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رغف

1 رَغَفَ ذ , (JK, O, Msb,) aor. رَغَفَ , (O, Msb,) inf. n. رَغْفٌ, (JK, O, Msb, K,) He collected together (JK, O, Msb, K) clay, (JK, O, K,) or dough, (Msb, O, K,) making it into a compact mass, (JK, O, K,) or making it round (Msb) [and flat, but not thin, or not very thin], with his hand. (Msb, O, K.) ― -b2- رَغَفَ البَعِيرٌ, (JK, O, K,) aor. as above, (O, K,) and so the inf. n., (JK, O,) He put into the camel's mouth, by mouthfuls, seeds (بَزْر), and flour, (JK, O, K,) and the like. (O, K.) 4 ارغف ذ He looked sharply, or intently, or attentively; (JK, O, K;) إِِلَيْهِ [at him, or it]; (TK;) said of a man and of a lion. (O.) ― -b2- And He hastened, made haste, or sped, in going, journeying, or pace. (K.) رَغِيفٌ ذ A round cake (MA, KL) of bread, (S, MA, Mgh, KL,) such as is thick, or not thin, (MA,) the contr. of such as is termed رَقِيق; (Mgh;) [generally about a span, or less, in width, and from half an inch to an inch in thickness;] of the measure فَعِيلٌ in the sense of the measure مَفْعُولٌ, (Msb,) from رَغَفَ as expl. in the first sentence above: (JK, O, Msb, K:) pl. [of pauc.] أَرْغِفَةٌ (S, O, Msb, K) and [of mult.] رُغْفَانٌ (JK, S, MA, Mgh, Msb, K) and رُغُفٌ (JK, S, O, Msb) and رُغْفٌ and ↓ تَرَاغِيفُ ; (JK, O, K;) the last anomalous, (TK,) mentioned by Ibn-'Abbád. (O.) تَرَاغِيفُ ذ : see what next precedes. [This art. is wanting in the copies of the L and TA to which I have had access.]
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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