Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

رَفُهَ عَيْشُهُ, (JK, Ḳ,) or العَيْشُ, (Mgh, Mṣb,) inf. n. رَفَاهَةٌ and رَفَاهِيَةٌ (JK, Mgh, Mṣb, Ḳ *) and رُفْهَةٌ, (JK,) His life, or the life, was, or became, ample in its means or circumstances, unstraitened, or plentiful, (JK, Mgh, Mṣb, Ḳ,) and easy, pleasant, soft, or delicate. (JK,* Mṣb, Ḳ.) [See also رَفَاهَةٌ, below.]

رَفَهَ, aor. ـَ {يَرْفَهُ}, inf. n. رُفُوهٌ (JK, Mṣb, Ḳ) and رَفْهٌ (Mṣb, Ḳ) and رِفْهٌ, (Ḳ,) [or this last is perhaps a simple subst.,] said of a man, He led [a plentiful, and] an easy, a pleasant, a soft, or a delicate, life; (Ḳ;) he found, or experienced, [or enjoyed, (see the part. n. رَافِهٌ, below,)] an easy, a pleasant, a soft, or a delicate, life, with ampleness of the means of subsistence; andترفّه↓ is [syn. therewith, its part. n. مُتَرَفِّهٌ being syn. with رَافِهٌ, and the verb itself being] quasi-pass. of رَفَّهَ: (Mṣb:) or he found, or experienced, rest, or ease, after fatigue. (JK.) [See also 4.]

رَفَهَتِ الإِبِلُ, (Ṣ, Mgh, Ḳ,) aor. ـَ {يَرْفَهُ}, (Ṣ, Mgh,) inf. n. رَفْهٌ and رُفُوهٌ, (Ṣ, [and it is implied in the Ḳ that رِفْهٌ also is an inf. n. of the verb thus used, but it is a simple subst. accord. to the Ṣ,]) The camels came to the water to drink (Ṣ, Mgh, Ḳ) every day, (Ṣ,) when they would. (Ṣ, Mgh, Ḳ.) [See رِفْهٌ, below.]

أَمَا تَرْفَهُ فُلَانًا Hast thou not, or wherefore wilt thou not have, mercy, or pity, or compassion, on such a one? (TA. [The meaning is there only indicated by the context.])

رفّه, inf. n. تَرْفِيهٌ: see 4, in five places.

رفّه نَفْسَهُ, inf. n. as above, He rested himself; made himself to be at rest or at ease; or gave himself rest. (Mgh, Mṣb.)

رفّه عَنْهُ, (JK, Ṣ, Mgh, Ḳ,) or عَلَيْهِ, (so accord. to one copy of the Ṣ, [both correct, but the former the more common,]) inf. n. as above, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) He made his circumstances ample and easy; eased him, or relieved him; and granted him a delay; (JK,* Ṣ,* Mgh, Ḳ;*) namely, his debtor; (Ṣ, Mgh;) or one who was in straitness, or distress: (TA:) and he behaved, or acted, gently, softly, tenderly, graciously, or courteously, with him: (JK, TA:*) and رَفِّهْ عَلَىَّ Grant thou to me a delay: it is from رِفْهٌ as used in relation to camels. (Mgh.) And رُفِّهَ عَنْهُ التَّعَبُ Fatigue was removed from him, or made to quit him. (TA.)

ارفه He found, or experienced, rest, or ease, (Ḳ,) or he remained, stayed, dwelt, or abode, and found, or experienced, rest, or ease, (IAạr, TA,) عِنْدِنَا at our abode; as alsoرفّه↓, inf. n. تَرْفِيهٌ; (IAạr, TA;) andاسترفه↓. (IAạr, Ḳ.)

He kept continually, or constantly, to the eating of dainty food, (Ḳ, TA,) and indulged himself largely in eating and drinking: and this is said to be meant in a trad. in which الإِرْفَاه is forbidden; because it is one of the practices of the foreigners and of worldly people. (TA.)

He anointed himself, (JK, Ṣ, Ḳ,) and combed, or anointed and combed, his hair, (Ṣ,) every day: (JK, Ṣ, Ḳ:) and this also is said to be meant in the trad. above mentioned: (JK, Ṣ, TA:) or by الارفاه in that trad. is meant [the indulging in] ease and plenty. (JK.)

ارفهُ المَالُ The cattle remained near to the water (Ḳ, TA) in the water-ing-trough or tank, pasturing there upon the plants, or trees, called حَمْض. (TA.)

And ارفهوا Their camels, (JK,) or their cattle, (Ḳ,) came to the water to drink (JK, Ḳ) every day, (JK,) or when they would. (Ḳ.)

أَرْفَهَهُمْ He (God) made them to have an easy, a pleasant, a soft, or a delicate, and a plentiful, life; as alsoرَفَّهَهُمْ↓, inf. n. تَرْفِيهٌ: (Ḳ, TA:) and أَرْفَهْتُهُ andرَفَّهْتُهُ↓ I made him to find, or experience, [or enjoy, (see 1,)] an easy, a pleasant, a soft, or a delicate, life, with ampleness of the means of subsistence. (Mṣb.)

And ارفه الإِبِلَ; (Ṣ, Ḳ;) andرفّهها↓, (Ḳ,) andرفّه↓ عَنْهَا, inf. n. as above; (TA;) He made the camels to come to the water to drink (Ṣ, Ḳ, TA) every day, (Ṣ, TA,) when they would. (Ṣ, Ḳ, TA.)

رِفْهٌ [said in the Ḳ to be an inf. n. of رَفَهَ said of a man, and app. of رَفَهَت said of camels: or it is] a subst. from رَفَهَت said of camels; (Ṣ;) and [thus] signifies The coming of camels to the water to drink (JK, Ṣ,* Mgh) every day, (JK, Ṣ,*) when they will: (Ṣ,* Mgh:) or the shortest and quickest of the times of coming to water. (TA.) [See also ثِلْثٌ, and عُرَيْجَآءُ.] Lebeed uses it metaphorically in relation to palm-trees growing over water, saying,

* يَشْرَبْنَ رِفْهًا عِرَاكًا غَيْرَ صَادِيَةٍ *

* فَكُلُّهَا كَارِعٌ فِى المَآءِ مُغْتَمِرُ *

[‡ They drink every day, together, not thirsting; and every one of them is sipping the water, dipping therein]. (TA.)

Also Small, or young, palm-trees. (JK, Ḳ, TA. [By Golius and Freytag written, in this sense, رِفَهٌ.])

رُفَهٌ i. q. تِبْنٌ [i. e. Straw; or straw that has been trodden, or thrashed, and cut: by some written رُفَّةٌ; and by some, رُفَتٌ]: (Kr, Ṣ, Ḳ:) whence the prov., أَغْنَى مِنَ التُّفَهِ عَنِ الرُّفَهِ [More free from want than the badger is from the want of straw]; التُّفَهُ meaning the beast of prey called عَنَاقُ الأَرْضِ; because it does not feed upon straw: (Ṣ:) [by some written التُّفَّهُ; and by some, التُّفَةُ; and by some, التُّفَّةُ:] accord. to some, the former word is with ة; and الرُّفَرُفَتٌ occurs as its pl. in a verse cited by IF: accord to ISk, the two words are correctly without teshdeed, and with the radical ه. (TA in art. تفه.) [See also رُفَتٌ, in art. رفت.]

رَفْهَةٌ Pity, compassion, or mercy. (AHeyth, Ḳ.) Thus expl. as used in the saying, إِذَا سَقَطَتِ الطَّرْفَهْ قَلَّتْ فِى الأَرْضِ الرَّفْهَه. (TA. [But الطَّرْفَه is here an evident mistranscription for الصَّرْفَه, the name of the Twelfth Mansion of the Moon: the meaning is, When الصرفه sets aurorally, pity becomes little in the earth; because then the cold ends: see art. صرف.])

رَفَاهَةٌ andرَفَاهِيَةٌ↓, (Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ, [both expressly shown in the JK and Mgh and Mṣb to be inf. ns.,]) like رَفَاغَةٌ and رَفَاغِيَةٌ, (TA,) andرُفَهْنِيَةٌ↓, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) like رُفَغْنِيَةٌ, (TA,) the last rendered quasi-coordinate to the quinqueliteral-radical class [partly] by means of ا in its latter part, changed into ى because of the kesreh before it, (Ṣ, [but mentioned also in a separate art., as well as here, in the Ṣ and Ḳ,]) A state of life ample in its means or circumstances, unstraitened, or plentiful, (Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ,) and easy, pleasant, soft, or delicate: (Mṣb, Ḳ:) so in the saying, هُوَ فِى رَفَاهَةٍ مِنَ العَيْشِ (Ṣ) and رَفَاهِيَةٍ (Ṣ, Mṣb) and رُفَهْنِيَةٍ (Ṣ) He is in a state of life ample in its means, &c. (Ṣ, Mṣb.)

رَافِهٌ, applied to life, as meaning Ample in its means or circumstances, unstraitened, or plentiful, (Mgh,) [and easy, pleasant, soft, or delicate; likeرَفِيهٌ↓:]

[and] applied to a man, (JK, Ṣ, Mṣb,) In a state of ease, and ampleness of the means or circumstances of life; (JK, Ṣ;) in a state of rest, or ease; (Mgh, Mṣb, Ḳ;) enjoying an easy, a pleasant, a soft, or a delicate, life; (Mṣb, Ḳ;) as alsoرَفِيهٌ↓ (Ḳ [though this seems to be applied more properly to life itself, being from رَفُهَ,]) andرَفْهَانُ↓ (Ḳ) andمُتَرَفِّهٌ↓: (Mgh, Mṣb, Ḳ:) orرَفْهَانُ↓ signifies in a state of rest, or ease, after fatigue; and its pl. is رِفَاهٌ and رَفَاهَى. (JK.)

إِبِلٌ رَوَافِهُ, [the latter word being pl. of رَافِهَةٌ,] Camels coming to the water to drink (JK, Ḳ) every day, (JK,) when they will. (Ḳ.)

بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَكَ لَيْلَةٌ رَافِهَةٌ, (Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ,) and ثَلَاثُ لَيَالٍ رَوَافِهُ, (JK, Ṣ, Ḳ,*) [Between me and thee is a night, and are three nights,] of gentle, or easy, journeying. (JK, Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ.)

هُوَ رَافِهٌ بِهِ He is affected with mercy, pity, or compassion, for him. (Aboo-Leylà, Ḳ.)

هُوَ أَرْفَهُ مِنْهُ means أَكْثَرُ رَفْهًا [i. e. He is one who leads, or enjoys, a more easy, pleasant, soft, or delicate, and plentiful, life than he]. (TA.)