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ترفّغ

Root: رفغ

Form: 5

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ترفّغV He became, or made himself, ample, or abundant, in his means of subsistence; syn. تَوَسَّعَ: or he exhibited ampleness, or abundance, in his means of subsistence.

def.2 ترفّغ فَوْقَ البَعِيرِ He , feared that the camel [upon which he was riding] would throw him, and therefore wound his legs next the sheath of his [the camel's] penis: [i. e., pressed his heels against the camel's أَرْفَاغ :] in the K, as also in the O and Tekmileh, خَلْفَ رِجْلَيْهِ is erroneously put for فَلَفَّ رِجْلَيْهِ, the reading in the L.
2 ترفّغها, He sat between her thighs, for the purpose of compressing her; from the Nawádir el-Aaráb; as also , i.e. رَفَغَ المَرْأَةَ.
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