رَدَفَ(n. ac. رَدْف) a. Followed; succeeded. b. Rode behind. رَدِفَ(n. ac. رَدَف) a. see supra (a) رَاْدَفَa. Represented, was the representative, the deputy of; was a vicegerent, viceroy, regent. b. Rode behind; carried another behind; carried two riders (animal); mounted upon each other, hung together (locusts). c. Was equivalent to, synonymous with. أَرْدَفَa. Followed, came after; succeeded. b. Took up behind; made to mount behind. c. Carried two riders (animal). تَرَاْدَفَa. Followed, succeeded each other; were consecutive. b. Rode together. c. Seconded, helped, assisted each other. d. Were synonymous. إِرْتَدَفَa. see I (a) (b). c. Attacked in the rear. إِسْتَرْدَفَa. Asked to be allowed to ride behind. رِدْف (pl. رُدَاْفَى أَرْدَاْف 38) a. Follower; successor. b. Consequence, sequence, result, outcome. c. Substitute, representative, deputy; viceroy; lieutenant &c. d. Crupper. رِدَاْفa. Crupper. رِدَاْفَةa. Vice-royalty; regency; deputy-ship; vicarship. رَدِيْف (pl. رِدَاْف رُدَفَآءُ 43) a. Follower; successor. b. One who rides behind another. c. Star which rises, when its opposite star is setting (pl. رَدَاْفَى) d. Soldier of the reserve. N. Ac. تَرَاْدَفَa. Synonymy. الرِدْفَانِ [ du. ] a. Day & Night.
