ر غ ف

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of gathering, clumping, or forming something with one's hands, particularly dough or mud. It extends to concepts of feeding animals, intense gazing, and rapid movement, with some metaphorical uses related to appearance and focus.

Derived headwords

الرَّغْفnoun

1.
clumping dough/mudboth
The act of gathering dough or mud and clumping it together with one's hand.

رَغَفَهُverb

1.
to clump dough/mudclassical
To gather dough or mud and clump it together with one's hand.

رَغْفًاnoun

1.
clumpingclassical
The verbal noun for the act of gathering and clumping dough or mud.

الرَّغِيفnoun

1.
loaf of breadboth
A loaf of bread, derived from the act of clumping dough.

غَرِيفnoun

1.
food scooped from potclassical
What is scooped from a cooking pot, often referring to food.

أَرْغِفَةnoun

1.
loaves of breadboth
The plural of 'raghif', meaning loaves of bread.

رَغْفnoun

1.
loaves of breadclassical
A plural form of 'raghif', meaning loaves of bread.

رَغَفَانnoun

1.
loaves of breadclassical
Another plural form of 'raghif', meaning loaves of bread.

تَرَاغِيفnoun

1.
loaves of breadclassical
A plural form of 'raghif', meaning loaves of bread.

مَرَاغِيفnoun

1.
loaves of breadclassical
A plural form of 'raghif', meaning loaves of bread. (Considered erroneous in the text).

رَغَفَ البَعِيرverb

1.
to feed camel grain/flourclassical
To feed a camel grain, flour, or similar substances.

أَرْغَفَ فُلانٌverb

1.
to gaze intentlyclassical
To gaze intensely or sharply, similar to 'alghafa'.
2.
to move quicklyclassical
To move or travel quickly, similar to 'alghafa'.

مُرَغَّفadjective

1.
thick-facedclassical
Describing a face as thick or broad; a metaphorical usage.

Parallel reading

الرَّغْف، كالمنع: جمعك العجين، أو الطين، تكتله بيدك

Ar-raghf, like al-man', is your gathering of dough or mud, clumping it with your hand.

وقد رغفه، رغفا، نقله ابن دريد

And he clumped it, raghfan; Ibn Duraid transmitted this.

منه اشتقاق الرغيف من الخبم

From this is the derivation of 'ar-raghif' from 'al-khabam' (dough).

وهي لغة العامة، ولذلك يقال: الرغيف لا يكسر

And it is the language of the common people, and for that reason it is said: 'ar-raghif' is not broken (referring to its singular form).

فلان همه في رغيف، وغريف

So-and-so's concern is with a loaf of bread or what is scooped from a pot.

وهو ما يغرف من البرمة، ج: أرغفة، ورغف، بضمتين

And it is what is scooped from the cooking pot, pl.: arghifah, and raghf (with two dammah).

وقد سقط من بعض النسخ، وأورد الجوهري له شاهدا من قول الراجز

And it has been omitted from some copies, and Al-Jauhari cited for it a supporting line from a rajaz poet.

إن الشواء والنشيل والرغف والقينة الحسناء والروض الأنف

Indeed, the roasted meat, the dried dates, the loaves of bread, the beautiful singing girl, and the proud meadow.

ورغف البعير، يرغفه، رغفا كمنع: لقمه البزر، والدقيق، ونحوه

And the camel was fed raghfan, yarghufuhu, raghfan like man'a: feeding it grain, flour, and the like.

وأرغف فلان: إذا حدد النظر، كألغف

And so-and-so gazed intently: if he sharpened his gaze, like 'alghafa'.

وكذلك الأسد إذا نظر نظرا شديدا قيل: أرغف، وألغف

And likewise the lion, if it looked with a fierce gaze, it is said: 'arghafa' and 'alghafa'.

أرغف الرجل: أسرع في السير، وكذلك ألغف

The man moved quickly: he hastened in his pace, and likewise 'alghafa'.

وجه مرغف، كمعظم: أي غليظ نقله الزمخشري، وهو مجاز

A murghaff face, like mu'azzam: meaning thick, transmitted by Al-Zamakhshari, and it is a metaphor.