رَفِلَ

, (S, M, K,) aorist رَفَلَ , (K,) verbal noun رَفَلٌ; (S, M;) and رَفَلَ, aorist رَفُلَ , (M, K,) verbal noun رَفْلٌ; (M;) He was awkward (S, M, K,) in his manner of wearing his clothes, (S,) or with his clothes [when walking &c. (see رَفِلٌ)], and in every work. (M, K.)

And رَفَلَ, (M, K,) or رَفَلَ فِى ثِيَابِهِ, (S, TA,) aorist رَفُلَ , (S, M,) verbal noun رَفْلٌ (Lth, T, M, K) and رُفُولٌ (T, TA) and رَفَلَانٌ; (M, K;) and ↓ ارفل; (S, M, K;) He dragged his skirt, and kicked it with his foot: (Lth, T:) or he made his clothes long, and dragged them, walking with an elegant and a proud and self-conceited gait, with an affected inclining of his body from side to side: (S:) or he dragged his skirt, and walked in the manner described above: or he moved his arm up and down [in walking]: (M, K:) and فِى ثِيَابِهِ ↓ ترفّل signifies the same as رَفَلَ and ارفل: (TA:) or ↓ إِرْفَالٌ [verbal noun of 4] signifies a man's having a long garment, such as a skirt and a جُبَّة: (Khálid Ibn-Jembeh, T in article ذيل:) and one says, فِى مِشْيَتِهَا خرْقًا ↓ تَتَرَفَّلُ [She drags her skirt, &c., in her gait, by reason of awkwardness]. (S.) تَرْفُلُ المَرَافِلَا, a phrase used by Ru-beh, [↓ مَرَافِلُ being apparently plural of مَرْفَلٌ, a regular verbal noun of رَفَلَ,] means She walks with every sort of رَفْل or رُفُول [i. e. dragging of the skirt, &c.]. (Lth, T according to different copies.) And ↓ تَرْفَلَ, verbal noun تَرْفَلَةٌ, He walked with an inclining of his body from side to side (تَبَخْتَرَ) by reason of pride (كِبْرًا), or by reason of old age (كِبَرًا): (K, according to different copies:) the ت is augmentative. (TA.)

-A2- See also the next paragraph, last sentence, in two places.