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روب

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

1 رَابَ ذ , (T, S, M, &c.,) aor. يَرُوبُ, (T, S, &c.,) inf. n. رَوْبٌ, (Lth, T, Msb,) or رُؤُوبٌ, (S,) or both, (T, M, Mgh, K,) said of milk, (T, S, M, &c.,) It was, or became, thick, or coagulated: (M, A, Msb, K:) or was churned, and deprived of its butter: (M, * A, K: *) or it was, or became, fit to be churned: (T:) or thick, (S,) or having a compact pellicle upon its surface, and thick, or resembling liver so that it quivered, (Lth, T,) and fit to be churned: (Lth, T, S:) or such as had become thick; (Fr, A'Obeyd, T, S, * Mgh;) until its butter was taken forth; (Fr, A'Obeyd, T, S; *) or before and after it had been deprived of its butter. (Mgh.) ― -b2- [Hence,] رَابَ دَمُهُ, (T, M, A, K,) aor. as above, (T,) inf. n. رَوْبٌ, (M,) (tropical:) [ His blood is about to be shed; ] his death, or destruction, is at hand: (M, K:) said of one who has exposed himself to that which will cause his blood to be shed; (T;) of one who has exposed himself to slaughter: (A:) like the phrase يَفُورُ دَمُهُ; (T;) or like يَغْلِى دَمُهُ: his blood being likened to milk that has become thick, and fit to be churned. (A.) ― -b3- And رَابَ الرَّجُلُ, (As, T, S, &c.,) aor. as above, (TA,) inf. n. رَوْبٌ (S, M, K) and رُؤُوبٌ, (M, K,) (tropical:) The man was, or became, confused, or disturbed, (As, T, S, K,) in his affair, or case, (As, T,) or in his reason, or intellect, (S, K,) and his opinion: (As, T, S:) or confounded, or perplexed; unable to see his right course: (M, K:) and languid in spirit, by reason of satiety, or drowsiness, (M, A,) or intoxication; as also رَابَتْ نَفْسُهُ: (A:) or he arose (M, K, TA) from sleep (M, TA) disordered in body and mind: (M, K, TA:) or he was intoxicated with sleep: (M, K:) or he was lazy, sluggish, or slothful. (Aboo-Sa'eed, T.) ― -b4- And رَابَ, (Th, M, K,) inf. n. رَوْبٌ; (TA;) and ↓ روّب, (Th, M,) inf. n. تَرْوِيبٌ; (K;) (assumed tropical:) He (a man, Th, M) was, or became, fatigued, or jaded. (Th, M, K.) And مَطِيَّةُ فُلَانٍ ↓ رَوَّبَتْ (assumed tropical:) The riding-camel of such a one was, or became, fatigued, or jaded. (T.) ― -b5- And رَابَ (assumed tropical:) He, or it, was, or became, quiet, still, or motionless. (IAar, T.) ― -b6- It is said in a prov., of him who does wrong and does right, [or of him who does right and does wrong,] هُوَ يَشُوبُ وَ يَرُوبُ, meaning, accord. to Aboo-Sa'eed, (assumed tropical:) He defends his companion [at one time], and is lazy or sluggish or slothful [at another time]: or it means he defends without energy at one time, and at another time is lazy or sluggish or slothful, so that he defends not at all: or, as some say, he mixes water with the milk, and so spoils it, and he makes it good; from the saying of IAar that رَابَ signifies أَصْلَحَ; but if it have this meaning, it is originally رَأَبَ, with hemz. (T. [See more in art. شوب.]) -A2- Accord. to IAar, رَابَ also signifies He suspected. (T. [But in this sense it seems to belong to art. ريب.]) -A3- Also He lied. (K. [But in the T, this signification is assigned to شَابَ, not to رَابَ; app. in relation to the prov. above cited.])

Derived headwords

رَابَverb
  1. 1.
رَابَ دَمُهُ
يَفُورُ دَمُهُ
يَغْلِى دَمُهُ
رَابَ الرَّجُلُ
رَابَتْ نَفْسُهُ
مَطِيَّةُ فُلَانٍ
هُوَ يَشُوبُ وَ يَرُوبُ