).
وفلان يرفنا، أي يحوطنا.
And so-and-so surrounds us, meaning he protects us.
وماله حاف ولا راف.
And he has neither a 'haaf' (one who walks) nor a 'raaf' (one who protects/surrounds).
ورف لونه يرف بالكسر رفا ورفيفا، أي برق وتلألأ.
And his color shimmered, it shimmers (with kasrah on the 'r' of the verb) with 'rafan' and 'rafīfan', meaning it sparkled and gleamed.
وثوب رفيف وشجر رفيف، إذا تندت.
And a shimmering garment and shimmering trees, when they are dewy.
ومها ترف غروبه تشفي المتيم ذا الحراره
And a gazelle whose dew glistens, healing the lover with passion.
والرفرف: ثياب خضر تتخذ منها المحابس الواحدة رفرفة
And 'al-rafraf': are green garments from which prisons were made, the singular is 'rafrafah'.
والرفرف أيضا كسر الخباء وجوانب الدرع وما تدلى منها، الواحدة رفرف
And 'al-rafraf' also means the parts of a tent that hang down, and the sides of armor and what dangles from them, the singular is 'rafraf'.
ورفرف الطائر، إذا حرك جناحيه حول الشئ يريد أن يقع عليه.
And the bird fluttered, when it moved its wings around something intending to land on it.
والرفراف: طائر، وهو خاطف ظله، عن ابن سلمة.
And 'al-rafraf': is a bird, and it is a 'shadow snatcher', according to Ibn Sallamah.
وربما سموا الظليم بذلك، لأنه يرفرف بجناحيه ثم يعدو.
And sometimes the ostrich is called that, because it flutters its wings and then runs.