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رَفَاهَةٌ

Root: رفه

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رَفَاهَةٌ and رَفَاهِيَةٌ , like رَفَاغَةٌ and رَفَاغِيَةٌ, and رُفَهْنِيَةٌ , like رُفَغْنِيَةٌ, 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, A state of life ample in its means or circumstances, unstraitened, or plentiful, and easy, pleasant, soft, or delicate: so in the saying, هُوَ فِى رَفَاهَةٍ مِنَ العَيْشِ and رَفَاهِيَةٍ and رُفَهْنِيَةٍ He is in a state of life ample in its means &c.
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