Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

رَفَسهُ, (Ṣ, M, Mṣb, Ḳ,*) or رَفَسَهُ بِرِجْلِهِ, (M,) aor. ـِ {يَرْفِسُ} (Ṣ, M, Mṣb, Ḳ) and ـُ {يَرْفُسُ}, (M, Ḳ,) inf. n. رَفْسٌ (Ṣ, M, &c.) and رِفَاسٌ, (Jm, Ḳ,) or this is a simple subst., (M,) and رُفَاسٌ, (Jm,) [or this also is a simple subst.,] He kicked him, or struck him with his foot or leg, (Ṣ, M, Mṣb, Ḳ,*) in an absolute sense, (M, Mṣb,) or in, or upon, the breast. (Kh, M, Mṣb.)

رَفَسَهُ, inf. n. رَفْسٌ, He pounded it, or brayed it; namely, flesh-meat, or other food; or anything; but originally, food. (M, TA.)

رَفَسَ البَعِيرَ, (Ḳ,) aor. ـُ {يَرْفُسُ}, inf. n. رَفْسٌ, (TA,) He bound the camel with the رِفَاس [q. v.]. (Ḳ.)

رَفْسَةٌ A kick, or blow with the foot or leg, [in an absolute sense, or] in, or upon, the breast. (Lth, Ḳ.)

رِفَاسٌ The act, or habit, of kicking, or striking with the foot or leg, in an absolute sense, or in, or upon, the breast; as alsoرَفِيسٌ↓ andرُفُوسٌ↓. (M, TA.)

Also The [cord, or rope, called] إِبَاض [q. v.]: (Ḳ:) or the bond with which the hind legs of the camel, when lying down, are bound to his thighs. (Ibn-ʼAbbád, TA.)

دَابَّةٌ رَفُوسٌ A beast that has a habit of kicking, or striking with the foot or leg, in an absolute sense, or in, or upon, the breast. (M, TA.)

مِرْفَسٌ An instrument with which flesh-meat is pounded. (M, TA.)