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رب

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

مَرْبُوبٌ ذ : see رَبِيبٌ. ― -b2- Also A slave; a bondman; syn. مَمْلُوكٌ [lit. possessed, and now particularly applied to a male white slave ]. (M, K.) العِبَادُ مَرْبُوبُونَ لِلّٰهِ means [ Mankind (lit. the servants of God) are ] bondmen (مَمْلُوكُونَ) [ to God ]. (M.) ― -b3- A skin for clarified butter &c. seasoned with رُبّ [or inspissated juice ]. (T, S.) [And A jar smeared with tar or pitch: see 1.] ― -b4- See also مُرَبَّبٌ.

Derived headwords

مَرْبُوبٌ
  1. 1.
العِبَادُ مَرْبُوبُونَ لِلّٰهِ