عرب
Root entry · 1 derived lemma5 تعرّب ذ He assimilated himself to the Arabs. (S.) He (a man not of genuine Arabian descent) introduced himself among the Arabs, and spoke their language, and imitated their manner or appearance; [ he became a naturalized, or an insitious, Arab; (see العَرَبُ;)] as also ↓ استعرب. (Az, TA.) ― -b2- He became an Arab of the desert; (S, Mgh;) he returned to the desert, (Az, Mgh, TA,) after he had been dwelling in a region of cities or towns or villages and of cultivated land, and joined himself to the Arabs of the desert. (Az, TA.) Hence, تعرّب بَعْدَ هِجْرَتِهِ He became an Arab of the desert [ after his flight, or emigration, for the sake of El-Islám], (S, Mgh,) returning to the desert. (Mgh.) ― -b3- He dwelt, or abode, in the desert. (O, K.) ― -b4- See also 4, first sentence. ― -b5- تَعَرَّبَتْ لِزَوْجِهَا She acted in an amorous manner, or with amorous dalliance, and mani- fested love, to her husband. (A, TA.) ― -b6- Respecting a meaning assigned to تعرّب by Golius and Freytag, see 4, latter half.
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