Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

غَرَّافٌ

Root: غرف

Full Definition

غَرَّافٌ A river, or channel of running water, having much water.
2 And A copious rain: occurring in this sense in a verse: or, as some relate it, the word is there عَزَّاف [q. v.].
3 And A horse wide in step; that takes much of the ground with his legs.


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