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مِرْفَقٌ ذ and ↓ مَرْفِقٌ inf. ns. of رَفَقَ, (AZ, O, K,) of which ↓ مَرْفَقٌ also is an inf. n. (O, K.) ― -b2- Also A thing by which one profits, or gains advantage or benefit. (S, O, Msb, K.) It is said in the Kur [xviii. 15], وَيُهَيِّئُ لَكُمْ مِنْ أَمْرِكُمْ مِرْفَقًا or ↓ مَرْفِقًا , accord. to different readers, [i. e. And He will prepare for you a condition of your case by which ye shall profit], but no one reads ↓ مَرْفَقًا , (S, O,) which, however, is allowable, meaning ↓ رِفْقًا . (S. [See رِفْقٌ, last sentence.]) The pl. is مَرَافِقُ. (Msb.) ― -b3- [Hence,] مَرَافِقُ الدَّارِ Such appertenances [or conveniences] of the house as the privy and the kitchen and the like: (Mgh, Msb:) or the sinks, and the like, of the house: (S, O, K:) and particularly privies: (O:) when used in these senses, the sing. is مِرْفَقٌ only, with kesr to the م and fet-h to the ف, (Mgh, Msb,) likened to the noun signifying an instrument. (Msb.) [See also حَيِّزٌ, in art. حوز.] ― -b4- And from the same words in the sense expl. in the second sentence above, (Msb,) مِرْفَقٌ and ↓ مَرْفِقٌ signify also The elbow, or elbow-joint; the place where the ذِرَاع joins upon the عَضُد; (S, O, K;) [in other words,] the place where the عَضُد is connected with the سَاعِد; (Mgh;) the مرفق of a man: (Msb:) [and in like manner in a beast, the elbow, or elbowjoint, as in the JK, S, O, and K, voce أَرْفَقُ; and in countless other instances: but in the K voce رُكْبَةٌ (q. v.), it seems to be applied to the knee of a beast:] pl. as above. (Msb.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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