رَفَتَهُ

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رَفَتَهُI , Present.T ـِ and ـُ Verbal.Noun رَفْتٌ, He broke it; or broke it in pieces: he crushed, bruised, brayed, or pounded, it: he crumbled it, or broke it into small pieces, with his hand, like as is done with lumps of dry clay, and old and decayed bones. And رُفِتَ It was broken; or broken in pieces; [&c.] You say, رَفَتَ عُنُقَهُ, Present.T ـِ Verbal.Noun as above, He broke, or crushed, his neck. And رَفَتَ عِظَامَ الجَزُورِ He broke the bones of the slaughtered camel, in order to cook them and to extract their grease. And one says of him who does that from which he finds it difficult to liberate himself, الضَّبُعُ تَرْقُتُ العِظَامَ وَلَا تَعْرِفُ قَدْرَ ٱسْتِهَا تَأْكُلُهَا ثُمَّ يَعْسُرُ عَلَيْهَا خُرُوجُهَا [The hyena breaks in pieces the bones, but knows not the size of its anus: it eats them; then their exit becomes difficult to it].
2 [Hence,] رَفَتَ العَطَشَ It broke the vehemence of thirst. (Z, TA in art. فرت.)

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