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رعب

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

رُعْبُوبَةٌ ذ (S, A, K) and ↓ رُعْبُوبٌ (K) and ↓ رِعْبِيبٌ (Seer, K) A woman, (S, A,) or a girl, or young woman, (K,) Tall, and well-formed; soft, thinskinned, and plump; (S, * A, K;) or (A, K) white, or fair; (S, A, K;) goodly, or beautiful; sweet; and tender: (A, K:) or only white, or fair: (TA:) or soft, or tender: (IAar, Lh, K:) and the first, tall: (TA:) pl. رَعَابِيبٌ. (A, TA.) ― -b2- Also, (K,) or the first and second, (TA,) applied to a she-camel, Restless, or unsteady; (K, TA;) light, or active, brisk, lively, or sprightly. (TA.) ― -b3- For another meaning of the first, see تِرْعِيبَةٌ. ― -b4- Also the first, The base, or lower part, (أَصْل,) of the طَلْعَة [i. e. either the spathe, or the spadix, of a palm-tree ]; and so ↓ رُعْبَبٌ. (K.)

Derived headwords

رُعْبُوبَةٌ
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