رهب

رَاهِبٌ ذ Fearing; [or a fearer; or fearing with caution; or a cautious fearer; ] as in the phrase هُوَ رَاهِبٌ مِنَ ا@للّٰهِ [ He is one who fears God; or a fearer of God; &c.]: whence the signification next following. (Msb.) ― -b2- A Christian [ monk, ascetic, religious recluse, or] devotee; (Mgh, Msb;) one who devotes himself to religious services or exercises, in a صَوْمَعَة [or cell ]; (TA;) one of the رُهْبَان of the Christians: (S, K:) [i. e.] the pl. is رُهْبَانٌ (A, Mgh, Msb) and رَهَبَةٌ; (A;) or, sometimes, رُهْبَانٌ is a sing.; (K;) as in the following ex., cited by IAar: لَوْ كَلَّمَتْ رُهْبَانَ دَيْرٍ فِى القُلَلْ لَا@نْحَدَرَ الرُّهْبَانُ يَسْعَى فَنَزَلْ [ If she spoke to a Christian monk in a monastery among the summits of a mountain, the Christian monk would come down running, and so descend ]: but he says that the approved way is to use it as a pl.: (TA:) and رَهَابِينُ is a pl. (A, Msb, K) of رُهْبَانٌ, (K,) and رَهَابِنَةٌ is another pl. (A, K) of the same, and so is رُهْبَانُونَ. (K.) -A2- See also مَرْهُوبٌ.