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رِفْهٌ ذ [said in the K to be an inf. n. of رَفَهَ said of a man, and app. of رَفَهَت said of camels: or it is] a subst. from رَفَهَت said of camels; (S;) and [thus] signifies The coming of camels to the water to drink (JK, S, * Mgh) every day, (JK, S, *) when they will: (S, * Mgh:) or the shortest and quickest of the times of coming to water. (TA.) [See also ثِلْثٌ, and عُرَيْجَآءُ.] Lebeed uses it metaphorically in relation to palm-trees growing over water, saying, “ يَشْرَبْنَ رِفْهًا عِرَاكًا غَيْرَ صَادِيَةٍ
فَكُلُّهَا كَارِعٌ فِى المَآءِ مُغْتَمِرُ
” [(tropical:) They drink every day, together, not thirsting; and every one of them is sipping the water, dipping therein]. (TA.) -A2- Also Small, or young, palm-trees. (JK, K, TA. [By Golius and Freytag written, in this sense, رِفَهٌ.])
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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