رفه

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Arabic

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Root
ر ف ه (r f h)
7 terms

Etymology 1.1

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From the root ر ف ه (r-f-h). Compare Hebrew רָפָה (rafá, to slacken).

Verb

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رَفُهَ (rafuha) I (non-past يَرْفُهُ (yarfuhu), verbal noun رَفَاه (rafāh) or رَفَاهَة (rafāha) or رَفَاهِيَة (rafāhiya) or رِفْه (rifh))

  1. to be comfortable, to be pleasurable (said of a person as well as of someone's circumstances)
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Etymology 1.2

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Verb

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رَفَّهَ (raffaha) II (non-past يُرَفِّهُ (yuraffihu), verbal noun تَرْفِيه (tarfīh))

  1. to recreate, to cheer up, to entertain
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References

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  • Freytag, Georg (1833) “رفه”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 176
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “رفه”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[2] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, pages 487–488