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خُرْفَةٌ

Root: خرف

Full Definition

خُرْفَةٌ Gathered, or plucked, fruits; and particularly of the palm-tree: and خُرَافَةٌ signifies the same. (Mgh, K, TA. [See also خَرِيفٌ.]) It is said in a trad., التَّمْرُ خُرْفَةُ الصَّائِمِ [Dates are the gathered fruit of the faster]; because breaking the fast upon them is approved: and in another, النَّخْلَةُ خُرْفَةُ الصَّائِمِ, meaning The palm-tree is that of which the fruit is eaten by the faster. See also مَخْرَفٌ, last sentence.


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