رفه

Arabic

Root
ر ف ه (r-f-h)

Etymology

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

Verb

رَفُهَ • (rafuha) I, non-past يَرْفُهُ‎ (yarfuhu)

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

Conjugation

Verb

رَفَّهَ • (raffaha) II, non-past يُرَفِّهُ‎ (yuraffihu)

  1. to recreate, to cheer up, to entertain

Conjugation

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1833) “رفه”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (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 (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, pages 487–488
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