رَفَثٌ
Root: رفث
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رَفَثٌ
, said by some to be a simple subst., but by others to be an Verbal.Noun, Foul, unseemly, immodest, lewd, or obscene, speech, in relation to women; this being the primary signification: and talk to women in, or respecting, coition: and the speaking plainly of what should be indicated allusively, relating to coition: or allusion to coition: or foul, unseemly, immodest, lewd, or obscene, speech addressed to women; so accord. to I'Ab: and coition: and kissing; and amatory and enticing talk, or conversation; and any other similar act, of such acts as occur in the case of coition: or with the pudendum, or with respect to the pudendum, it is coition: and with the tongue, or with respect to the tongue, the making an appointment for coition: and with the eye, or with respect to the eye, the making a signal of a desire for coition: or it is a word comprehending everything that a man desires of his wife. In the Kur ii. 193, where it is forbidden during pilgrimage, it means Coition: and speech that may be a means of inducing coition: or foul, unseemly, immodest, lewd, or obscene, speech: or, accord. to Th, the removal of external impurities of the body, by such actions as the paring of the nails, and plucking out the hair of the armpit, and shaving the pubes, and the like. (M. [In the L and TA, the explanation
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