رَفَثٌintimacy

Example sentences

• وفرجه عن الرفث؛

  and whose private parts refrain from sexual activity;

  الرَّفَثِ — sexual activity. In the genitive after 'from', definite — intimate relations broken by the fast. What the private parts abstain from.

  From: The Meaning of Fasting →

• وهجروا الرفث ثم أقبلوا على الطعام،

  They would abandon indecent talk and then approach the food.

  الرَّفَثَ — the indecent talk. The al- makes this definite, 'the indecent talk'. It is the object of the verb 'abandoned' and carries the -a ending that marks the thing the action falls upon.

  From: The Art of Eating Well →