رَفْهَةٌ
Root: رفه
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رَفْهَةٌ
Pity, compassion, or mercy. Thus expl. as used in the saying, إِذَا سَقَطَتِ
الطَّرْفَهْ قَلَّتْ فِى الأَرْضِ الرَّفْهَه. (TA. [But الطَّرْفَه is here an evident mistranscription for الصَّرْفَه, the name of the Twelfth Mansion of the Moon: the meaning is, When
الصرفه
sets aurorally, pity becomes little in the earth; because then the cold ends: see art. صرف.])
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