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1 رَافَ ذ , aor. يَرِيفُ, He (a man of the desert) came to the رِيف; (T, O, K;) as also ↓ أَرْيَفَ and ↓ تريّف : (K:) or he entered the region, district, or tract, of cities, towns, or villages, and of cultivated land: or رَافُوا signifies they approached the رِيف; and so ↓ تريّفوا : (Ham p. 676:) or this last, they journeyed to the رِيف; (M;) and so ↓ أَرْيَفُوا : (S, * M:) or ↓ تريّفنا , we abode, or stayed, in [a region of] cities, towns, or villages, and where water was reached by digging, or where it was apparent, running upon the surface of the earth. (T.) ― -b2- And رَافَتِ المَاشِيَةُ The cattle pastured in the رِيف. (S, K.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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