رِدْفٌ
Root: ردف
Full Definition
رِدْفٌ
: see رَدِيفٌ, in two places.
2 Also A sequent of a thing; whatever that sequent be: pl. أَرْدَافٌ, which is its pl. in all its senses; and is particularly applied to the [stars that are] followers of [other] stars; [and] its pl. is [also] رُدَافَى; which is particularly applied to drivers of camels; or drivers who urge camels, or excite them, by singing to them: and to aids, assistants, or auxiliaries; [as being a man's followers; or] because, when any one of them is fatigued, another takes his place: or, as some say, رُدَافَى is syn. with رَدِيفٌ: or it is also syn. with رَدِيفٌ, and some say, a pl. thereof.
3 The night: and the day: الرِّدْفَانِ signifying the night and the day, because each of them is a رِدْف to the other: and the morning, between daybreak and sunrise, and the evening, between sunset and nightfall; as also الأَبْرَدَانِ and البَرْدَانِ. (T in art. برد.)
4 The consequence of an event, or affair; as also رَدَفٌ . So the former in the saying, هٰذَا أَمْرٌ لَيْسَ لَهُ رِدْفُ [This is an event, or affair, that has not, or will not have, any consequence, or result]. [So too رَدِيفٌ ; the phrase الرَّدِيفُ meaning The consequence and that of which it is the consequence.]
5 The hinder part of anything.
6 The posteriors, or buttocks, or peculiarly, accord. to some, of a woman: pl. أَرْدَافٌ; with which رَوَادِفُ is syn., but [ISd says,] I know not whether it be an extr. pl. of رِدْفٌ, or pl. of .
7 رِدْفُ المَلِكِ He who, in the Time of Ignorance, supplied the place of the king, in the management of the affairs of the realm, like the وَزِير in the time of El-Islám, or like the صَاحِبُ الشُّرْطَة in this our age: in the Time of Ignorance, he who sat on the right hand of the king, and, when the king drank, drank after him, before others, and, when the king went to war, sat in his place, and was his vicegerent over the people until he returned, and, on the return of the king's army, took the fourth of the spoil: he also rode behind the king upon his horse: pl. أَرْدَافٌ. [See also الرِّدَافَةُ.]
8 الرِّدْفُ [is also a name of] The bright star [a] on the tail of the constellation الدَّجَاجَة [i. e. Cygnus; which star is also called الذَّنَبُ, and ذَنَبُ الدَّجَاجَةِ]; a certain star near to النَّسْرُ الوَاقِعُ [or a of Lyra]; and so ; or this is another star near to النسر الواقع. And رِدْفُ الثُّرَيَّا i. q. الجَوْزَآءُ [i. e. either Orion or Gemini].
9 Lebeed applies the dual رِدْفَانِ to Two sailors in the hinder part of a ship.
2 Also A sequent of a thing; whatever that sequent be: pl. أَرْدَافٌ, which is its pl. in all its senses; and is particularly applied to the [stars that are] followers of [other] stars; [and] its pl. is [also] رُدَافَى; which is particularly applied to drivers of camels; or drivers who urge camels, or excite them, by singing to them: and to aids, assistants, or auxiliaries; [as being a man's followers; or] because, when any one of them is fatigued, another takes his place: or, as some say, رُدَافَى is syn. with رَدِيفٌ: or it is also syn. with رَدِيفٌ, and some say, a pl. thereof.
3 The night: and the day: الرِّدْفَانِ signifying the night and the day, because each of them is a رِدْف to the other: and the morning, between daybreak and sunrise, and the evening, between sunset and nightfall; as also الأَبْرَدَانِ and البَرْدَانِ. (T in art. برد.)
4 The consequence of an event, or affair; as also رَدَفٌ . So the former in the saying, هٰذَا أَمْرٌ لَيْسَ لَهُ رِدْفُ [This is an event, or affair, that has not, or will not have, any consequence, or result]. [So too رَدِيفٌ ; the phrase الرَّدِيفُ meaning The consequence and that of which it is the consequence.]
5 The hinder part of anything.
6 The posteriors, or buttocks, or peculiarly, accord. to some, of a woman: pl. أَرْدَافٌ; with which رَوَادِفُ is syn., but [ISd says,] I know not whether it be an extr. pl. of رِدْفٌ, or pl. of .
7 رِدْفُ المَلِكِ He who, in the Time of Ignorance, supplied the place of the king, in the management of the affairs of the realm, like the وَزِير in the time of El-Islám, or like the صَاحِبُ الشُّرْطَة in this our age: in the Time of Ignorance, he who sat on the right hand of the king, and, when the king drank, drank after him, before others, and, when the king went to war, sat in his place, and was his vicegerent over the people until he returned, and, on the return of the king's army, took the fourth of the spoil: he also rode behind the king upon his horse: pl. أَرْدَافٌ. [See also الرِّدَافَةُ.]
8 الرِّدْفُ [is also a name of] The bright star [a] on the tail of the constellation الدَّجَاجَة [i. e. Cygnus; which star is also called الذَّنَبُ, and ذَنَبُ الدَّجَاجَةِ]; a certain star near to النَّسْرُ الوَاقِعُ [or a of Lyra]; and so ; or this is another star near to النسر الواقع. And رِدْفُ الثُّرَيَّا i. q. الجَوْزَآءُ [i. e. either Orion or Gemini].
9 Lebeed applies the dual رِدْفَانِ to Two sailors in the hinder part of a ship.
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