رَفٌّ
Root: رف
Full Definition
رَفٌّ
A thing resembling a
طَاق, [i. e. a kind of arched construction, app. like the صُفَّة described and figured in the Introduction to my work on the Modern Egyptians,] upon which are placed the
طَرَائِف [or choice articles, such as vessels and other utensils &c.,] of the house; as also
رَفْرَفٌ : the رَفّ that is [commonly] used in houses is well known [as being a wooden shelf, generally extending along one or more of the sides of a room]: IDrd says that the word is Arabic: the pl. is رُفُوفٌ and رِفَافٌ. The latter pl. occurs in the saying of Kaab Ibn-El-Ashraf, أَمَا إِنَّ رِفَافِى
تَقَصَّفُ تَمْرًا
Verily my shelves are breaking with dates, by reason of the large quantity thereof. رُفُوفُ الخَشَبِ, also, means The planks of the
لَحْد [or lateral hollow of a grave]. [And accord. to Golius, on the authority of a gloss. in the KL, رَفٌّ also signifies A small arched window in a wall.]
def.2 [When the رَفّ of a بَيْت is mentioned, by بيت may sometimes be meant a tent:] see رَفْرَفٌ.
def.3 Also A flock of sheep, or of sheep or goats.
2 A herd of oxen or cows.
3 A row of birds. (IAar, T and TA in art. ابل.)
4 A company of men.
5 Large camels; as also رِفٌّ : [or] a large herd of camels.
def.4 An enclosure (حَظِيرَة) for sheep or goats.
def.5 Any tract of sand elevated above what is adjacent to it or around it.
def.6 Wheat, corn, or other provision, which one brings for himself or his family or for sale; syn. مِيرَةٌ.
def.7 A soft garment or piece of cloth.
def.8 And, as some say, Saliva itself [as well as the “ sucking in of saliva: ” see 1].
def.2 [When the رَفّ of a بَيْت is mentioned, by بيت may sometimes be meant a tent:] see رَفْرَفٌ.
def.3 Also A flock of sheep, or of sheep or goats.
2 A herd of oxen or cows.
3 A row of birds. (IAar, T and TA in art. ابل.)
4 A company of men.
5 Large camels; as also رِفٌّ : [or] a large herd of camels.
def.4 An enclosure (حَظِيرَة) for sheep or goats.
def.5 Any tract of sand elevated above what is adjacent to it or around it.
def.6 Wheat, corn, or other provision, which one brings for himself or his family or for sale; syn. مِيرَةٌ.
def.7 A soft garment or piece of cloth.
def.8 And, as some say, Saliva itself [as well as the “ sucking in of saliva: ” see 1].
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