Quranic root
رفد
r · f · d
The root denotes aiding or supporting through a gift or other means.
The basic orientation is assistance rendered by giving or strengthening. From this develop gifts and aid, mutual assistance, acquisition from another, supporting implements, tributary streams, and abundant provision.
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Forms in the Quran
The forms this root actually takes in the Quran. Select one to jump to its senses and examples.
مَرْفُودٌ
marfūdun
- Part of speech
- Passive participle
- Quran occurrences
- 1 occurrence
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
Bestowed or given as a gift.
In the expression بِئْسَ الرِّفْدُ الْمَرْفُودُ (Quran 11:99), it describes the gift or benefaction that is bestowed.
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Selected Quran examples
Quran 11:99word 9
“which (will) be given”
رِفْدٌ
rifdun
- Part of speech
- Noun
- Quran occurrences
- 1 occurrence
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
A gift or bestowed benefaction.
In بِئْسَ الرِّفْدُ الْمَرْفُودُ (Quran 11:99), it denotes the gift or benefaction being bestowed; the broader Classical use for aid is listed separately.
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Selected Quran examples
Quran 11:99word 8
“(is) the gift”
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
View all 2 occurrencesBroader Classical Arabic meanings
Recorded for this root in the Classical lexicons beyond its Quran usage. These are secondary to the Quran senses above.
Show 28 Classical meanings
رَفَدَ
To give someone a gift.
Form I verb; the object receives a gift or benefaction.
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رَفَدَ
To aid, help, or assist someone, by a gift, words, or another means.
Form I verb; assistance may be rendered with or without a material gift.
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رَفَدَ
To prop up or support one thing with another.
Used of supporting a wall or another object with a prop.
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رَفَدَ
To fit or furnish something with a supporting appurtenance, pad, or compress.
Used of putting a saddle appurtenance on a camel or furnishing a wound with a piece of cloth as a compress.
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رَفَدَ
To hold one thing fast to another.
A transitive construction describing one thing securing another.
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رَفَّدَ
To make someone a lord or chief, magnify or honor him, and place him over affairs.
Form II, with a figurative or social elevation associated with a chief's gift-giving.
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رَفَّدَ
To go at a brisk pace resembling a quick measured gait.
A separate Form II usage describing manner of walking.
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تَرَافَدَ
To aid or assist one another.
Form VI reciprocal usage.
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اِرْتَفَدَ
To gain, acquire, or earn property, or to obtain a gift or aid from someone.
Form VIII usage focused on acquiring or receiving benefit.
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اِسْتَرْفَدَ
To seek, desire, demand, or ask someone for aid or assistance.
Form X; the requested assistance may be by a gift or otherwise.
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رِفْدٌ
Aid, help, or assistance.
Assistance may be provided by a gift, milk, words, or anything else.
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رِفْدٌ
A lot, share, or portion.
A nominal use distinct from the senses of gift and assistance.
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رِفْدٌ
A large drinking cup or bowl, or a vessel in which one milks.
The term may denote a large vessel used for serving drink or milking.
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رِفْدٌ
In the idiom هُرِيقَ رِفْدُهُ, to be slain or to die.
An idiomatic, figurative use based on the emptying of the vessel.
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رِفْدَةٌ
A company or group of men aiding one another.
A collective noun for a mutually supportive group.
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رَفُودٌ
A she-camel whose abundant milk fills the large milking vessel in one milking or supplies milk continuously.
Applied to a camel noted for abundant or uninterrupted milk.
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رِفَادَةٌ
A supporting pad beneath a saddle, or a piece of material used as a wound compress.
A concrete support or furnishing placed beneath a saddle or against a wound.
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رِفَادَةٌ
A communal contribution used to provide food and drink for pilgrims.
Refers especially to the pre-Islamic Qurashī provision for pilgrims, collected according to each contributor's means.
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رِفَادَةٌ
An excellent aider, helper, or assistant.
A figurative personal designation.
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رَافِدٌ
One who gives gifts or provides aid.
Active participle; it can also be used figuratively of hands or arms that afford aid or succor.
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رَافِدٌ
One next in station to a king who aids him and occupies his place in his absence.
A political or courtly designation.
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رَافِدٌ
A river that flows into and augments another river; a tributary.
In the dual الرَّافِدَانِ, it is an appellation for the Tigris and Euphrates.
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رَافِدَةٌ
A thing that aids, helps, or supports.
A feminine noun of the pattern فَاعِلَةٌ.
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رَافِدَةٌ
A rafter, beam, or timber of a roof.
Usually used in the plural رَوَافِدُ for the roof timbers supporting the structure above.
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بَنُو أَرْفَدَةَ
A class or surname of Abyssinians mentioned in traditional reports.
A proper-name or ethnonymic use, with أَرْفِدَةَ also reported as a variant.
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تَرْفِيدٌ
The buttocks or posterior parts of a woman.
A substantive anatomical use.
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مِرْفَدٌ
A pad or stuffed piece used to make a woman's small buttocks appear larger.
A concrete padding or prosthetic support.
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مَرَافِيدُ
Ewes or she-goats whose milk does not cease in summer or winter.
A plural term for animals with continuous milk production.
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Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
The Quranic form مَرْفُودٌ is normalized as a passive participle meaning “bestowed” or “given”; the supplied Quran-focused lexical discussion also cites the closely related passive form مُرْفَدٌ.