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رفت

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

The root 'رفت' primarily concerns the semantic field of breaking, crushing, and grinding things into small pieces. It extends to concepts of disintegration, decay, and fragmentation, both literally and figuratively. It can also denote cutting or severing, and in specific contexts, refers to a type of fodder or a measuring unit.

Derived headwords

رَفَتَ، يَرْفَتُ، وَيَرْفَتُverb
  1. 1.
    to break, crushboth

    To break something into small pieces, to crush or grind it.

  2. 2.
    to break (neck)classical

    To break someone's neck.

  3. 3.
    to break (for cooking)classical

    To break the bones of a camel for cooking to extract its fat.

  4. 4.
    to break, shatterboth

    To break or shatter something.

  5. 5.
    to break, disintegrateboth

    To break down and disintegrate into pieces.

رَفْتًاnoun
  1. 1.
    breaking, crushingboth

    The act of breaking or crushing something into small pieces.

رَفْتَةٌ قَبِيحَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    ugly breakingclassical

    An ugly or severe form of breaking or crushing.

رُفَاتٌnoun
  1. 1.
    small pieces, dustboth

    Small, crushed pieces; dust or powder resulting from breaking.

  2. 2.
    broken fragmentsboth

    Broken fragments or debris, especially of something dry and brittle.

  3. 3.
    decayed matterclassical

    What has decayed and crumbled into pieces.

رُفَاتٌ (كغراب)noun
  1. 1.
    fine piecesboth

    The fine, small pieces that result from crushing.

مَرْفُوتٌadjective
  1. 1.
    broken, crushedboth

    Something that has been broken or crushed into small pieces.

ارْفَتَّverb
  1. 1.
    to break, disintegrateboth

    To become broken, shattered, or disintegrated.

تَرْفِيتٌnoun
  1. 1.
    breaking, crushingclassical

    The act of breaking or crushing; the opposite of 'tarfeel' (walking with a swagger).

رَفْتٌ (كصرد)noun
  1. 1.
    straw, fodderclassical

    Straw or dry fodder, especially that which is crushed or broken.

رَفَتَ (فلان)verb
  1. 1.
    to grindclassical

    To grind or mill something.

رَفَّاتُ المِسْكِnoun
  1. 1.
    crushed muskclassical

    The crushed or powdered particles of musk.

الضَّبُعُ تَرْفِتُ العِظَامَverb
  1. 1.
    to crush bonesclassical

    A hyena crushing bones, implying an action that is difficult to undo or manage.

رَفَاتُهَاnoun
  1. 1.
    its remnants, its fragmentsclassical

    The remnants or fragments of something, especially something that has been revived or restored.

الرَّفْتَاوُnoun
  1. 1.
    a specific measureclassical

    A specific type of dry measure used by the people of Upper Egypt.

Parallel reading

كسره ودقه
its breaking and crushing
فته بيده، كما يفت المدر والعظم البالي
He crushed it with his hand, like crushing clay or old bone.
وعظم رفات
And a bone that is crushed.
رفت الشيء، وحطمته، وكسرته
He broke the thing, shattered it, and crushed it.
وضربه، فرفت عنقه
And he struck him, and his neck broke.
رفت عظام الجزور، رفتا: إذا كسرها ليطبخها، ويستخرج إهالتها
He broke the bones of the camel, with a breaking: when he breaks them to cook them and extract their fat.
رفت عنقه، يرفتها، رفتا
He broke his neck, breaking it, a breaking.
انكسر واندق
it broke and was crushed
انقطع
it broke off
رفت الحبل: انقطع
The rope broke: it snapped.
صار رفاتا
it became dust/fragments
أءذا كنا عظاما ورفاتا
When we are bones and dust?
الدقاق
the fine pieces
ما بلي فتفتت
what has decayed and crumbled
الحطام: ما تكسر من اليبيس
The debris: what is broken from the dry.
لما أراد ابن الزبير هدم الكعبة وبناءها بالورس، قيل له: إن الورس يرفت، أي يتفتت، ويصير رفاتا
When Ibn al-Zubayr wanted to demolish the Kaaba and rebuild it with saffron, he was told: 'Saffron disintegrates, meaning it crumbles and becomes dust.'
كل ما دق وكسر
everything that is crushed and broken
فهو مرفوت
so it is broken/crushed
أنا أغنى عنك من التفه عن الرفت
I am more in need of you than the desert goat is of straw.
الرفت، (كصرد: التبن)
Al-rift (like 'sird): straw.
فلان رفت، طحن
So-and-so ground.
الذي يرفت كل شيء ويكسره
He who breaks and crushes everything.
وفلا ملاعبهن رفات المسك، أي: فتاته
And their playing places were filled with crushed musk, meaning: its particles.
الضبع ترفت العظام، ولا تعرف قدر استها
The hyena crushes bones, and does not know its capacity for excretion.
هو الذي أعاد المكارم وأحيا رفاتها، وأنشر أمواتها
He is the one who revived noble deeds and brought back their remnants, and resurrected their dead.
بالكسر: مكيال لاءهل الصعيد
With a kasra: a measure for the people of Upper Egypt.