أرهف

See also: ازهق and أزهق

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ر ه ف (r-h-f)

Causative of رَهُفَ (rahufa, “to be thin, slim or slender; to be sharp”).

Verb

أَرْهَفَ • (ʔarhafa) IV, non-past يُرْهِفُ‎ (yurhifu)

  1. to make thin, slim or slender
  2. to sharpen
Conjugation
References

Etymology 2

Root
ر ه ف (r-h-f)

Elative of رَهِف (rahif, “thin, slim”) and رَهِيف (rahīf, “thin, slim; sharp”) and مُرْهَف (murhaf, “thin, slim; sharp”).

Adjective

أَرْهَف • (ʔarhaf)

  1. elative degree of رَهِف (rahif) and elative degree of رَهِيف (rahīf) and elative degree of مُرْهَف (murhaf):
    1. thinner, slimmer, slenderer; thinnest, slimmest, slenderest
    2. sharper; sharpest
Declension
References
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “أرهف”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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