ربص

5 تربّص ذ He expected; or awaited: (S:) he tarried; or tarried expecting. (IAth.) You say تربّص الأَمْرَ He looked for, expected, awaited, or waited for, the thing, or event. (Msb.) And تربّص بِهِ الشَّىْءَ, (M,) or الأَمْرَ, (Msb,) He looked for, expected, awaited, or waited for, the thing, or event, to befall him, or betide him. (M, Msb.) It is said in the Kur [ix. 52], هَلْ تَرَبَّصُونَ بِنَا اـِلَّا اـِحْدَى ا@لْحُسْنَيَيْنِ [ Do ye look for, &c., aught save one of the two best things (namely victory or martyrdom) to betide us? ]. (M.) And a poet says, تَرَبَّصْ بِهَا رَيْبَ المَنُونِ لَعَلَّهَا تُطَلَّقُ يَوْمًا أَوْ يَمُوتُ حَلِيلُهَا [ Wait thou for the vicissitudes of fortune to befall her: perhaps she may be divorced some day, or her husband may die ]. (TA.) You say also, تربّص بِسِلْعَتِهِ الغَلَاآءَ [ He looked for, &c., a time of dearness for his commodity, or article of merchandise ]. (A.) And, [elliptically,) تربّص بِفُلَانٍ, (K,) or بِالشَّىْءِ; (M;) and بِهِ ↓ رَبَصَ, (M, A, K,) aor. رَبُصَ , (TK,) inf. n. رَبْصٌ; (M, A, K;) He looked for, expected, awaited, or waited for, [ something ] good or evil to befall, or betide, (M, A, K,) such a one, (A, K,) or the thing: (M:) or تربًّ بِالشَّىْءَ signifies he looked for, expected, awaited, or waited for, a day for the thing. (Lth.)