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رَدِفَهُ , (T, S, O, Msb, K &c.,) aor.
رَدَفَ , (K,)
inf. n. رَدْفٌ, (MA, KL,) He rode behind him [on
the same beast]; (AZ, Sh, Zj, T, MA, Msb;) [and]
so رَدَفَهُ, [aor.
رَدُفَ ;] (M;) and ↓ اردفهُ; (AZ, Sh, T,
M;) said by IAar to signify the same as رَدِفَهُ:
(T:) [or, in other words,] رَدِفَهُ signifies he became
to him a رِدْف [meaning a رَدِيف]; and so رَدِفَ لَهُ;
for the Arabs often add the ل with a trans. v.
that governs an accus. noun; so that they say,
سَمِعَ لَهُ and شَكَرَ لَهُ and نَصَحَ لَهُ, meaning سَمِعَهُ
and شَكَرَهُ and نَصَحَهُ: (Fr, T:) [and also] he, or
it, followed, or came after, him, or it; (S, O, K,
and Ham p. 148;) and so رَدِفَ لَهُ; (Ham ibid.;)
and رَدَفَهُ, aor.
رَدُفَ ; (K;) and ↓ اردفهُ; (S, K, and
Ham ubi suprà;) and ↓ ارتدفهُ also signifies the
same as رَدِفَهُ; (K;) رَدِفَهُ and ↓ اردفهُ being like
تَبِعَهُ and أَتْبَعَهُ in [form and] meaning: (S:)
[↓ رَدَّفَهُ, likewise, appears to be syn. with رَدِفَهُ;
or, probably, رُدِّفَهُ, which seems to signify lit. he
was made to ride behind him; &c.; for it is said
that] the inf. n. تَرْدِيفٌ signifies the coming, or
going, behind; as also تَرْدَافٌ: (KL:) and رَدِفْتُهُ
also signifies I overtook him and outwent him.
(Msb: [explained in my copy by لحقته وسبقته:
but I think that سبقته is a mistranscription for
تَبِعْتُهُ; and that the meaning therefore is, I overtook him and followed him.]) One says, كَانَ نَزَلَ
بِهِمْ أَمْرٌ فَرَدِفَ لَهُمْ آخَرُ أَعْظَمُ مِنْهُ [An event had
befallen them, and another, of greater magnitude
than it, happened afterwards to them]. (Lth, *
T, * S, O.) And اردفهُ ↓ أَمْرٌ is a dial. var. of رَدِفَهُ,
meaning An event happened to him afterwards:
(S, O:) or رَدِفَهُمُ الأَمْرُ and ↓ أَرْدَفَهُم signify the
event came upon them suddenly, or unexpectedly;
or came upon them so as to overwhelm them.
(M.) It is said in the Kur [xxvii. 74], عَسَى أَنْ
يَكُونَ رَدِفَ لَكُمْ بَعْضُ ٱلَّذِى تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ, meaning
[Perhaps a portion of that which ye desire to
hasten] may have drawn near to you; (Yoo, Fr,
T, O,) as though the ل were introduced because
the meaning is دَنَا لَكُمْ: or it may mean يَكُونَ
رَدِفَكُمْ [may have become close behind you]; (Fr,
T, O;) the ل being introduced for a reason mentioned above, as in سَمِعَ لَهُ &c. for سَمِعَهُ &c.:
(Fr, T:) El-Aaraj read رَدَفَ لكم. (O.) And
Khuzeymeh Ibn-Málik Ibn-Nahd says,
إِذَا الجَوْزَآءُ أَرْدَفَتِ ↓ الثُّرَيَّا
ظَنَنْتُ بِآلِ فَاطِمَةَ الظُّنُونَا
[When Orion, or Gemini, shall ride behind, or
closely follow, the Pleiades, (an event which will
never occur,) I will form in my mind, respecting
the family (meaning the father) of Fátimeh, opinions]: (S, O:) cited by Fr [and by J] as an ex.
of اردفت in the sense of رَدِفَت: (T:) he means
Fátimeh the daughter of Yedhkur Ibn-'Anazeh,
who [i. e. Yedhkur] was one of the قَارِظَان. (S,
O. [Respecting the قارظان, see art. قَرظ.])