رَفْرَف

R. Q. 1 raforafa * , (T, S, M, K,) inf.n. raforafapN , (T, K,) He (a bird) moved, or agitated, his wings, in the air, [or fluttered in the air, ] without moving from his place; (T, M;) as also ↓ raf~a : (M:) or he (a bird, S, or an ostrich, K) did thus around a thing, desiring to alight, or fall, upon it: (S, O, K:) or he (a bird) expanded and flapped his wings without alighting: (TA in art. fr$ :) and he (a bird) expanded his wings; as also ↓ raf~a ; but this latter is not used. (O, K.) One says also, of an ostrich, yuraforifu bijanaAHayohi vum~a yaEoduw [ He flaps his wings, then runs ]. (T, S, O.) ― -b2- [See also R. Q. 1 in art. zf , last sentence.] ― -b3- rfrf EalaY Alqawomi He was, or became, affectionate, favourable, or kind, to the people, or party; syn. taHad~aba . (M.) ― -b4- raforafapN also signifies The making a sound: (K:) its verb, raforafa , meaning It (a thing) made a sound. (TK.)

raforafN * : see raf~N , first sentence. ― -b2- Also A window; or an aperture for the admission of light; syn. rawo$anN ; (IAar, T, K;) and so ↓ rafiyfN . (AA, T, O, K.) -A2- Also Coverlets ( HaAbis , Katádeh, T) for beds: (T:) or beds [themselves]: (AO, T, O, K:) or carpets: (AO, T, K:) or green pieces of cloth, or pieces of cloth of a dark, or an ashy, dust-colour, ( viyaAbN xuDorN , [which may have either of these two meanings,] S, M, O, K,) that are spread, (M,) or of which maHaAbis [see above] are made, (S, O, K,) and which are spread; (K;) n. un. with p ; (S, O, M;) but some make the former a sing.: (O:) pl. rafaArifu : (M:) or it signifies, (T, O,) or signifies also, (K,) the redundant parts of maHaAbis , (T, O, K,) and of beds; (K;) and anything that is redundant and that is folded: (O, K:) or pieces of thin diybaAj [or silk brocade ]: (M, K:) it occurs in the Kur lv. 76: and some say that it there means the meadows, or gardens, ( riyaAD ,) of Paradise: (Fr, T:) or, as some say, pillows: (T:) or it signifies also a pillow: and meadows, or gardens; syn. riyaADN : (K:) also a carpet: (T:) and sometimes it is applied to any wide garment or piece of cloth. (Bd in lv. 76.) ― -b2- Also The kisor [app. as meaning the lowest piece of cloth, or the part of that piece that is folded upon the ground, ] of a [ tent of the kind called ] xibaA=' : (Lth, T, S, M, O, K:) and a piece of cloth ( xiroqapN ) that is sewed upon the lower part of a [ tent of the kind called ] fusoTaAT , (Lth, T, M, K,) and of a suraAdiq , (M, K,) and the like; as also ↓ raf~N , of which the pl. is rufuwfN : (M: [in the CK, AlfusoTATu is erroneously put for AlfusoTaATi :]) or the skirt of a tent: (Bd in lv. 76:) and, accord. to IAar, the extremity, edge, or border, of a fusoTaAT . (T.) ― -b3- Also The redundant portion of the skirt of a coat of mail: (A 'Obeyd, T, O:) or the sides of a coat of mail, (S, K,) and the pendent portions thereof: (S, O, K:) n. un. with p . (S.) And the raforaf of a coat of mail is [The tasobigap , q. v. : or] a piece of mail ( zaradN ) which is fastened to the helmet, and which the man makes to fall down upon his back. (M, K.) ― -b4- The pendent branches of the [tree called] A^ayokap . (T, O, K.) ― -b5- Soft, or tender, and drooping trees. (M, K.) And Certain trees, (K,) certain drooping trees, (As, T, O,) growing in El-Yemen. (As, T, O, K.) ― -b6- Also, [because pendent,] The [ caruncle, in the vulva of a girl or woman, called ] baZor [q. v.]. (Lh, M, K.) -A3- And A species of fish (Lth, T, M, O, K) of the sea. (M, K.)