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الرَّادِفَةُ

Root: ردف

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الرَّادِفَةُ , in the Kur lxxix. 7, means The second blast [of the horn on the day of resurrection]: (S, O, Bd, Jel, and K in art. رجف:) or the heaven, and the stars, which shall be cleft and scattered. [See also الرَّاجِفَةُ.]
2 See also رِدْفٌ.
3 رَوَادِفُ is pl. of رَادِفَةٌ and of رَادُوفٌ . It signifies The [shoots that are termed] رَوَاكِيب [pl. of رَاكُوبٌ q. v. voce. رَاكِبٌ] of the palm-tree. And Streaks [or layers] of fat, overlying one another, in the hinder part of a camel's hump: those in the fore part are called رَوَاكِبُ. (O * and K * in the present art., and A and K and TA in art. ركب.)
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