رُفَهٌ

i. q. تِبْنٌ [i. e. Straw; or straw that has been trodden, or thrashed, and cut: by some written رُفَّةٌ; and by some, رُفَتٌ]: (Kr, S, K:) whence the prov., أَغْنَى مِنَ التُّفَهِ عَنِ الرُّفَهِ [More free from want than the badger is from the want of straw]; التُّفَهُ meaning the beast of prey called عَنَاقُ الأَرْضِ; because it does not feed upon straw: (S:) [by some written التُّفَّهُ; and by some, التُّفَةُ; and by some, التُّفَّةُ:] according to some, the former word is with ة; and الرُّفَرُفَتٌ occurs as its plural in a verse cited by IF: accord to ISk, the two words are correctly without teshdeed, and with the radical ه. (TA in article تفه.) [See also رُفَتٌ, in article رفت.]