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مَرْفُوعٌ

Root: رفع

Full Definition

مَرْفُوعٌ pass. part. n. of رَفَعَهُ.
2 وَفُرُشٍ مَرْفُوعَةٍ, in the Kur [lvi. 32], means [And beds raised] one upon another: or of high estimation: or brought near to them: or wives elevated upon couches: or honoured wives.
3 حَدِيثٌ مَرْفُوعٌ A tradition related by a Companion of the Prophet, and ascribed, or attributed, to the Prophet himself, by the mention of him as its author, or of the person, or persons, up to the Prophet, by whom it has been handed down.

def.2 It is also an Verbal.Noun: [see رَفَعَ البَعِيرُ, in the latter half of the first paragraph:] and signifies A certain pace of a beast, of a horse and of a camel; contr. of مَوْضُوعٌ; and of مَخْفُوضٌ; (A in art. خفض;) it is a run below that termed حُضْر: or above that which is termed مَوْضُوع, and below that which is termed عَدْو: (TA: [but probably عدو is here a mistake for حُضْر:]) or a pace of a camel rising above the [easy and quick rate of going termed] هَمْلَجَة. You say, لَيْسَ لَهُ مَرْفُوعٌ He has not the pace termed مرفوع.
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