(ک) رَفُقَ يَرْفُقُ رَفَاقَةًrafuqa yarfuqu rafāqatan: to be a companion, to deal gently.
رَفِيْقٌrafīq (adjective on the pattern of فَعِيْلٌfaʿīl): companion. ﴿وَحَسُنَ اُولٰٓئِكَ رَفِيْقًا﴾ (An-Nisāʾ 4:69)
(ن) رَفَقَ يَرْفُقُ رِفْقًاrafaqa yarfuqu rifqan: to help, to support.
مِرْفَقٌmirfaq pl. مَرَافِقُmarāfiqu (noun of instrument, ism ālah, on the pattern of مِفْعَلٌmifʿal): a means of help or support. ﴿وَيُهَيِّئْ لَكُمْ مِّنْ اَمْرِكُمْ مِّرْفَقًا﴾ (Al-Kahf 18:16); elbow: ﴿وَاَيْدِيَكُمْ اِلَي الْمَرَافِقِ﴾ (Al-Māʾidah 5:6)
Form VIII (iftiʿāl) اِرْتَفَقَ يَرْتَفِقُ اِرْتِفَاقًاirtafaqa yartafiqu irtifāqan: to seek help or support; مُرْتَفَقٌmurtafaq (passive participle, ism mafʿūl, used in the sense of a noun of place, ẓarf): a place to lean on, a resting place. ﴿بِئْسَ الشَّرَابُ وَسَآءَتْ مُرْتَفَقًا﴾ (Al-Kahf 18:29)