رَفَوْتُ
Root: رفو
Form: 1
Full Definition
رَفَوْتُI
, third pers. رَفَا, Present.T أَرْفُوهُ, Verbal.Noun رَفْوٌ; and, in the dial. of Benoo-Kaab, رَفَيْتُهُ, Present.T أَرْفِيهِ, Verbal.Noun رَفْىٌ; but this latter is strange; (TA in art. رفأ;) I repaired, or mended, the garment, [where it was rent,] drawing parts thereof together; [or rather, as is well known, I darned it; for] رَفْوٌ is the finest, or most delicate, kind of sewing; the weaving [over] a rent, or hole, in a garment, so that it appears as though there were in it no rent, or hole: and رَفَأُتُهُ signifies the same: IAar and AZ say that it is with ء; but the latter says that the ء is [sometimes] changed into و, so that one says رَفَوْتُ: accord. to ISk, [but this is at variance with what follows,] the verbs with and without ء have different meanings; for one says, رَفَأَ الثَّوْبَ, and رَفَوْتُ
الرَّجُلَ.
2 رَفَوْتُ الرَّجُلَ, third pers. رَفَا, [Present.T and Verbal.Noun as above,]
3 And رَفَا, Present.T يَرْفُو,
2 رَفَوْتُ الرَّجُلَ, third pers. رَفَا, [Present.T and Verbal.Noun as above,]
3 And رَفَا, Present.T يَرْفُو,
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