ربث

1 رَبَثَهُ ذ , aor. رَبُثَ , inf. n. رَبْثٌ, (Ks, ISk, T,) He hindered, withheld, restrained, or prevented, him, and retarded him; or diverted him, by occupying him otherwise; (Ks, T, TA;) as also ↓ ربّثهُ: (A:) and he kept him, or held him, back: (Ks, T, TA:) and he deceived, deluded, beguiled, circumvented, or outwitted, him. (ISk, T.) You say, رَبَثَهُ عَنْ حَاجَتِهِ, (Sh, T, S, A, * K, *) and أَمْرِهِ, (T, M,) aor. as above, (T, S, M,) and so the inf. n.; (T, S, M, A, K;) and ↓ ربّثهُ, (M,) inf. n. تَرْبِيثٌ; (K;) He hindered, withheld, restrained, or debarred, him; (Sh, T, S, M, A, K;) and turned, or diverted, him; (M;) from the thing that he wanted, (Sh, T, S, A, K,) and from his affair, (T, M,) by pretexts. (T.) -A2- رَبَثَ He was, or became, slow, tardy, dilatory, late, or backward. (Sh, TA.) [See also 5.]