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رَفَّةٌ

Root: رف

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رَفَّةٌ [Verbal.Noun of unity of رَفَّ,] i. q. بَرْقَةٌ [app. as meaning A flash of lightning]: or a shining, or glistening.
2 And A quivering, or throbbing.

def.2 Also A sound act of eating; syn. أَكْلَةٌ مُحْكَمَةٌ. (IAar, T, O, K. [In the CK, in this sense, erroneously written رُفَّة.])
2 And A suck.
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