ر • و • ف

, (IDrd, K,) aor. يَرَافُ, (K,) or يَرُوفُ, inf. n. رَوْفٌ, (IDrd,) is a dial. var. of رَأَفَ, (IDrd, K,) aor. يَرْأَفُ: (K:) or, as some say, (IDrd,) رَوْفٌ signifies The being still; and is not from الرَّأْفَةُ: (IDrd, K:) [ISd says,] رَافَ, inf. n. رَوْفٌ, signifies سَكَنَ [he, or it, was, or became, still, &c.] and رَأَفَ [q. v.] is a dial. var. thereof [signifying thus]; and is not from رَوءُوفٌ syn. with رَحِيمٌ. (M.)

: see رَأَفَ.

Wine; a dial. var. of رَأْفٌ. (TA.)

Mercy, or compassion: (O, K:) so accord. to IAar. (O.)