gharrāfa

decanter, carafe

غَرّافَة

Word

Noun · pattern فَعّالَة

Root

غ ر ف

From the same root

All words from غ ر ف →

Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 12 entries
  • غَرَفَ المَآءَ Form I He took
    , (Msb, K,) or غَرَفَ المَآءَ بِيَدِهِ, (S, O, TA,) aor. (S, O, Msb, K) and , (K,) inf. n. غَرْفٌ; (S, O, Msb;) and ↓ اغترفهُ, (Msb, K,) or اغترف مِنْهُ, (S,) or both of these; (O, TA;) He took [or laded out] the water with his hand [as with a ladle]: (K, TA:) and in like manner, بِالمِغْرَفَةِ [with the ladle]. (JK.) -A2- غَرَفَ الشَّىْءَ, (S, O, K, *) aor. , (TK,) inf. n. غَرْفٌ, (TA,) He cut, or cut off, the thing. (S, O, K. *) ― -b2- And غَرَفَ نَاصِيَتَهُ He clipped his forelock; (S, O, K;) i. e. a horse's. (S, O.) -A3- غَرَفَ الجِلْدَ, (S, O, TA,) inf. n. غَرْفٌ, (TA,) He tanned the skin with غَرْف [q. v.]. (S, O, TA.) -A4- غَرَفَ البَعِيرَ, aor. and , (O, TA,) inf. n. غَرْفٌ, (TA,) He put upon the head of the camel a rope, or cord, called غُرْفَة [q. v.]. (O, TA.) -A5- See also 7. -A6- غَرِفَتِ الإِبِلُ, aor. , (S, O, K,) inf. n. غَرَفٌ, (S, O,) The camels had a complaint (S, O, K) of their bellies (O, K) from eating غَرْف [q. v.]. (S, O, K.)
  • تَغَرَّفَنِى Form V He took everything that was with me
    He took everything that was with me: (K, TA:) so in the Tekmileh. (TA.)
  • انغرف Form VII It (a thing) became cut, or cut off
    It (a thing) became cut, or cut off. (S, O, K.) ― -b2- And It bent, or became bent: (Yaakoob, TA:) and some say, it broke, or became broken: (TA:) [and ↓ غَرَفَ, inf. n. غَرْفٌ, app. has both of these meanings; for] الغَرْفُ, accord. to IAar, signifies The bending, or becoming bent; and the breaking, or becoming broken. (TA.) انغرف said of a bone means It broke, or became broken: and said of a branch, or stick, or the like, it became broken, but not thoroughly. (TA.) ― -b3- And He died. (TA.)
  • إِغْتَرَفَ Form VIII Open entry
    see 1, first sentence.
  • غَرْفٌ A species of trees
    and ↓ غَرَفٌ, (S, K,) the latter mentioned by Yaakoob, (S,) A species of trees, (شَجَرٌ,) with which one tans; (S, K;) when dry, [said to be] what are termed ثُمَام: (TA: [but perhaps this statement applies particularly to غَرَفٌ, which see below: and see also ثُمَامٌ:]) accord. to A'Obeyd, called غَرْفٌ and غَلْفٌ [q. v.]: AHn says, the غرف is a species of trees from which bows are made; [see عِضَاهٌ;] and no one tans with it; but Kz says that its leaves may be used for tanning therewith, though bows be made of its branches: and Aboo-Mohammad mentions, on the authority of As, that one tans with the leaves of the ↓ غَرَف, and not with its branches: El-Báhilee says that غَرْفٌ signifies certain skins, not such as are termed قَرَظِيَّة, [i. e. not tanned with قَرَظ, but] tanned, in Hejer, in the following manner: one takes for them sprigs (هَدَب) of the أَرْطَى, and puts them in a mortar, and pounds them, then throws upon them dates, whereupon there comes forth from them an altered odour, after which a certain quantity is laded out for each skin, which is then tanned therewith; and the term غَرْف is applied to that which is laded out, and to every quantity of skin from that mash, to one and to all alike: but Az says, the غَرْف with which skins are tanned is well known, of the trees of the desert (البَادِيَة), and, he says, I have seen it; and what I hold is this, that the skins termed غَرْفِيَّة are thus termed in relation to the species of trees called the غَرْف, not to what is laded out: As says that الغَرْفُ, with the ر quiescent, signifies certain skins that are brought from El-Bahreyn. (TA.)
  • غَرَفٌ Panic grass
    , (O, K, TA,) accord. to AA, (O,) or IAar, (T, TA,) i. q. ثُمَامٌ [Panic grass]; (O, K, TA;) not used for tanning therewith; and accord. to Az, this that IAar says is correct: AHn says that when it becomes dry, and one chews it, its odour is likened to that of camphor: (TA:) or ثُمَام while green: (K:) or one of the species of ثُمَام, which resembles rushes (أَسَل,) of which brooms are made, and with which water-bags of leather are covered to protect them from the sun so that the water becomes cool: (A 'Obeyd, TA:) the n. un. is with ة. (AHn, O.) And, (O, K,) accord. to Skr, (O,) The شَثّ, and طُبَّاق, and نَشَم [thus (correctly) in the O, but in the K بَشَم], and عَفَار [in the CK غَفار], and عُتْم, and صَوْم, and حَبَج, and شَدْن, and حَيَّهَل [or حَيَّهْل], and هَيْشَر, and ضُرْم [thus in the O and in some copies of the K] or ضِرْم [thus in other copies of the K]: every one of these is called غَرَف. (O, K.) ― -b2- See also غَرْفٌ, in two places. ― -b3- Also The leaves of trees (K, TA) with which tanning is performed. (TA.)
  • غَرْفَةٌ A single act of taking
    A single act of taking [or lading out] water with the hand [as with a ladle: and in like manner also with a ladle: see 1, first sentence]. (S, * Mgh, * Msb, * K.) -A2- And A single act of cutting, or cutting off, a thing: or of clipping the forelock of a horse. (K, * TA.)
  • غُرْفَةٌ quantity
    The quantity of water that is taken [or laded out] with the hand [as with a ladle]; (JK, S, * Mgh, * O, Msb, * K;) as much thereof as fills the hand; (JK;) and ↓ غُرَافَةٌ signifies the same: (O, K:) before it is so taken it is not termed غُرْفَة: (S, K:) the pl. is غِرَافٌ. (S, Msb, K.) ― -b2- And [hence, app.,] Somewhat remaining, of milk. (IAar, TA in art. جزع.) -A2- Also i. q. عُِلِّيَّةٌ; (S, O, Msb, K;) i. e. [An upper chamber; or] a chamber in the upper, or uppermost, story: (Har p. 325:) pl. غُرَفٌ and غُرَفَاتٌ (S, O, Msb, K) which latter is held by some to be a pl. pl. (Msb) and غُرُفَاتٌ and غُرْفَاتٌ. (S, O, Msb, K.) ― -b2- And الغُرْفَةُ signifies The Seventh Heaven: (S, * O, * K:) or the highest of the places of Paradise: or it is one of the names of Paradise. (Bd in xxv. 75.) Accord. to the S [and O], the phrase دُونَ غُرْفَةِ عَرْشِهِ occurs in a verse of Lebeed, as applying to the Seventh Heaven: but what is [found] in his poetry is دُونَ عِزَّةِ عَرْشِهِ. (IB, TA.) -A3- Also A lock (خُصْلَة) of hair. (O, K.) ― -b2- And A rope, or cord, tied with a bow, or double bow, (مَعْقُودٌ بِأُنْشُوطَةٍ, O, K,) which is put upon the head, (O,) or hung upon the neck, (K,) of a camel: (O, K:) of the dial. of El-Yemen. (TA.)
  • غِرْفَةٌ A mode, or manner, of taking
    A mode, or manner, of taking [or lading out] water with the hand [as with a ladle]. (K.) -A2- And A sandal: pl. غِرَفٌ: (K:) of the dial. of Asad. (TA.) [See also غَرِيفَةٌ.]
  • غَرْفِىٌّ Tanned with the species of tree called غَرْف
    applied to a سِقَآء [or skin for water or for milk], (S, O, K,) and غَرْفِيَّةٌ applied to a مَزَادَة [or leathern water-bag], (S, O,) Tanned with the species of tree called غَرْف: (S, O, K:) Aboo-Kheyreh says that the [skins termed] غرفيّة are of El-Yemen and El-Bahreyn: and accord. to AHn, one says ↓ مَزَادَةٌ غَرَفِيَّةٌ and قِرْبَةٌ غَرَفِيَّةٌ; and the pl. غَرَفِيَّاتٌ occurs in a verse [in which the ر cannot be quiescent], cited by As. (TA.) ― -b2- مَزَادَةٌ غَرْفِيَّةٌ signifies also [A leathern water-bag] full: or, as some say, tanned with dates and [the tree called] أَرْطَى and salt. (TA.)
  • غَرَفِيَّةٌ Open entry
    : see the next preceding paragraph.
  • غِرَافٌ A certain large measure of capacity
    A certain large measure of capacity; (S, K;) like جِرَافٌ; (S;) also called قَنْقَلٌ [q. v.]. (S, K.) ― -b2- And pl. of غُرْفَةٌ in the first of the meanings assigned to it above. (S, Msb, K.)

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