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ارهفهُ

Root: رهف

Form: 4

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ارهفهُIV , Verbal.Noun إِرْهَافٌ; and , Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun رَهْفٌ; He made it thin, or sharp or pointed; he made it thin in the edge or point; he made it sharp, or keen.
2 [Hence,] أَرْهَفْتَ عَلَيْنَا لِسَانَكَ [Thou hast sharpened against us thy tongue]. And أَرْهِفْ غَرْبَ ذِهْنِكَ لِمَا أَقولُ [Sharpen the edge of thine intellect for what I say].
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