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rahufa

be thin, be sharp

رَهُفَ

Word

Verb · Form I

Root

ر ه ف

Forms

Present
يَرْهُفُ

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عن أبي طالب عمر بن إبراهيم أنه قال: دعا حمزة بن بيض حجاماً وكان الحجام ثقيلاً كثير الكلام، فلما أرهف المشاريط قال له: الساعة توجعني.

Tales of Fools and Simpletons, page 79 →
Conjugation
Person PastPresentCommand
he هُوَ رَهُفَيَرْهُفُ—
she هِيَ رَهُفَتتَرْهُفُ—
they two (m.) هُما رَهُفايَرْهُفانِ—
they two (f.) هُما رَهُفَتاتَرْهُفانِ—
they (m.) هُمْ رَهُفُوايَرْهُفُونَ—
they (f.) هُنَّ رَهُفْنَيَرْهُفْنَ—
you (m.) أَنْتَ رَهُفْتَتَرْهُفُاُرْهُفْ
you (f.) أَنْتِ رَهُفْتِتَرْهُفِينَاُرْهُفِي
you two أَنْتُما رَهُفْتُماتَرْهُفانِاُرْهُفَا
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ رَهُفْتُمتَرْهُفُونَاُرْهُفُوا
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ رَهُفْتُنَّتَرْهُفْنَاُرْهُفْنَ
I أَنا رَهُفْتُأَرْهُفُ—
we نَحْنُ رَهُفْنانَرْهُفُ—

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 6 entries
  • رَهُفَ Form I was, or became, thin, and slender
    , aor. , inf. n. رَهَافَةٌ (JK, MA, K) and رَهَفٌ (JK, K) and رَهْفٌ, (TA,) It (a sword, K, or a thing [of any kind], JK, TA) was, or became, thin, and slender; (JK, K, TA;) it (a sword) was, or became, thin in the edge or point; (Ham p. 349;) it was, or became, sharp, or keen; contr. of كَلَّ. (MA.) -A2- رَهَفَهُ: see what next follows.
  • ارهفهُ Form IV He made it
    , (JK, S, K, &c.,) inf. n. إِرْهَافٌ; (Ham p. 93;) and ↓ رَهَفَهُ, aor. , (K,) inf. n. رَهْفٌ; (TA;) He made it (a sword, S, K, &c., or a thing [of any kind], JK) thin, (S, MA, K,) or sharp or pointed; (JK, MA;) he made it (a sword) thin in the edge or point; (Ham p. 93;) he made it sharp, or keen. (MA.) ― -b2- [Hence,] أَرْهَفْتَ عَلَيْنَا لِسَانَكَ (tropical:) [Thou hast sharpened against us thy tongue]. (A, TA.) And أَرْهِفْ غَرْبَ ذِهْنِكَ لِمَا أَقولُ (tropical:) [Sharpen the edge of thine intellect for what I say]. (A, TA.)
  • رَهِيفٌ Thin; slender
    Thin; slender; (JK, TA;) applied in this sense to a sword; (TA;) and also to a neck: (ISh, TA in art. بتع:) or thin in the edge or point; applied to a sword: (Ham p. 349:) or sharp, or keen; thus applied: (JK, * MA:) but Az says that it is seldom used; ↓ مُرْهَفٌ being used in its stead. (TA.)
  • مُرْهَفٌ Made thin
    (JK, S, TA) and ↓ مَرْهُوفٌ (JK, TA) Made thin; (JK, S, TA;) applied to a sword, (S, TA,) or to an arrow: (JK:) and the former, [or each,] made sharp or pointed: (JK:) [or made thin in the edge or pointed: or made sharp or keen: see 4:] and see also رَهِيفٌ. ― -b2- أُذُنٌ مُرْهَفَةٌ (assumed tropical:) A slender ear. (TA.) And خَصْرٌ مُرْهَفٌ (assumed tropical:) A slender waist. (Ham p. 93.) And رَجُلٌ مُرْهَفُ الجِسْمِ (JK, TA) and ↓ البَدَنِ ↓ مَرْهُوفُ, but the former is the more common, (tropical:) A man slender in the body. (TA.) ― -b3- فَرَسٌ مُرْهَفٌ (assumed tropical:) A horse lank in the belly, having the ribs near together: which is a fault. (IDrd, K, TA.)
  • مُرْهَفَةٌ Swords
    [as a subst., or an epithet in which the quality of a subst. is predominant,] Swords; (Ham p. 93;) and so مُرْهَفَاتٌ: (S and TA in art. برد:) or swords made thin in the edge or point. (Ham p. 349.) One says مُرْهَفَاتٌ بَوَارِدُ Sharp, or cutting, swords: (TA in art. برد:) or slaying swords. (S in that art.)
  • مَرْهُوفٌ Open entry
    : see مُرْهَفٌ, in two places.

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