ربك

8 ارتبك ذ It was, or became, mixed, or mingled. (S, K.) ― -b2- He (a man) stuck fast in mire. (Lth, K, * TA.) And (tropical:) He (an animal of the chase) struggled in the snare. (K, TA.) ― -b3- (tropical:) He (a man, TA) was, or became, in the condition of one whose affair, or case, is confused to him; as also ↓ رَبِكَ, aor. رَبَكَ , (K, TA,) inf. n. رَبَكٌ. (TA.) And ارتبك فِى الأَمْرِ (assumed tropical:) He (a man) was, or became, entangled in the affair, and could hardly, or not at all, escape from it. (S.) And ارتبك فِى الهَلَكَاتِ (tropical:) He fell into cases of perdition, and could hardly, or not at all, escape from them. (TA from a trad. of 'Alee.) ― -b4- ارتبك فِى كَلَامِهِ (tropical:) He reiterated in his speech, by reason of an impediment, or inability to say what he would; syn. تَتَعْتَعَ. (K, TA.)