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2 رغّى ذ , (S, Msb, K,) inf. n. تَرْغِيَةٌ, (S,) said of milk, (S, Msb, K,) It frothed; (S;) it had رَغْوَة [or froth]; as also ↓ ارغى , (K,) inf. n. إِِرْغَآءٌ; (TA;) and ↓ رَغَا , (K,) aor. يَرْغُو, inf. n. رَغْوٌ: (TA:) or it had much froth; as also ↓ ارغى : (TA:) or its froth estuated. (Msb.) ― -b2- [Hence,] أَمْسَتْ إِِبِلُهُمْ تُرَغِّى وَتُنَشِّفُ, i. e. [Their camels became, or became in the evening, so as that they yielded frothy milk; or so as that] they had رَغْوَة and نُشَافَة. (Yaakoob, S.) -A2- تَرْغِيَةٌ also signifies (tropical:) The act of angering [another]. (IAar, K, TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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