غَرْفِىٌّ
Root: غرف
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غَرْفِىٌّ
applied to a سِقَآء [or skin for water or for milk], and غَرْفِيَّةٌ applied to a مَزَادَة [or leathern water-bag], Tanned with the species of tree called
غَرْف: Aboo-Kheyreh says that the [skins termed] غرفيّة are of El-Yemen and El-Bahreyn: and accord. to AHn, one says
مَزَادَةٌ غَرَفِيَّةٌ and قِرْبَةٌ غَرَفِيَّةٌ; and the pl. غَرَفِيَّاتٌ occurs in a verse [in which the ر cannot be quiescent], cited by As.
2 مَزَادَةٌ غَرْفِيَّةٌ signifies also [A leathern water-bag] full: or, as some say, tanned with dates and [the tree called] أَرْطَى and salt.
2 مَزَادَةٌ غَرْفِيَّةٌ signifies also [A leathern water-bag] full: or, as some say, tanned with dates and [the tree called] أَرْطَى and salt.
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