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رنف

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the drooping or hanging of ears, often due to exhaustion or divine revelation. It also extends to a specific plant and a part of the body.

Derived headwords

الرَّنَفnoun
  1. 1.
    a plantclassical

    Refers to a type of plant, specifically 'bahramaj al-bar'.

الرَّانِفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    lower part of the buttocksclassical

    The lower part of the buttocks and its extremity that touches the ground when a person is standing.

أَرْفَنَتْverb
  1. 1.
    to droop (ears)classical

    Said of a she-camel when she lets her ears hang down due to exhaustion.

Parallel reading

الرَّنَفُ: بَهْرَامَجُ البَرِّ.
Al-ranif: the bahramaj of the desert.
والرَّانِفَةُ: أَسْفَلُ الأَلْيَةِ وطَرَفُهَا الَّذِي يَلِي الأَرْضَ مِنَ الإِنْسَانِ إِذَا كَانَ قَائِمًا.
And al-ranifah: the lower part of the buttocks and its extremity that touches the ground when a person is standing.
وأَرْفَنَتِ النَّاقَةُ بِأُذُنَيْهَا، إِذَا أَرْخَتْهُمَا مِنَ الاعْيَاءِ.
And the she-camel drooped her ears, when she let them hang down from exhaustion.
كَانَ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا أُنْزِلَ عَلَيْهِ الوَحْيُ وَهُوَ عَلَى القَصْوَاءِ تَذْرِفُ عَيْنَاهُ وَتَرْفِنُ بِأُذُنَيْهِ مِنْ ثِقَلِ الوَحْيِ.
When divine revelation was sent down to the Prophet, peace be upon him, while he was on Al-Qaswa', his eyes would stream and his ears would droop from the weight of the revelation.