رَافِدَةٌ
Root: رفد
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رَافِدَةٌ
a word of the measure فَاعِلَةٌ [app. as meaning A thing that aids, helps, or assists,] from الرَّفْدُ signifying “ the act of aiding, helping, or assisting. ” رَوَافِدُ [is its pl., and] signifies The rafters, or beams, or timbers, (خَشَب, S, Mgh, K, or خُشُب, M,) of a roof, over which are laid [planks, or only] the bundles of reeds, or canes, called
حَرَادِىّ; (IAar, L in art. حرد;) as also رَافِدَاتٌ. A poet says, (describing a house, S in art. بخ,)
[Its rafters are the most excellent of rafters].رَوَافِدُهُ أَكْرَمُ الرَّافِدَاتِ
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