رَصَافَةٌ
Root: رصف
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رَصَافَةٌ
Verbal.Noun of رَصُفَ. [q. v].
2 الرَّصَافَةُ بالِشَّىْءِ signifies The being gentle (الرِّفْقُ) with the thing: and [hence] it is said in a trad., وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَنَا عِمَادٌ بِنَا مِنْهَا [And no stay, or support, to us was more gentle, or convenient, (أَرْفَقَ,) to us than she, or it]: no verb thereof [in this sense] has been transmitted.
2 الرَّصَافَةُ بالِشَّىْءِ signifies The being gentle (الرِّفْقُ) with the thing: and [hence] it is said in a trad., وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَنَا عِمَادٌ بِنَا مِنْهَا [And no stay, or support, to us was more gentle, or convenient, (أَرْفَقَ,) to us than she, or it]: no verb thereof [in this sense] has been transmitted.
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